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Income share of the richest 10%
What this indicator measures
The share of the country's total income received by the best-off 10% of people.
How to read this?
If the value is above 10%, the richest get more than their "equal share"; the higher it is, the greater the inequality.
Ranking : ranked from highest to lowest
In brief
The "Income share of the richest 10%" ranking covers 169 countries and territories. Lowest value: Slovakia (18.8 %). Highest value: Namibia (47.2 %). Median: 27.5 % (data: 1992–2025). The top 10% of countries exceed 34.4 %, while the bottom 10% stay below 22.7 %. By continent, the median is highest in South America (33.8 %) and lowest in Europe (24 %).
Median by continent
- South America 33.8 % (12)
- North America 31.2 % (17)
- Africa 30 % (48)
- Oceania 26.7 % (12)
- Asia 25.8 % (37)
- Europe 24 % (40)
Why this indicator matters
This indicator shows what share of a country's income goes to the richest ten percent. It lets you compare levels of inequality between countries, beyond the simple average of incomes. It is a useful reference when talking about how wealth is shared.
What makes this indicator vary
The share of the richest rises when capital income, very high salaries or rents weigh heavily, and when taxes and benefits redistribute little. It falls with progressive taxation, good access to education and protective minimum wages.
Reading precautions
The figures come from household surveys, which capture very high incomes poorly and are not carried out every year everywhere. Depending on the country, either income or consumption is measured, which makes comparisons approximate.
Full ranking
ranked from highest to lowest
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1er | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 47.2 % | 2015 |
| 2e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 42.9 % | 2015 |
| 3e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 42.7 % | 2024 |
| 3e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 42.7 % | 2016 |
| 5e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 42.1 % | 2022 |
| 6e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 40.8 % | 2022 |
| 7e | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 40.5 % | 2019 |
| 8e | 🇦🇴 Angola | 39.6 % | 2018 |
| 9e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 39.3 % | 2024 |
| 10e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 39.1 % | 2022 |
| 11e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 37.9 % | 2011 |
| 12e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 37.6 % | 2024 |
| 13e | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 37.2 % | 2014 |
| 14e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 35.7 % | 2020 |
| 15e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 35.1 % | 2025 |
| 16e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 35 % | 2024 |
| 17e | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 34.4 % | 1998 |
| 17e | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 34.4 % | 2023 |
| 19e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 34.3 % | 2024 |
| 19e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 34.3 % | 2025 |
| 21e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 34.1 % | 2023 |
| 21e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 34.1 % | 2015 |
| 23e | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 33.7 % | 2018 |
| 24e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 33.4 % | 2024 |
| 24e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 33.4 % | 2023 |
| 26e | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 33.2 % | 2006 |
| 27e | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 33.1 % | 2021 |
| 27e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 33.1 % | 2018 |
| 29e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 32.9 % | 2017 |
| 30e | 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | 32.8 % | 2017 |
| 31e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 32.3 % | 2015 |
| 31e | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 32.3 % | 2017 |
| 31e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 32.3 % | 2024 |
| 34e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 32.2 % | 2016 |
| 35e | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 31.9 % | 2013 |
| 36e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 31.6 % | 2023 |
| 37e | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 31.5 % | 1998 |
| 38e | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 31.3 % | 2013 |
| 39e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 31.2 % | 2024 |
| 39e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 31.2 % | 2012 |
| 41e | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 31.1 % | 2023 |
| 41e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 31.1 % | 2021 |
| 43e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 31 % | 2019 |
| 43e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 31 % | 2009 |
| 45e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 30.9 % | 2022 |
| 45e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 30.9 % | 2021 |
| 47e | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 30.8 % | 2019 |
| 47e | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 30.8 % | 2010 |
| 49e | 🇺🇸 United States | 30.7 % | 2024 |
| 50e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 30.6 % | 2024 |
| 51e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 30.5 % | 2020 |
| 52e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 30.3 % | 2024 |
| 53e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 30.2 % | 2021 |
| 54e | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 30.1 % | 2022 |
| 55e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 30 % | 2018 |
| 55e | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 30 % | 2024 |
| 57e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 29.9 % | 2020 |
| 57e | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 29.9 % | 2017 |
| 57e | 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago | 29.9 % | 1992 |
| 60e | 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 29.7 % | 2013 |
| 60e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 29.7 % | 2023 |
| 62e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 29.6 % | 2021 |
| 62e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 29.6 % | 2021 |
| 62e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 29.6 % | 2021 |
| 65e | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 29.5 % | 2024 |
| 65e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 29.5 % | 2022 |
| 67e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 29.4 % | 2018 |
| 67e | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 29.4 % | 2014 |
| 69e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 29.3 % | 2023 |
| 70e | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 29.2 % | 2012 |
| 71e | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 29.1 % | 2022 |
| 72e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 28.8 % | 2021 |
| 73e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 28.7 % | 2025 |
| 74e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 28.5 % | 2024 |
| 75e | 🇨🇳 China | 28.4 % | 2022 |
| 76e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 28.3 % | 2021 |
| 77e | 🇮🇷 Iran | 28.2 % | 2023 |
| 77e | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 28.2 % | 2024 |
| 79e | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 28.1 % | 2022 |
| 80e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 27.8 % | 2021 |
| 80e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 27.8 % | 2021 |
| 80e | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 27.8 % | 2014 |
