Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2010 compilation

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Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2010 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 · 2010 reading	48.17	consumption	2010
2	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2010 reading	43.16	income	2010
3	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa · 2010 reading	41.96	consumption	2010
4	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa · 2010 reading	41.03	consumption	2010
5	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2010 reading	40.47	income	2010
6	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2010 reading	40.20	income	2010
7	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	39.77	consumption	2010.83
8	PanamaPANCentral America · 2010 reading	39.64	income	2010
9	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2010 reading	37.54	income	2010
10	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2010 reading	37.24	income	2010
11	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	36.86	consumption	2010.23
12	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2010 reading	36.77	income	2010
13	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2010 reading	36.54	income	2010
14	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	34.88	consumption	2010.08
15	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa · 2010 reading	34.29	consumption	2010
16	PeruPERSouth America · 2010 reading	34.22	income	2010
17	UruguayURYSouth America · 2010 reading	33.60	income	2010
18	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2010 reading	33.23	income	2010
19	ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2010 reading	32.63	consumption	2010
20	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2010 reading	31.76	income	2010
21	IsraelISRWestern Asia · 2010 reading	31.12	income	2010
22	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2010 reading	30.87	consumption	2010
23	TuvaluTUVPolynesia · 2010 reading	30.77	consumption	2010
24	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2010 reading	30.72	consumption	2010
25	RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2010 reading	30.61	consumption	2010

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 26.22. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Australia+ Bangladesh+ China+ Egypt+ Ethiopia+ Gambia+ Guinea-Bissau+ Jordan+ South Korea+ Madagascar+ Mexico+ Mongolia+ Malawi+ Nigeria+ Nepal+ Pakistan+ Rwanda+ São Tomé and Príncipe+ Tunisia+ Tuvalu+ Taiwan+ Vietnam+ Vanuatu+ South Africa+ Zambia− Burkina Faso− Bolivia− Brazil− Botswana− Chile− India− Iran− Sri Lanka− Maldives− Mali− Namibia− Nicaragua− Philippines− Papua New Guinea− Sudan− South Sudan− Eswatini− Syria− Tajikistan− Tonga− Uganda

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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