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Economy Statistics > Income distribution > Richest 10% (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 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% 
= 19   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   Cameroon: 36.6% 
= 26   Philippines: 36.6% 
# 28   Venezuela: 36.5% 
# 29   Kenya: 36.1% 
# 30   Panama: 35.6% 
= 31   Niger: 35.4% 
= 31   Peru: 35.4% 
# 33   Armenia: 35.2% 
# 34   Costa Rica: 34.6% 
= 35   Ecuador: 33.8% 
= 35   Cambodia: 33.8% 
# 37   Ethiopia: 33.7% 
= 38   India: 33.5% 
= 38   Senegal: 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   Bolivia: 32% 
= 46   Guinea: 32% 
= 46   Guyana: 32% 
# 49   Tunisia: 31.8% 
= 50   Mozambique: 31.7% 
= 50   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   Vietnam: 29.9% 
= 58   Trinidad and Tobago: 29.9% 
= 60   Nepal: 29.8% 
= 60   Jordan: 29.8% 
= 60   Estonia: 29.8% 
= 60   Uganda: 29.8% 
# 64   Cote d'Ivoire: 28.8% 
= 65   Bangladesh: 28.6% 
= 65   Madagascar: 28.6% 
= 67   Mauritania: 28.4% 
= 67   Portugal: 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% 
= 80   Yemen: 25.9% 
# 82   Lithuania: 25.6% 
# 83   Australia: 25.4% 
# 84   Greece: 25.3% 
= 85   Spain: 25.2% 
= 85   Tajikistan: 25.2% 
= 85   Switzerland: 25.2% 
= 88   Netherlands: 25.1% 
= 88   France: 25.1% 
= 90   Romania: 25% 
= 90   Egypt: 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   Belgium: 23% 
= 100   Slovenia: 23% 
# 102   Bulgaria: 22.8% 
# 103   Austria: 22.5% 
# 104   Czech Republic: 22.4% 
# 105   Luxembourg: 22% 
= 106   Italy: 21.8% 
= 106   Norway: 21.8% 
# 108   Japan: 21.7% 
# 109   Finland: 21.6% 
= 110   Denmark: 20.5% 
= 110   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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