Income share held by highest 10% - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators



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Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Source: World Bank staff estimates based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp).
Income share held by highest 10% - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Namibia (1993)65
2Comoros (2004)55.19
3Botswana (1995)51.19
4South Africa (2000)44.93
5Angola (2000)44.74
6Madagascar (2005)41.54
7Swaziland (2001)40.81
8Cape Verde (2001)40.64
9Zimbabwe (1995)40.32
10Ivory Coast (2002)39.55
11Lesotho (2003)39.4
12Mozambique (2003)39.2
13Zambia (2004)38.9
14Rwanda (2000)37.8
15Kenya (2005)37.77
16Republic of the Congo (2005)37.05
17Gambia (2003)36.94
18Niger (2005)35.67
19Cameroon (2001)35.51
20Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)34.69
21Guinea (2003)34.36
22Uganda (2005)34.07
23Sierra Leone (2003)33.57
24Morocco (2007)33.22
25Central African Republic (2003)33.03
26Ghana (2006)32.75
27Gabon (2005)32.7
28Burkina Faso (2003)32.43
29Nigeria (2004)32.42
30Malawi (2004)31.85
31Tunisia (2000)31.62
32Benin (2003)31.01
33Djibouti (2002)30.91
34Chad (2003)30.79
35Mali (2006)30.54
36Senegal (2005)30.14
37Liberia (2007)30.1
38Mauritania (2000)29.56
39Burundi (2006)28.04
40Guinea-Bissau (2002)27.96
41Egypt (2005)27.62
42Togo (2006)27.06
43Tanzania (2000)27.03
44Algeria (1995)26.94
45Ethiopia (2005)25.55
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