Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2006 compilation

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Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2006 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	BrazilBRASouth America · 2006 reading	44.06	income	2006
2	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2006 reading	43.98	income	2006
3	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2006 reading	43.56	income	2006
4	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	43.14	consumption	2006.5
5	GuatemalaGTMCentral America · 2006 reading	43.03	income	2006
6	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2006 reading	42.41	income	2006
7	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2006 reading	41.19	income	2006
=8	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2006 reading	41.12	income	2006
=8	PanamaPANCentral America · 2006 reading	41.12	income	2006
10	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2006 reading	39.48	income	2006
11	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2006 reading	38.28	income	2006
12	ChileCHLSouth America · 2006 reading	38.21	income	2006
13	PeruPERSouth America · 2006 reading	38.16	income	2006
14	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	36.59	income	2006
15	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2006 reading	35.56	income	2006
16	UruguayURYSouth America · 2006 reading	35.04	income	2006
17	IranIRNSouthern Asia	33.99	consumption	2006.23
18	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	33.84	income	2006
19	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2006 reading	33.80	income	2006
20	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	33.71	consumption	2006.43
21	VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2006 reading	33.17	income	2006
22	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	33.10	consumption	2006.91
23	TogoTGOWestern Africa · 2006 reading	32.64	consumption	2006
24	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	32.47	consumption	2006
25	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	32.33	consumption	2006.5

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 27.48. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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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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