Income share held by richest 10%
% · showing the worst first
147 of 216 countries report a figure for income share held by richest 10%
World average: 27.8%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #147 | Eswatini | 42.7% | 2016 | |
| #146 | Colombia | 42.7% | 2024 | |
| #145 | South Africa | 42.1% | 2022 | |
| #144 | Mozambique | 40.8% | 2022 | |
| #143 | Zimbabwe | 40.5% | 2019 | |
| #142 | Angola | 39.6% | 2018 | |
| #141 | Brazil | 39.3% | 2024 | |
| #140 | Zambia | 39.1% | 2022 | |
| #139 | Panama | 37.6% | 2024 | |
| #138 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 35.7% | 2020 | |
| #137 | Ecuador | 35.1% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Paraguay | 35.0% | 2024 | |
| #135 | Uganda | 34.5% | 2019 | |
| #134 | Turkey | 34.4% | 2023 | |
| #133 | Costa Rica | 34.3% | 2025 | |
| #132 | Chile | 34.3% | 2024 | |
| #131 | Guatemala | 34.1% | 2023 | |
| #130 | Grenada | 33.7% | 2018 | |
| #129 | Rwanda | 33.4% | 2023 | |
| #128 | Mexico | 33.4% | 2024 | |
| #127 | Tanzania | 33.1% | 2018 | |
| #126 | Central African Republic | 33.1% | 2021 | |
| #125 | South Sudan | 33.0% | 2016 | |
| #124 | Lesotho | 32.9% | 2017 | |
| #123 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 32.8% | 2017 | |
| #122 | Honduras | 32.3% | 2024 | |
| #121 | Djibouti | 32.3% | 2017 | |
| #120 | Ghana | 32.2% | 2016 | |
| #119 | Philippines | 31.6% | 2023 | |
| #118 | Argentina | 31.2% | 2024 | |
| #117 | Cameroon | 31.1% | 2021 | |
| #116 | Bulgaria | 31.1% | 2023 | |
| #115 | Malawi | 31.0% | 2019 | |
| #114 | Malaysia | 30.9% | 2021 | |
| #113 | Kenya | 30.9% | 2022 | |
| #112 | Sri Lanka | 30.8% | 2019 | |
| #111 | United States | 30.7% | 2024 | |
| #110 | Bolivia | 30.6% | 2024 | |
| #109 | The Gambia | 30.5% | 2020 | |
| #108 | Peru | 30.3% | 2024 | |
| #107 | Burkina Faso | 30.2% | 2021 | |
| #106 | Suriname | 30.1% | 2022 | |
| #105 | Uruguay | 30.0% | 2024 | |
| #104 | Belize | 30.0% | 2018 | |
| #103 | Mauritius | 29.9% | 2017 | |
| #102 | Burundi | 29.9% | 2020 | |
| #101 | El Salvador | 29.7% | 2023 | |
| #100 | Togo | 29.6% | 2021 | |
| #99 | Madagascar | 29.6% | 2021 | |
| #98 | Jamaica | 29.6% | 2021 | |
| #97 | Dominican Republic | 29.5% | 2024 | |
| #96 | Chad | 29.5% | 2022 | |
| #95 | Sierra Leone | 29.4% | 2018 | |
| #94 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.1% | 2022 | |
| #93 | Senegal | 28.8% | 2021 | |
| #92 | Indonesia | 28.7% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Laos | 28.5% | 2024 | |
| #90 | People's Republic of China | 28.4% | 2022 | |
| #89 | Mali | 28.3% | 2021 | |
| #88 | Tajikistan | 28.2% | 2024 | |
| #87 | Iran | 28.2% | 2023 | |
| #86 | Vietnam | 28.1% | 2022 | |
| #85 | Niger | 27.8% | 2021 | |
| #84 | Ivory Coast | 27.8% | 2021 | |
| #83 | Pakistan | 27.7% | 2024 | |
| #82 | Gabon | 27.7% | 2017 | |
| #81 | Marshall Islands | 27.5% | 2019 | |
| #80 | Lithuania | 27.3% | 2023 | |
| #79 | Benin | 27.2% | 2021 | |
| #78 | Palestine | 27.1% | 2023 | |
| #77 | Liberia | 27.1% | 2016 | |
| #76 | Tunisia | 27.0% | 2021 | |
| #75 | Israel | 27.0% | 2022 | |
| #74 | Portugal | 26.9% | 2023 | |
| #73 | Switzerland | 26.6% | 2022 | |
| #72 | Nigeria | 26.3% | 2022 | |
| #71 | Cyprus | 26.3% | 2023 | |
| #70 | Latvia | 26.2% | 2023 | |
| #69 | Germany | 26.2% | 2022 | |
| #68 | Georgia | 26.2% | 2024 | |
| #67 | Guinea-Bissau | 26.1% | 2021 | |
| #66 | Thailand | 26.0% | 2024 | |
| #65 | Greece | 26.0% | 2023 | |
| #64 | Australia | 25.9% | 2020 | |
| #63 | Qatar | 25.8% | 2017 | |
| #62 | Italy | 25.8% | 2023 | |
| #61 | Barbados | 25.8% | 2016 | |
| #60 | Lebanon | 25.6% | 2022 | |
| #59 | Myanmar | 25.5% | 2017 | |
| #58 | Denmark | 25.5% | 2023 | |
| #57 | Bangladesh | 25.5% | 2022 | |
| #56 | Russia | 25.1% | 2023 | |
| #55 | Kosovo | 25.1% | 2022 | |
| #54 | United Kingdom | 25.0% | 2021 | |
| #53 | Luxembourg | 25.0% | 2023 | |
| #52 | South Korea | 25.0% | 2021 | |
