Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2011 compilation

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Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2011 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	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2011 reading	42.15	income	2011
2	BrazilBRASouth America · 2011 reading	41.71	income	2011
3	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2011 reading	41.35	income	2011
4	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2011 reading	39.74	income	2011
5	PanamaPANCentral America · 2011 reading	39.66	income	2011
6	ChileCHLSouth America · 2011 reading	38.04	income	2011
7	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	37.92	consumption	2011.67
8	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2011 reading	37.49	income	2011
9	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2011 reading	36.91	income	2011
10	TogoTGOWestern Africa · 2011 reading	34.51	consumption	2011
11	BeninBENWestern Africa	34.47	consumption	2011.33
12	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2011 reading	34.11	income	2011
13	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa · 2011 reading	33.83	consumption	2011
14	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2011 reading	33.68	income	2011
15	PeruPERSouth America · 2011 reading	33.48	income	2011
16	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia · 2011 reading	32.77	income	2011
17	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2011 reading	32.75	income	2011
18	ChadTCDMiddle Africa · 2011 reading	32.43	consumption	2011
19	ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2011 reading	31.73	consumption	2011
20	UruguayURYSouth America · 2011 reading	31.62	income	2011
21	RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2011 reading	31.11	consumption	2011
22	SenegalSENWestern Africa	31.04	consumption	2011.29
23	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2011 reading	31.01	income	2011
24	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	30.95	consumption	2011.77
25	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2011 reading	30.92	consumption	2011

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

• +18 / −23countries joined / left
• 64values changed, of 64 in both
• 29 · 35rose · fell
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+ Benin+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Bolivia+ Brazil+ Chile+ Republic of the Congo+ Algeria+ India+ Iran+ Lebanon+ Malaysia+ Niger+ Senegal+ Sierra Leone+ Chad+ Togo+ Tanzania+ Zimbabwe− Australia− Bangladesh− Egypt− Ethiopia− Gambia− Guinea-Bissau− Jordan− South Korea− Madagascar− Mexico− Malawi− Nigeria− Nepal− Rwanda− Serbia− São Tomé and Príncipe− Tunisia− Tuvalu− Taiwan− Vietnam− Vanuatu− South Africa− 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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