Income share held by lowest 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
4.8%
Azerbaijan
Lowest
1.0%
Colombia
Median
2.9%
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,305
What the numbers show
Income share held by lowest 10% is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 4.8% in Azerbaijan; the lowest is 1.0% in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.9%, and the mean is 2.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 36.4%).
Income share held by lowest 10%: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 4.8% | 2005 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 4.5% | 2020 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 2 | India | 4.5% | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 4.3% | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 4 | Moldova | 4.3% | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 4 | Ukraine | 4.3% | 2020 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 7 | Egypt | 4.2% | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.2% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 9 | Slovenia | 4.1% | 2023 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 10 | Armenia | 4.0% | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 11 | Czechia | 3.8% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 11 | Niger | 3.8% | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 11 | Syria | 3.8% | 2022 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 14 | Belgium | 3.7% | 2023 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 3.7% | 2022 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 14 | Finland | 3.7% | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 14 | Ireland | 3.7% | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 14 | Iceland | 3.7% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Nepal | 3.7% | 2022 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 20 | Bhutan | 3.6% | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 20 | Cyprus | 3.6% | 2023 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 20 | Denmark | 3.6% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 20 | Netherlands | 3.6% | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Norway | 3.6% | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 3.5% | 2021 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 25 | Guinea | 3.5% | 2018 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 25 | Indonesia | 3.5% | 2025 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 25 | Jordan | 3.5% | 2010 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 29 | Albania | 3.4% | 2020 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.4% | 2021 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 29 | Mongolia | 3.4% | 2022 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 29 | Pakistan | 3.4% | 2024 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 29 | Thailand | 3.4% | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.3% | 2021 | up 17.9% | flat |
| 34 | Laos | 3.3% | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 34 | Poland | 3.3% | 2023 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 34 | Slovakia | 3.3% | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 38 | Mali | 3.2% | 2021 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 39 | Benin | 3.1% | 2021 | up 24.0% | flat |
| 39 | China | 3.1% | 2022 | up 47.6% | falling |
| 39 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.1% | 2021 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 39 | Estonia | 3.1% | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 3.1% | 2019 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 39 | Mauritania | 3.1% | 2019 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 39 | Russia | 3.1% | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 39 | Rwanda | 3.1% | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 39 | Tunisia | 3.1% | 2021 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 48 | Burkina Faso | 3.0% | 2021 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 48 | France | 3.0% | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 48 | Hungary | 3.0% | 2017 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 48 | Nigeria | 3.0% | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 48 | Senegal | 3.0% | 2021 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 53 | Burundi | 2.9% | 2020 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 53 | Canada | 2.9% | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 53 | Switzerland | 2.9% | 2022 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 53 | United Kingdom | 2.9% | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 53 | Georgia | 2.9% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 53 | Croatia | 2.9% | 2023 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 53 | Kenya | 2.9% | 2022 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 53 | South Korea | 2.9% | 2021 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 53 | Madagascar | 2.9% | 2021 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 53 | Malawi | 2.9% | 2019 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 53 | Philippines | 2.9% | 2023 | up 38.1% | flat |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 2.9% | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 53 | Tanzania | 2.9% | 2018 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 66 | Austria | 2.8% | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 66 | Iran | 2.8% | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 66 | Luxembourg | 2.8% | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 66 | Malta | 2.8% | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 66 | Sweden | 2.8% | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 66 | Togo | 2.8% | 2021 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 72 | Greece | 2.7% | 2023 | up 35.0% | flat |
| 72 | Morocco | 2.7% | 2013 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 72 | Portugal | 2.7% | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 75 | Australia | 2.6% | 2020 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 75 | Gambia | 2.6% | 2020 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 75 | Latvia | 2.6% | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 75 | Vietnam | 2.6% | 2022 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 79 | Palestine | 2.5% | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 79 | Serbia | 2.5% | 2023 | up 92.3% | falling |
| 81 | Romania | 2.4% | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 81 | Uganda | 2.4% | 2019 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 81 | Uzbekistan | 2.4% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 84 | Chile | 2.3% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 84 | Germany | 2.3% | 2022 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 2.3% | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 84 | Italy | 2.3% | 2023 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 84 | Japan | 2.3% | 2020 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 84 | Malaysia | 2.3% | 2021 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 90 | Belize | 2.2% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 90 | Spain | 2.2% | 2023 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 90 | Jamaica | 2.2% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 90 | Lithuania | 2.2% | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 90 | Uruguay | 2.2% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 2.1% | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 95 | Cameroon | 2.1% | 2021 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 95 | Mexico | 2.1% | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 95 | Montenegro | 2.1% | 2021 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 95 | Turkey | 2.1% | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 2.0% | 2014 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 100 | Peru | 2.0% | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 100 | Paraguay | 2.0% | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 103 | Argentina | 1.9% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 103 | Bolivia | 1.9% | 2024 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 103 | North Macedonia | 1.9% | 2019 | up 58.3% | falling |
| 103 | El Salvador | 1.9% | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 1.8% | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 107 | Israel | 1.8% | 2022 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 109 | Ecuador | 1.7% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 109 | Mozambique | 1.7% | 2022 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 109 | United States | 1.7% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Ghana | 1.6% | 2016 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 112 | Guatemala | 1.6% | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 114 | Zambia | 1.5% | 2022 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 115 | Botswana | 1.4% | 2015 | up 40.0% | flat |
| 115 | South Africa | 1.4% | 2022 | up 40.0% | flat |
| 117 | Brazil | 1.3% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 118 | Honduras | 1.2% | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 118 | Panama | 1.2% | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 118 | Venezuela | 1.2% | 2006 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 121 | Colombia | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 1.1%
About this data
Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.