Where the Richest Earn the Most?

Income Share Held by Highest 10% (%), 2021 or latest
Society | December 1, 2022
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Based on a comparison of 58 countries in 2021, Colombia ranked the highest in income share held by highest 10% with 42.2% followed by Brazil and Panama. On the other end of the scale was Slovakia with 18.8%, Belarus with 20.7% and Slovenia with 20.7%.

Data for more countries are available at Income Share Held by Highest 10% indicator page.

Income Share Held by Highest 10% Unit 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Bolivia % ... 30.6% 30.8% 32.6% 30.3% 30.4% ...
Brazil % ... 42.5% 42.0% 39.5% 41.6% 41.0% ...
Bulgaria % ... ... 32.6% 31.4% 32.6% 29.9% 30.1% ... ...
Chile % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 37.3% ... 34.5% ... ...
Colombia % 39.7% 40.3% 41.8% 43.7% 43.5% ...
Costa Rica % 36.3% 36.7% 37.0% 37.2% 35.7%
Ecuador % 34.4% 34.5% 36.0% 34.7% 34.3% ...
Honduras % 35.3% 34.6% ... ... ... ...
Iran % ... ... ... ... 29.1% 28.3% 27.6% 27.2% 26.8% ...
Mexico % ... ... ... ... ... ... 36.6% ... 35.1% ... 34.4% ... ...
Panama % 37.1% 38.0% ... 39.3% ... ...
Paraguay % 35.8% 35.2% 33.3% 33.1% 34.3% ...
Peru % 31.6% 31.1% 32.9% 30.5% 30.7% ...
Turkey % 32.6% 33.9% 33.0% 34.7% 35.2% ... ...
Uganda % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 34.5% ... ... ... ... ...