Income Inequality - Income share held by highest 10% - Ranking

The Commonwealth Topics Poverty Income Inequality

Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.

Income share held by highest 10% (%)

	1970	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Australia					26.50				26.60		25.50		26.20
Bangladesh			27.90	28.00	26.90						26.80						27.40
Canada		23.10	25.20	25.20	25.30	24.60	24.80	24.70	24.70	25.10	24.60	24.90	24.40	24.00	23.40
Malaysia						33.20		31.80		31.30			31.20			30.90
India						24.80											22.10
Pakistan		27.10		27.10	25.10	25.80		25.30		27.00			25.50
Sri Lanka		27.50					31.90				32.60			30.80
Botswana										42.90
Ghana				32.70			31.70				32.20
Lesotho												32.90
Nigeria					26.70		26.60			26.90			26.70
Rwanda			40.80	43.90	39.80			37.90			35.60
Jamaica		32.00											27.40			29.60
Kenya				36.80						31.60					28.40	31.80
Tanzania			28.90			30.90							33.10
Uganda				34.50			32.90				34.20			34.50
Zambia					41.00					43.40							39.10
Belize													30.00
St. Lucia										34.10
Cameroon									35.00							31.10
South Africa			44.90	54.20	51.30				50.50
Eswatini			44.10								42.70
Malawi					36.90						38.10			31.00
Mozambique									45.50					41.10
Gambia, The					34.90					28.70					30.50
Tonga			28.20							26.80						22.00
Solomon Islands				35.70			29.20
Cyprus				24.90	25.70	26.70	28.00	30.90	28.80	27.50	26.80	25.50	27.20	25.50	26.30	25.70	26.20
United Kingdom	22.70	27.10	30.80	27.40	26.00	25.50	25.30	24.90	25.20	25.30	25.10	24.50	25.40	24.70	24.60	24.60
Namibia										47.20
Sierra Leone						26.90							29.40
Kiribati														22.80
Samoa								31.30
Malta					22.70	23.20	23.40	23.20	23.30	23.60	23.10	23.30	22.90	24.80	25.10	25.90	27.70
Mauritius							31.60					29.90
Tuvalu					30.80
Vanuatu					29.10									24.70
Seychelles								39.90					23.90
Nauru							25.30
Grenada													33.70
Barbados											25.80