Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2004 compilation

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Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2004 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	ComorosCOMEastern Africa · 2004 reading	48.08	consumption	2004
2	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2004 reading	44.86	income	2004
3	BrazilBRASouth America · 2004 reading	44.54	income	2004
4	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2004 reading	44.53	income	2004
5	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2004 reading	43.89	income	2004
6	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	42.66	consumption	2004.67
7	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2004 reading	42.42	income	2004
8	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2004 reading	41.99	income	2004
9	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2004 reading	41.70	income	2004
10	PanamaPANCentral America · 2004 reading	41.25	income	2004
11	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2004 reading	39.70	income	2004
12	PeruPERSouth America · 2004 reading	37.95	income	2004
13	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2004 reading	36.57	income	2004
14	JamaicaJAMCaribbean · 2004 reading	35.69	consumption	2004
15	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2004 reading	35.63	income	2004
16	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2004 reading	35.30	income	2004
17	VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2004 reading	34.63	income	2004
18	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2004 reading	33.78	consumption	2004
19	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	32.82	consumption	2004.23
20	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	32.62	consumption	2004.55
21	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	32.27	consumption	2004.89
22	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia · 2004 reading	31.68	consumption	2004
23	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe · 2004 reading	30.86	income	2004
24	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2004 reading	30.83	consumption	2004
25	RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2004 reading	30.49	consumption	2004

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 27.15. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

• +22 / −16countries joined / left
• 51values changed, of 53 in both
• 25 · 26rose · fell
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+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Bolivia+ Switzerland+ DR Congo+ Comoros+ Cyprus+ Czechia+ Egypt+ Ethiopia+ Croatia+ India+ Jamaica+ Mexico+ Mauritania+ Malawi+ Netherlands+ Pakistan+ Palestine+ Slovakia+ Thailand+ Vietnam+ Zambia− Benin− Burkina Faso− Bulgaria− Bhutan− Chile− Gambia− Malaysia− Namibia− Nigeria− Nepal− Philippines− Sierra Leone− Syria− Chad− Uzbekistan− Kosovo

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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