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SOURCE
World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
DEFINITION
Share of income or consumption (%). The distribution of income is typically more unequal than the distribution of consumption.
Economy Statistics > Income distribution > Richest 10% (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Swaziland: |
50.2% |
|
| #2 |
Nicaragua: |
48.8% |
|
| #3 |
Brazil: |
48% |
|
| #4 |
Central African Republic: |
47.7% |
|
| #5 |
Burkina Faso: |
46.8% |
|
| #6 |
Colombia: |
46.1% |
|
| #7 |
Guatemala: |
46% |
|
| #8 |
South Africa: |
45.9% |
|
| #9 |
Chile: |
45.6% |
|
| #10 |
Paraguay: |
43.8% |
|
| #11 |
Sierra Leone: |
43.6% |
|
| #12 |
Lesotho: |
43.4% |
|
| #13 |
Honduras: |
42.7% |
|
| #14 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
42.4% |
|
| #15 |
Mexico: |
41.7% |
|
| #16 |
Zambia: |
41% |
|
| #17 |
Nigeria: |
40.8% |
|
| #18 |
Papua New Guinea: |
40.5% |
|
| #19 |
Mali: |
40.4% |
|
| #20 |
Zimbabwe: |
40.4% |
|
| #21 |
El Salvador: |
39.5% |
|
| #22 |
Russia: |
38.7% |
|
| #23 |
Malaysia: |
38.4% |
|
| #24 |
Gambia, The: |
38.2% |
|
| #25 |
Dominican Republic: |
37.8% |
|
| #26 |
Philippines: |
36.6% |
|
| #27 |
Cameroon: |
36.6% |
|
| #28 |
Venezuela: |
36.5% |
|
| #29 |
Kenya: |
36.1% |
|
| #30 |
Panama: |
35.6% |
|
| #31 |
Niger: |
35.4% |
|
| #32 |
Peru: |
35.4% |
|
| #33 |
Armenia: |
35.2% |
|
| #34 |
Costa Rica: |
34.6% |
|
| #35 |
Cambodia: |
33.8% |
|
| #36 |
Ecuador: |
33.8% |
|
| #37 |
Ethiopia: |
33.7% |
|
| #38 |
Senegal: |
33.5% |
|
| #39 |
India: |
33.5% |
|
| #40 |
Burundi: |
32.9% |
|
| #41 |
Uzbekistan: |
32.8% |
|
| #42 |
Uruguay: |
32.7% |
|
| #43 |
Saint Lucia: |
32.5% |
|
| #44 |
Thailand: |
32.4% |
|
| #45 |
Turkey: |
32.3% |
|
| #46 |
Guyana: |
32% |
|
| #47 |
Guinea: |
32% |
|
| #48 |
Bolivia: |
32% |
|
| #49 |
Tunisia: |
31.8% |
|
| #50 |
Mozambique: |
31.7% |
|
| #51 |
Turkmenistan: |
31.7% |
|
| #52 |
Morocco: |
30.9% |
|
| #53 |
Laos: |
30.6% |
|
| #54 |
United States: |
30.5% |
|
| #55 |
China: |
30.4% |
|
| #56 |
Jamaica: |
30.3% |
|
| #57 |
Ghana: |
30.1% |
|
| #58 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
29.9% |
|
| #59 |
Vietnam: |
29.9% |
|
| #60 |
Estonia: |
29.8% |
|
| #61 |
Nepal: |
29.8% |
|
| #62 |
Uganda: |
29.8% |
|
| #63 |
Jordan: |
29.8% |
|
| #64 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
28.8% |
|
| #65 |
Bangladesh: |
28.6% |
|
| #66 |
Madagascar: |
28.6% |
|
| #67 |
Portugal: |
28.4% |
|
| #68 |
Mauritania: |
28.4% |
|
| #69 |
Israel: |
28.3% |
|
| #70 |
Sri Lanka: |
28% |
|
| #71 |
Georgia: |
27.9% |
|
| #72 |
Azerbaijan: |
27.8% |
|
| #73 |
United Kingdom: |
27.7% |
|
| #74 |
Pakistan: |
27.6% |
|
| #75 |
Ireland: |
27.4% |
|
| #76 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
27.2% |
|
| #77 |
Algeria: |
26.8% |
|
| #78 |
Indonesia: |
26.7% |
|
| #79 |
Kazakhstan: |
26.3% |
|
| #80 |
Latvia: |
25.9% |
|
| #81 |
Yemen: |
25.9% |
|
| #82 |
Lithuania: |
25.6% |
|
| #83 |
Australia: |
25.4% |
|
| #84 |
Greece: |
25.3% |
|
| #85 |
Spain: |
25.2% |
|
| #86 |
Switzerland: |
25.2% |
|
| #87 |
Tajikistan: |
25.2% |
|
| #88 |
Netherlands: |
25.1% |
|
| #89 |
France: |
25.1% |
|
| #90 |
Egypt: |
25% |
|
| #91 |
Romania: |
25% |
|
| #92 |
Poland: |
24.7% |
|
| #93 |
Mongolia: |
24.5% |
|
| #94 |
Korea, South: |
24.3% |
|
| #95 |
Rwanda: |
24.2% |
|
| #96 |
Canada: |
23.8% |
|
| #97 |
Germany: |
23.7% |
|
| #98 |
Croatia: |
23.3% |
|
| #99 |
Ukraine: |
23.2% |
|
| #100 |
Slovenia: |
23% |
|
| #101 |
Belgium: |
23% |
|
| #102 |
Bulgaria: |
22.8% |
|
| #103 |
Austria: |
22.5% |
|
| #104 |
Czech Republic: |
22.4% |
|
| #105 |
Luxembourg: |
22% |
|
| #106 |
Italy: |
21.8% |
|
| #107 |
Norway: |
21.8% |
|
| #108 |
Japan: |
21.7% |
|
| #109 |
Finland: |
21.6% |
|
| #110 |
Denmark: |
20.5% |
|
| #111 |
Hungary: |
20.5% |
|
| #112 |
Sweden: |
20.1% |
|
| #113 |
Belarus: |
20% |
|
| #114 |
Slovakia: |
18.2% |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
31.4% |
|
DEFINITION: Share of income or consumption (%). The distribution of income is typically more unequal than the distribution of consumption.
SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
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