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DEFINITION
Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.
Economy Statistics > Income share held by highest 10% (most recent) by country
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| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
Date
|
| #1 |
Namibia: |
64.46 %
|
1993 ... |
|
| #2 |
Botswana: |
51.01 %
|
1993 ... |
|
| #3 |
Lesotho: |
48.31 %
|
1995 ... |
|
| #4 |
Central African Republic: |
47.73 %
|
1993 ... |
|
| #5 |
Haiti: |
47.67 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #6 |
Bolivia: |
47.17 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #7 |
Colombia: |
46.9 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #8 |
Paraguay: |
46.14 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #9 |
Chile: |
44.99 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #10 |
Brazil: |
44.83 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #11 |
South Africa: |
44.75 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #12 |
Sierra Leone: |
43.6 %
|
1989 ... |
|
| #13 |
Guatemala: |
43.39 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #14 |
Panama: |
43.02 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #15 |
Honduras: |
42.22 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #16 |
Ecuador: |
41.63 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #17 |
Dominican Republic: |
41.13 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #18 |
Peru: |
40.91 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #19 |
Swaziland: |
40.69 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #20 |
Nepal: |
40.56 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #21 |
Papua New Guinea: |
40.5 %
|
1996 ... |
|
| #22 |
Zimbabwe: |
40.32 %
|
1996 ... |
|
| #23 |
Mozambique: |
39.39 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #24 |
Mexico: |
39.39 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #25 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
39.3 %
|
1993 ... |
|
| #26 |
Zambia: |
38.82 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #27 |
El Salvador: |
38.76 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #28 |
Malaysia: |
38.42 %
|
1997 ... |
|
| #29 |
Rwanda: |
38.24 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #30 |
Argentina: |
38.19 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #31 |
Uganda: |
37.74 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #32 |
Costa Rica: |
37.36 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #33 |
Gambia, The: |
36.96 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #34 |
Madagascar: |
36.63 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #35 |
Jamaica: |
35.77 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #36 |
Niger: |
35.4 %
|
1995 ... |
|
| #37 |
Cameroon: |
35.39 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #38 |
Venezuela: |
35.16 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #39 |
China: |
34.94 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #40 |
Hong Kong: |
34.92 %
|
1996 ... |
|
| #41 |
Cambodia: |
34.78 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #42 |
Philippines: |
34.2 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #43 |
Turkey: |
34.08 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #44 |
Côte d'Ivoire: |
33.99 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #45 |
Uruguay: |
33.96 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #46 |
Kenya: |
33.87 %
|
1997 ... |
|
| #47 |
Guyana: |
33.85 %
|
1999 ... |
|
| #48 |
Nicaragua: |
33.76 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #49 |
Iran: |
33.66 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #50 |
Senegal: |
33.44 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #51 |
Thailand: |
33.38 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #52 |
Nigeria: |
33.16 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #53 |
Burundi: |
32.77 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #54 |
Singapore: |
32.76 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #55 |
Sri Lanka: |
32.69 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #56 |
Saint Lucia: |
32.48 %
|
1995 ... |
|
| #57 |
Burkina Faso: |
32.22 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #58 |
Malawi: |
31.79 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #59 |
Turkmenistan: |
31.71 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #60 |
Tunisia: |
31.49 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #61 |
India: |
31.13 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #62 |
Morocco: |
30.9 %
|
1999 ... |
|
| #63 |
Guinea: |
30.74 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #64 |
Jordan: |
30.6 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #65 |
Russia: |
30.58 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #66 |
Georgia: |
30.25 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #67 |
Mali: |
30.23 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #68 |
Ghana: |
30.02 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #69 |
United States: |
29.85 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #70 |
Portugal: |
29.84 %
|
1997 ... |
|
| #71 |
Uzbekistan: |
29.6 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #72 |
Macedonia, Republic of: |
29.6 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #73 |
Mauritania: |
29.54 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #74 |
Egypt: |
29.52 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #75 |
Azerbaijan: |
29.52 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #76 |
Latvia: |
29.06 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #77 |
Benin: |
29.04 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #78 |
Armenia: |
28.97 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #79 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
28.81 %
|
1992 ... |
|
| #80 |
Israel: |
28.8 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #81 |
Vietnam: |
28.79 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #82 |
Indonesia: |
28.51 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #83 |
United Kingdom: |
28.49 %
|
1999 ... |
|
| #84 |
Laos: |
28.47 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #85 |
Belgium: |
28.06 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #86 |
Bangladesh: |
27.9 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #87 |
New Zealand: |
27.81 %
|
1997 ... |
|
| #88 |
Lithuania: |
27.68 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #89 |
Estonia: |
27.56 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #90 |
Ireland: |
27.23 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #91 |
Poland: |
27.03 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #92 |
Tanzania: |
26.9 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #93 |
Algeria: |
26.8 %
|
1995 ... |
|
| #94 |
Italy: |
26.8 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #95 |
Spain: |
26.61 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #96 |
Moldova: |
26.36 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #97 |
Pakistan: |
26.33 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #98 |
Greece: |
26.04 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #99 |
Switzerland: |
25.91 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #100 |
Yemen: |
25.91 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #101 |
Kazakhstan: |
25.9 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #102 |
Tajikistan: |
25.56 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #103 |
Ethiopia: |
25.49 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #104 |
Australia: |
25.4 %
|
1994 ... |
|
| #105 |
France: |
25.09 %
|
1995 ... |
|
| #106 |
Canada: |
24.79 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #107 |
Mongolia: |
24.64 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #108 |
Croatia: |
24.47 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #109 |
Albania: |
24.4 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #110 |
Romania: |
24.39 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #111 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
24.33 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #112 |
Bulgaria: |
23.88 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #113 |
Luxembourg: |
23.77 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #114 |
Belarus: |
23.5 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #115 |
Norway: |
23.38 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #116 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
23.36 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #117 |
Austria: |
23.05 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #118 |
Ukraine: |
22.95 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #119 |
Netherlands: |
22.9 %
|
1999 ... |
|
| #120 |
Finland: |
22.57 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #121 |
Korea, South: |
22.45 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #122 |
Czech Republic: |
22.37 %
|
1996 ... |
|
| #123 |
Hungary: |
22.22 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #124 |
Sweden: |
22.18 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #125 |
Germany: |
22.07 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #126 |
Japan: |
21.69 %
|
1993 ... |
|
| #127 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
21.4 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #128 |
Slovenia: |
21.35 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #129 |
Denmark: |
21.28 %
|
1997 ... |
|
| #130 |
Slovakia: |
20.87 %
|
1996 ... |
|
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Weighted average: |
32.1 %
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DEFINITION: Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.
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