Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2015 compilation

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Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2015 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	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	47.24	consumption	2015.27
2	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa · 2015 reading	43.42	consumption	2015
3	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	42.93	consumption	2015.85
4	BrazilBRASouth America · 2015 reading	40.87	income	2015
5	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2015 reading	40.27	income	2015
6	PanamaPANCentral America · 2015 reading	39.02	income	2015
7	BeninBENWestern Africa · 2015 reading	37.58	consumption	2015
8	ChileCHLSouth America · 2015 reading	36.83	income	2015
9	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2015 reading	36.80	income	2015
10	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2015 reading	36.73	income	2015
11	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2015 reading	36.60	income	2015
12	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2015 reading	34.92	income	2015
13	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2015 reading	34.90	income	2015
14	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2015 reading	34.84	income	2015
15	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2015 reading	34.79	income	2015
16	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	34.05	consumption	2015.78
17	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2015 reading	33.46	consumption	2015
18	PeruPERSouth America · 2015 reading	32.61	income	2015
19	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa · 2015 reading	32.29	consumption	2015
20	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa · 2015 reading	31.93	consumption	2015
21	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2015 reading	31.82	income	2015
22	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia · 2015 reading	31.71	consumption	2015
23	KenyaKENEastern Africa	31.56	consumption	2015.67
=24	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2015 reading	31.55	consumption	2015
=24	TogoTGOWestern Africa · 2015 reading	31.55	consumption	2015

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 26.87. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Benin+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Botswana+ Chile+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Cabo Verde+ Egypt+ Ethiopia+ Gambia+ Kenya+ Saint Lucia+ Myanmar+ Malaysia+ Namibia+ Nigeria+ Pakistan+ Philippines+ Togo+ Tajikistan+ Tonga+ Tunisia+ Zambia− Argentina− Australia− Burkina Faso− Cameroon− Comoros− Guatemala− South Korea− Liberia− Mexico− Mongolia− Mozambique− Mauritania− Niger− Nicaragua− Sudan− Timor-Leste− Vietnam− Yemen− South Africa

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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