Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2005 compilation

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Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2005 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	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa · 2005 reading	54.52	consumption	2005
2	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2005 reading	46.11	income	2005
3	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2005 reading	45.26	income	2005
4	BrazilBRASouth America · 2005 reading	44.63	income	2005
5	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	43.87	consumption	2005.75
6	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2005 reading	43.19	income	2005
7	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2005 reading	41.14	income	2005
8	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2005 reading	40.44	income	2005
9	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2005 reading	40.27	income	2005
10	PanamaPANCentral America · 2005 reading	40.19	income	2005
11	NicaraguaNICCentral America · 2005 reading	39.62	income	2005
12	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2005 reading	38.95	income	2005
13	PeruPERSouth America · 2005 reading	38.51	income	2005
14	KenyaKENEastern Africa	36.81	consumption	2005.38
=15	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2005 reading	36.78	income	2005
=15	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa · 2005 reading	36.78	consumption	2005
17	VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2005 reading	36.40	income	2005
18	NigerNERWestern Africa · 2005 reading	36.22	consumption	2005
19	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2005 reading	35.88	income	2005
20	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	35.74	consumption	2005.5
21	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2005 reading	34.96	income	2005
22	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	34.53	consumption	2005.33
23	IranIRNSouthern Asia	33.31	consumption	2005.23
24	GabonGABMiddle Africa · 2005 reading	33.14	consumption	2005
25	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2005 reading	32.76	consumption	2005

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 28.64. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Albania+ Bangladesh+ China+ Republic of the Congo+ Micronesia+ Gabon+ Ghana+ Iran+ Kenya+ Madagascar+ Montenegro+ Niger+ Nicaragua+ Rwanda+ Senegal+ Solomon Islands+ Tunisia+ Taiwan+ Uganda+ Kosovo+ Yemen+ South Africa− Australia− Bosnia and Herzegovina− Switzerland− DR Congo− Comoros− Egypt− Ethiopia− Croatia− India− Jamaica− Mauritania− Malawi− Thailand− Tajikistan− Vietnam− 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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