Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2007 compilation

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Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2007 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 · 2007 reading	43.19	income	2007
2	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2007 reading	43.08	income	2007
3	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2007 reading	42.53	income	2007
4	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2007 reading	42.02	income	2007
5	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2007 reading	41.84	income	2007
6	PanamaPANCentral America · 2007 reading	39.74	income	2007
7	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2007 reading	38.90	income	2007
8	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2007 reading	38.60	income	2007
9	PeruPERSouth America · 2007 reading	37.80	income	2007
10	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	37.14	consumption	2007.33
11	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2007 reading	35.71	income	2007
12	UruguayURYSouth America · 2007 reading	35.43	income	2007
13	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2007 reading	33.74	income	2007
14	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa · 2007 reading	33.04	consumption	2007
15	RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2007 reading	32.76	consumption	2007
16	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa · 2007 reading	31.87	consumption	2007
17	NigerNERWestern Africa	31.32	consumption	2007.31
18	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2007 reading	30.83	consumption	2007
19	United StatesUSANorthern America · 2007 reading	30.60	income	2007
20	GuineaGINWestern Africa · 2007 reading	30.05	consumption	2007
21	IsraelISRWestern Asia · 2007 reading	29.51	income	2007
22	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia · 2007 reading	29.37	consumption	2007
23	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	29.25	consumption	2007.23
24	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2007 reading	28.91	consumption	2007
25	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe · 2007 reading	28.85	income	2007

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 26.55. “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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