Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2008 compilation

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Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2008 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	50.08	consumption	2008.67
2	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa · 2008 reading	46.20	consumption	2008
3	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2008 reading	43.36	income	2008
4	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2008 reading	43.03	income	2008
5	BrazilBRASouth America · 2008 reading	42.50	income	2008
6	PanamaPANCentral America · 2008 reading	40.71	income	2008
7	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2008 reading	40.10	income	2008
8	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2008 reading	39.72	income	2008
9	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2008 reading	38.53	income	2008
10	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2008 reading	38.11	income	2008
11	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2008 reading	37.77	income	2008
12	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2008 reading	37.66	income	2008
13	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	36.76	consumption	2008.67
14	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2008 reading	36.12	income	2008
15	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2008 reading	35.55	consumption	2008
16	PeruPERSouth America · 2008 reading	35.40	income	2008
17	UruguayURYSouth America · 2008 reading	34.28	income	2008
18	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	34.15	income	2008.25
19	SamoaWSMPolynesia · 2008 reading	34.01	consumption	2008
20	FijiFJIMelanesia	32.90	consumption	2008.5
21	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa · 2008 reading	32.64	consumption	2008
22	RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2008 reading	32.49	consumption	2008
23	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2008 reading	32.47	income	2008
24	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	32.30	consumption	2008.5
25	ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2008 reading	31.93	consumption	2008

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 26.99. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Angola+ Albania+ Australia+ Central African Republic+ China+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Colombia+ Egypt+ Fiji+ Croatia+ Jordan+ Japan+ South Korea+ Mexico+ North Macedonia+ Mozambique+ Mauritania+ Malaysia+ Vietnam+ Samoa+ South Africa− Bosnia and Herzegovina− Bhutan− Cameroon− Cabo Verde− Guinea− Laos− Liberia− Mongolia− Niger− Pakistan− Palestine− Tajikistan− Timor-Leste− Taiwan− Tanzania

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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