| 83e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 27.7 % | 2017 |
| 83e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 27.7 % | 2024 |
| 85e | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 27.5 % | 2019 |
| 86e | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 27.4 % | 2010 |
| 87e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 27.3 % | 2023 |
| 88e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 27.2 % | 2021 |
| 89e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 27.1 % | 2016 |
| 90e | 🇮🇱 Israel | 27 % | 2022 |
| 90e | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 27 % | 2021 |
| 92e | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 26.9 % | 2023 |
| 93e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 26.3 % | 2023 |
| 93e | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 26.3 % | 2023 |
| 93e | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 26.3 % | 2022 |
| 96e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 26.2 % | 2022 |
| 96e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 26.2 % | 2024 |
| 96e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 26.2 % | 2023 |
| 99e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 26.1 % | 2021 |
| 100e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 26 % | 2023 |
| 100e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 26 % | 2024 |
| 102e | 🇦🇺 Australia | 25.9 % | 2020 |
| 103e | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 25.8 % | 2016 |
| 103e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 25.8 % | 2023 |
| 103e | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 25.8 % | 2017 |
| 106e | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 25.6 % | 2022 |
| 107e | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 25.5 % | 2022 |
| 107e | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 25.5 % | 2023 |
| 107e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 25.5 % | 2017 |
| 110e | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 25.3 % | 2012 |
| 111e | 🇷🇺 Russia | 25.1 % | 2023 |
| 111e | 🇽🇰 Kosovo | 25.1 % | 2022 |
| 113e | 🇫🇷 France | 25 % | 2023 |
| 113e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 25 % | 2021 |
| 113e | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 25 % | 2021 |
| 113e | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 25 % | 2023 |
| 117e | 🇦🇹 Austria | 24.8 % | 2023 |
| 117e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 24.8 % | 2021 |
| 117e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 24.8 % | 2021 |
| 120e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 24.7 % | 2023 |
| 120e | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 24.7 % | 2021 |
| 120e | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 24.7 % | 2023 |
| 120e | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 24.7 % | 2019 |
| 124e | 🇨🇦 Canada | 24.6 % | 2022 |
| 124e | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 24.6 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 24.6 % | 2021 |
| 124e | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 24.6 % | 2022 |
| 124e | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 24.6 % | 2019 |
| 129e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 24.5 % | 2023 |
| 130e | 🇯🇵 Japan | 24.3 % | 2020 |
| 131e | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 24.2 % | 2005 |
| 131e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 24.2 % | 2019 |
| 131e | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 24.2 % | 2023 |
| 131e | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 24.2 % | 2022 |
| 131e | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 24.2 % | 2025 |
| 136e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 24.1 % | 2023 |
| 137e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 24 % | 2014 |
| 138e | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 23.9 % | 2017 |
| 138e | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 23.9 % | 2018 |
| 140e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 23.7 % | 2023 |
| 141e | 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 23.6 % | 2021 |
| 142e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 23.3 % | 2024 |
| 142e | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 23.3 % | 2023 |
| 142e | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 23.3 % | 2019 |
| 145e | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 23.1 % | 2018 |
| 146e | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 22.9 % | 2011 |
| 146e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 22.9 % | 2024 |
| 146e | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 22.9 % | 2019 |
| 146e | 🇵🇱 Poland | 22.9 % | 2023 |
| 150e | 🇦🇱 Albania | 22.8 % | 2020 |
| 151e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 22.7 % | 2022 |
| 151e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 22.7 % | 2024 |
| 153e | 🇫🇮 Finland | 22.5 % | 2023 |
| 154e | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 22.4 % | 2019 |
| 155e | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 22.3 % | 2023 |
| 156e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 22.2 % | 2023 |
| 157e | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 22 % | 2021 |
| 158e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 21.8 % | 2023 |
| 159e | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 21.7 % | 2020 |
| 160e | 🇳🇴 Norway | 21.6 % | 2023 |
| 161e | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 21.5 % | 2023 |
| 162e | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 21.4 % | 2021 |
| 163e | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 20.9 % | 2023 |
| 163e | 🇸🇾 Syria | 20.9 % | 2022 |
| 165e | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 20.7 % | 2020 |
| 166e | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 20.6 % | 2023 |
| 167e | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 20.5 % | 2018 |
| 167e | 🇮🇳 India | 20.5 % | 2023 |
| 169e | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 18.8 % | 2023 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "Income share of the richest 10%"?
The highest value is in Namibia, at 47.2 % (2015).
Which country has the lowest value for "Income share of the richest 10%"?
The lowest value is in Slovakia, at 18.8 % (2023).
What is the world median value of "Income share of the richest 10%"?
The world median is 27.5 %, calculated across 169 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "Income share of the richest 10%" for France?
France scores 25 % (2023), ranking 113 out of 169 countries (ranked from highest to lowest).
Where does the "Income share of the richest 10%" data come from?
It comes from Banque mondiale – Indicateurs du développement dans le monde (SI.DST.10TH.10). Site last updated: November 8, 2026. Each country is shown with the year of its most recent value.
What does the income share of the richest measure?
It shows what fraction of a country's total income goes to the wealthiest tenth of the population. The larger this fraction, the more income is concentrated in a few hands.
What share would be equal?
In a perfectly equal split, each tenth of the population would receive a tenth of total income. The further the value rises above this benchmark, the wider the gap with the rest of the population.
Source and update
Source : Banque mondiale – Indicateurs du développement dans le monde (SI.DST.10TH.10). Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
Indicators in the same category : Inequality
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- Income share of the poorest 20%The share of the country's total income received by the 20% of people with the lowest incomes.
- Extreme povertyThe share of people living on less than 3 dollars a day (price-adjusted), the international extreme poverty line.