Income share held by the richest 10%
The share of total income or consumption that goes to the richest 10% of the population, from national household surveys.
81 countries have a value for 2021, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
Trend over time
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% of total income or consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United States | China | India | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30.7% | – | – | – |
| 2023 | 30.9% | – | 20.5% | – |
| 2022 | 30.9% | 28.4% | 22.1% | 26.2% |
| 2021 | 30.2% | 28.3% | – | 26.3% |
| 2020 | 29.7% | 29.4% | – | 25.6% |
| 2019 | 31.0% | 29.5% | – | 25.7% |
| 2018 | 31.0% | 29.4% | – | 25.3% |
| 2017 | 30.4% | 29.8% | – | 24.7% |
| 2016 | 30.6% | 29.3% | – | 24.5% |
| 2015 | 30.6% | 29.4% | – | 24.8% |
| 2014 | 30.8% | 29.7% | – | 24.0% |
| 2013 | 30.2% | 30.2% | – | 24.9% |
| 2012 | 30.4% | 31.4% | – | 24.4% |
| 2011 | 30.3% | 31.7% | 24.8% | 24.4% |
| 2010 | 29.4% | 32.6% | – | 24.1% |
| 2009 | 30.5% | – | 24.2% | 24.1% |
| 2008 | 30.5% | 31.9% | – | 24.5% |
| 2007 | 30.6% | – | – | 25.2% |
| 2006 | 31.4% | – | – | 24.7% |
| 2005 | 31.0% | 30.8% | – | 25.2% |
| 2004 | 30.3% | – | 24.1% | 24.0% |
| 2003 | 30.2% | – | – | 23.9% |
| 2002 | 30.1% | 31.4% | – | 23.7% |
| 2001 | 30.7% | – | – | 23.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 81 countries with a value for 2021, the highest is Colombia (43.7%) and the lowest Slovakia (19.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 26.3% and half below.
- From 2020 to 2021 the value rose in 2 countries and fell in 3.
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Source and dates
All countries in 2021 Every value is for 2021, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Colombia 43.7%
- 2 Brazil 41.5%
- 3 Panama 39.3%
- 4 Costa Rica 37.2%
- 5 Ecuador 34.7%
- 6 Türkiye 34.7%
- 7 Central African Republic 33.1%
- 8 Paraguay 33.1%
- 9 Kosovo 32.9%
- 10 Philippines 32.5%
- 11 Kenya 31.8%
- 12 Argentina 31.2%
- 13 Cameroon 31.1%
- 14 Malaysia 30.9%
- 15 Uruguay 30.8%
- 16 Peru 30.5%
- 17 Bolivia 30.3%
- 18 Burkina Faso 30.2%
- 19 Dominican Republic 30.2%
- 20 United States 30.2%
- 21 Bulgaria 29.9%
- 22 Jamaica 29.6%
- 23 Madagascar 29.6%
- 24 Togo 29.6%
- 25 Lithuania 29.1%
- 26 El Salvador 29.0%
- 27 Senegal 28.8%
- 28 China 28.3%
- 29 Indonesia 28.3%
- 30 Mali 28.3%
- 31 Côte d'Ivoire 27.8%
- 32 Niger 27.8%
- 33 Portugal 27.5%
- 34 Benin 27.2%
- 35 Iran 27.2%
- 36 Israel 27.1%
- 37 Thailand 27.1%
- 38 Tunisia 27.0%
- 39 Russia 26.6%
- 40 Switzerland 26.6%
- 41 Germany 26.3%
- 42 Georgia 26.2%
- 43 Italy 26.2%
- 44 Latvia 26.2%
- 45 Guinea-Bissau 26.1%
- 46 Malta 25.9%
- 47 Serbia 25.9%
- 48 Cyprus 25.7%
- 49 South Korea 25.0%
- 50 United Kingdom 25.0%
- 51 France 24.9%
- 52 Ethiopia 24.8%
- 53 Greece 24.8%
- 54 Kazakhstan 24.8%
- 55 Montenegro 24.7%
- 56 Spain 24.7%
- 57 Uzbekistan 24.7%
- 58 Egypt 24.6%
- 59 Canada 24.5%
- 60 Luxembourg 24.5%
- 61 Tajikistan 24.5%
- 62 Estonia 24.3%
- 63 Kyrgyzstan 24.2%
- 64 Norway 24.2%
- 65 Ireland 24.1%
- 66 Romania 24.0%
- 67 Austria 23.8%
- 68 Denmark 23.8%
- 69 Armenia 23.6%
- 70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.6%
- 71 Finland 22.9%
- 72 Poland 22.8%
- 73 Sweden 22.7%
- 74 Croatia 22.3%
- 75 Czechia 22.2%
- 76 Moldova 22.1%
- 77 Tonga 22.0%
- 78 Belgium 21.9%
- 79 Netherlands 21.4%
- 80 Slovenia 20.6%
- 81 Slovakia 19.1%
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Grey: no value for 2021. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.