Income share held by highest 10% - Income distribution - Poverty - World 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.
Income share held by highest 10% - Income distribution - Poverty - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Namibia (1993)65
2Seychelles (2007)60.03
3Comoros (2004)54.97
4Botswana (1994)51.19
5Haiti (2001)47.83
6Micronesia (2000)47.1
7Colombia (2006)45.87
8Belize (1995)45.77
9Bolivia (2007)45.29
10South Africa (2000)44.93
11Angola (2000)44.74
12Sao Tome and Principe (2001)43.61
13Ecuador (2007)43.3
14Brazil (2007)43.03
15Guatemala (2006)42.41
16Paraguay (2007)42.32
17Honduras (2006)42.19
18Nicaragua (2005)41.82
19Chile (2006)41.71
20Madagascar (2005)41.54
21Panama (2006)41.43
22Mexico (2008)41.26
23Papua New Guinea (1996)40.86
24Swaziland (2001)40.81
25Cape Verde (2001)40.55
26Nepal (2004)40.42
27Zimbabwe (1995)40.32
28Suriname (1999)39.96
29Ivory Coast (2002)39.55
30Lesotho (2003)39.4
31Mozambique (2003)39.2
32Zambia (2004)38.9
33Costa Rica (2007)38.58
34Peru (2007)38.38
35Rwanda (2000)38.16
36Kenya (2005)37.77
37Dominican Republic (2007)37.75
38Bhutan (2003)37.5
39Republic of the Congo (2005)37.05
40Gambia (2003)36.94
41Cambodia (2007)36.92
42Argentina (2006)36.11
43El Salvador (2007)36.11
44Qatar (2007)35.9
45Niger (2005)35.67
46Jamaica (2004)35.61
47Cameroon (2001)35.51
48Uruguay (2007)35.5
49Hong Kong (1996)34.92
50Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)34.69
51Guyana (1998)34.42
52Guinea (2003)34.36
53Russia (2007)34.31
54Uganda (2005)34.07
55Philippines (2006)33.9
56Thailand (2004)33.72
57Sierra Leone (2003)33.57
58Sri Lanka (2002)33.32
59Morocco (2007)33.22
60Central African Republic (2003)33.03
61Singapore (1998)32.76
62Gabon (2005)32.7
63Venezuela (2006)32.67
64Ghana (2006)32.53
65Burkina Faso (2003)32.43
66Nigeria (2004)32.42
67Macedonia (2006)32.32
68Turkmenistan (1998)31.75
69Malawi (2004)31.7
70Tunisia (2000)31.62
71St. Lucia (1995)31.56
72China (2005)31.4
73Togo (2006)31.3
74Turkey (2006)31.3
75India (2005)31.13
76Benin (2003)31.01
77Yemen (2005)30.82
78Chad (2003)30.79
79Djibouti (2002)30.78
80Jordan (2006)30.68
81Georgia (2005)30.65
82Mali (2006)30.54
83Senegal (2005)30.14
84Indonesia (2007)30.11
85Liberia (2007)30.1
86Trinidad and Tobago (1992)29.89
87United States (2000)29.85
88Portugal (1997)29.84
89Vietnam (2006)29.82
90Mauritania (2000)29.56
91Iran (2005)29.55
92Uzbekistan (2003)29.47
93Moldova (2007)28.91
94Israel (2001)28.8
95Montenegro (2007)28.62
96Malaysia (2004)28.53
97United Kingdom (1999)28.49
98Mongolia (2008)28.25
99Belgium (2000)28.06
100Burundi (2006)28.04
101Guinea-Bissau (2002)27.96
102Maldives (2004)27.9
103Latvia (2007)27.83
104New Zealand (1997)27.81
105Estonia (2004)27.73
106Egypt (2005)27.62
107Kyrgyzstan (2007)27.6
108Lithuania (2004)27.37
109Ireland (2000)27.23
110Poland (2005)27.2
111Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)27.15
112Tanzania (2000)27.03
113Timor-Leste (2007)26.98
114Laos (2002)26.95
115Algeria (1995)26.94
116Italy (2000)26.8
117Bangladesh (2005)26.62
118Spain (2000)26.61
119Tajikistan (2004)26.57
120Pakistan (2005)26.46
121Greece (2000)26.04
122Switzerland (2000)25.91
123Albania (2005)25.87
124Romania (2007)25.56
125Ethiopia (2005)25.55
126Australia (1994)25.4
127Kazakhstan (2007)25.12
128France (1995)25.09
129Canada (2000)24.79
130Slovenia (2004)24.64
131Armenia (2007)24.55
132Hungary (2004)24.14
133Bulgaria (2003)23.77
134Norway (2000)23.38
135Croatia (2005)23.08
136Austria (2000)23.05
137Belarus (2007)23.01
138Netherlands (1999)22.9
139Serbia (2008)22.71
140Czech Republic (1996)22.69
141Finland (2000)22.57
142Ukraine (2008)22.47
143North Korea (1998)22.45
144South Korea (1998)22.45
145Sweden (2000)22.18
146Germany (2000)22.07
147Japan (1993)21.69
148Denmark (1997)21.28
149Slovakia (1996)20.83
150Azerbaijan (2005)17.49
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