Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2003 compilation

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Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2003 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Positionderived	Country	Share of national income held by the richest tenth (%)	Survey measures	Survey year
1	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	54.75	consumption	2003.67
2	BrazilBRASouth America · 2003 reading	45.41	income	2003
3	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2003 reading	45.04	income	2003
4	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2003 reading	44.08	income	2003
5	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2003 reading	42.78	income	2003
6	PanamaPANCentral America · 2003 reading	42.21	income	2003
7	PeruPERSouth America · 2003 reading	42.20	income	2003
8	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2003 reading	42.02	income	2003
9	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2003 reading	41.74	income	2003
10	ChileCHLSouth America · 2003 reading	41.35	income	2003
11	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2003 reading	37.75	income	2003
12	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2003 reading	37.25	income	2003
13	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2003 reading	36.99	income	2003
14	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	36.88	consumption	2003.25
15	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	36.72	consumption	2003.29
16	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2003 reading	36.59	income	2003
17	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia · 2003 reading	35.12	income	2003
18	VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2003 reading	35.05	income	2003
19	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa · 2003 reading	33.78	consumption	2003
20	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2003 reading	32.40	consumption	2003
21	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia · 2003 reading	32.22	consumption	2003
22	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	31.92	consumption	2003.25
23	BeninBENWestern Africa · 2003 reading	31.08	consumption	2003
24	ChadTCDMiddle Africa · 2003 reading	30.71	consumption	2003
25	RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2003 reading	30.32	consumption	2003

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 28.20. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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• 43values changed, of 43 in both
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+ Australia+ Austria+ Belgium+ Benin+ Burkina Faso+ Bulgaria+ Bhutan+ Chile+ Denmark+ Ecuador+ Spain+ Finland+ Gambia+ Iceland+ Malaysia+ Namibia+ Nigeria+ Norway+ Nepal+ Philippines+ Portugal+ Sierra Leone+ Syria+ Chad+ Tajikistan+ Kosovo− Albania− Bolivia− Botswana− Switzerland− China− Côte d’Ivoire− Czechia− Djibouti− Fiji− Guinea− Guinea-Bissau− Jamaica− Jordan− Laos− Sri Lanka− Lesotho− Maldives− Mexico− Mongolia− Mozambique− Thailand− Uganda− Vietnam− Samoa− Zambia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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