| #51 | France | 25.0% | 2023 | |
| #50 | Kazakhstan | 24.8% | 2021 | |
| #49 | Ethiopia | 24.8% | 2021 | |
| #48 | Austria | 24.8% | 2023 | |
| #47 | Vanuatu | 24.7% | 2019 | |
| #46 | Serbia | 24.7% | 2023 | |
| #45 | Montenegro | 24.7% | 2021 | |
| #44 | Malta | 24.7% | 2023 | |
| #43 | Mongolia | 24.6% | 2022 | |
| #42 | Mauritania | 24.6% | 2019 | |
| #41 | Egypt | 24.6% | 2021 | |
| #40 | Comoros | 24.6% | 2024 | |
| #39 | Canada | 24.6% | 2022 | |
| #38 | Spain | 24.5% | 2023 | |
| #37 | Japan | 24.3% | 2020 | |
| #36 | Uzbekistan | 24.2% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Nepal | 24.2% | 2022 | |
| #34 | Iraq | 24.2% | 2023 | |
| #33 | Fiji | 24.2% | 2019 | |
| #32 | Ireland | 24.1% | 2023 | |
| #31 | Seychelles | 23.9% | 2018 | |
| #30 | Hungary | 23.9% | 2017 | |
| #29 | Estonia | 23.7% | 2023 | |
| #28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.6% | 2021 | |
| #27 | Maldives | 23.3% | 2019 | |
| #26 | Croatia | 23.3% | 2023 | |
| #25 | Armenia | 23.3% | 2024 | |
| #24 | Guinea | 23.1% | 2018 | |
| #23 | Poland | 22.9% | 2023 | |
| #22 | North Macedonia | 22.9% | 2019 | |
| #21 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.9% | 2024 | |
| #20 | Moldova | 22.8% | 2023 | |
| #19 | Albania | 22.8% | 2020 | |
| #18 | Bhutan | 22.7% | 2022 | |
| #17 | Finland | 22.5% | 2023 | |
| #16 | Iceland | 22.4% | 2019 | |
| #15 | Sweden | 22.3% | 2023 | |
| #14 | Belgium | 22.2% | 2023 | |
| #13 | India | 22.1% | 2022 | |
| #12 | Tonga | 22.0% | 2021 | |
| #11 | Romania | 21.8% | 2023 | |
| #10 | Ukraine | 21.7% | 2020 | |
| #9 | Norway | 21.6% | 2023 | |
| #8 | Czech Republic | 21.5% | 2023 | |
| #7 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 21.4% | 2021 | |
| #6 | Syria | 20.9% | 2022 | |
| #5 | Kiribati | 20.9% | 2023 | |
| #4 | Belarus | 20.7% | 2020 | |
| #3 | Slovenia | 20.6% | 2023 | |
| #2 | United Arab Emirates | 20.5% | 2018 | |
| #1 | Slovakia | 18.8% | 2023 | |
| — | Afghanistan | — | — | |
| — | Algeria | — | — | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | Azerbaijan | — | — | |
| — | The Bahamas | — | — | |
| — | Bahrain | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | Botswana | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Brunei | — | — | |
| — | Cape Verde | — | — | |
| — | Cambodia | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Republic of the Congo | — | — | |
| — | Cuba | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Eritrea | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | French Polynesia | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Guyana | — | — | |
| — | Haiti | — | — | |
| — | Hong Kong | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Jordan | — | — | |
| — | North Korea | — | — | |
| — | Kuwait | — | — | |
| — | Libya | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Macau | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Morocco | — | — | |
| — | Namibia | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | New Caledonia | — | — | |
| — | New Zealand | — | — | |
| — | Nicaragua | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Oman | — | — | |
| — | Palau | — | — | |
| — | Papua New Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Puerto Rico | — | — | |
| — | Samoa | — | — | |
| — | San Marino | — | — | |
| — | Saudi Arabia | — | — | |
| — | Singapore | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Solomon Islands | — | — | |
| — | Somalia | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint Lucia | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | — | |
| — | Sudan | — | — | |
| — | Timor-Leste | — | — | |
| — | Trinidad and Tobago | — | — | |
| — | Turkmenistan | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — | |
| — | Venezuela | — | — | |
| — | United States Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Yemen | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)