Income share held by highest 10% by country
Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.
Countries reporting
121
Highest
42.9%
Botswana
Lowest
18.8%
Slovakia
Median
26.9%
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,305
What the numbers show
Income share held by highest 10% is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 42.9% in Botswana; the lowest is 18.8% in Slovakia.
The median across all reporting countries is 26.9%, and the mean is 27.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 12.7%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 37.9%).
Income share held by highest 10%: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botswana | 42.9% | 2015 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 2 | Colombia | 42.7% | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 3 | South Africa | 42.1% | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 4 | Mozambique | 40.8% | 2022 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 39.3% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 6 | Zambia | 39.1% | 2022 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 7 | Panama | 37.6% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 8 | Nicaragua | 37.2% | 2014 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 9 | Ecuador | 35.1% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 10 | Paraguay | 35.0% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 11 | Uganda | 34.5% | 2019 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 12 | Turkey | 34.4% | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 13 | Chile | 34.3% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 34.3% | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 15 | Guatemala | 34.1% | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 16 | Mexico | 33.4% | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 16 | Rwanda | 33.4% | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 18 | Venezuela | 33.2% | 2006 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 19 | Tanzania | 33.1% | 2018 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 20 | Honduras | 32.3% | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 32.2% | 2016 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 22 | Morocco | 31.9% | 2013 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 31.6% | 2023 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 24 | Argentina | 31.2% | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 31.1% | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 25 | Cameroon | 31.1% | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 27 | Malawi | 31.0% | 2019 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 28 | Kenya | 30.9% | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 28 | Malaysia | 30.9% | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 30.8% | 2019 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 31 | United States | 30.7% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 32 | Bolivia | 30.6% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 33 | Gambia | 30.5% | 2020 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 34 | Peru | 30.3% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 30.2% | 2021 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 36 | Belize | 30.0% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 36 | Uruguay | 30.0% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 38 | Burundi | 29.9% | 2020 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 39 | El Salvador | 29.7% | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 40 | Jamaica | 29.6% | 2021 | — | falling |
| 40 | Madagascar | 29.6% | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 40 | Togo | 29.6% | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 29.5% | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 44 | Senegal | 28.8% | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 45 | Indonesia | 28.7% | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 46 | Laos | 28.5% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 47 | China | 28.4% | 2022 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 48 | Mali | 28.3% | 2021 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 49 | Iran | 28.2% | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 28.2% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 51 | Vietnam | 28.1% | 2022 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27.8% | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 52 | Niger | 27.8% | 2021 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 54 | Pakistan | 27.7% | 2024 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 55 | Jordan | 27.4% | 2010 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 56 | Lithuania | 27.3% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 57 | Benin | 27.2% | 2021 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 58 | Palestine | 27.1% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 59 | Israel | 27.0% | 2022 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 59 | Tunisia | 27.0% | 2021 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 61 | Portugal | 26.9% | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 62 | Switzerland | 26.6% | 2022 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 63 | Cyprus | 26.3% | 2023 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 63 | Nigeria | 26.3% | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 65 | Germany | 26.2% | 2022 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 65 | Georgia | 26.2% | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 65 | Latvia | 26.2% | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 68 | Guinea-Bissau | 26.1% | 2021 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 69 | Greece | 26.0% | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 69 | Thailand | 26.0% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 71 | Australia | 25.9% | 2020 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 72 | Italy | 25.8% | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 25.5% | 2022 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 73 | Denmark | 25.5% | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 75 | Russia | 25.1% | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 76 | France | 25.0% | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 76 | United Kingdom | 25.0% | 2021 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 76 | South Korea | 25.0% | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 25.0% | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 80 | Austria | 24.8% | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 80 | Ethiopia | 24.8% | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 24.8% | 2021 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 83 | Malta | 24.7% | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 83 | Montenegro | 24.7% | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Serbia | 24.7% | 2023 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 86 | Canada | 24.6% | 2022 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 86 | Egypt | 24.6% | 2021 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 86 | Mongolia | 24.6% | 2022 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 86 | Mauritania | 24.6% | 2019 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 90 | Spain | 24.5% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 91 | Japan | 24.3% | 2020 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 24.2% | 2005 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 92 | Nepal | 24.2% | 2022 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 92 | Uzbekistan | 24.2% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 95 | Ireland | 24.1% | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 96 | Hungary | 23.9% | 2017 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 97 | Estonia | 23.7% | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.6% | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 99 | Armenia | 23.3% | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 99 | Croatia | 23.3% | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 101 | Guinea | 23.1% | 2018 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.9% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 22.9% | 2019 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 102 | Poland | 22.9% | 2023 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 105 | Albania | 22.8% | 2020 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 105 | Moldova | 22.8% | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 107 | Bhutan | 22.7% | 2022 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 108 | Finland | 22.5% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 109 | Iceland | 22.4% | 2019 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 110 | Sweden | 22.3% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 111 | Belgium | 22.2% | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 112 | India | 22.1% | 2022 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 113 | Romania | 21.8% | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 114 | Ukraine | 21.7% | 2020 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 115 | Norway | 21.6% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 116 | Czechia | 21.5% | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 117 | Netherlands | 21.4% | 2021 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 118 | Syria | 20.9% | 2022 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 119 | Belarus | 20.7% | 2020 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 120 | Slovenia | 20.6% | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 121 | Slovakia | 18.8% | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 25.1%
About this data
Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.