Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2016 compilation

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Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2016 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	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	42.72	consumption	2016.17
2	BrazilBRASouth America · 2016 reading	42.05	income	2016
3	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2016 reading	40.15	income	2016
4	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	38.09	consumption	2016.31
5	PanamaPANCentral America · 2016 reading	37.84	income	2016
6	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2016 reading	37.38	income	2016
7	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2016 reading	37.35	income	2016
8	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2016 reading	37.27	income	2016
9	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2016 reading	36.04	income	2016
10	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	35.63	consumption	2016.77
11	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2016 reading	35.36	income	2016
12	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2016 reading	34.27	income	2016
13	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	34.21	consumption	2016.5
14	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	33.01	consumption	2016.5
=15	PeruPERSouth America · 2016 reading	32.56	income	2016
=15	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia · 2016 reading	32.56	consumption	2016
17	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2016 reading	32.42	income	2016
18	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	32.21	consumption	2016.75
19	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2016 reading	32.08	consumption	2016
20	BulgariaBGREastern Europe · 2016 reading	31.43	income	2016
21	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2016 reading	30.70	income	2016
22	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2016 reading	30.65	income	2016
23	United StatesUSANorthern America · 2016 reading	30.56	income	2016
24	UruguayURYSouth America · 2016 reading	29.63	income	2016
25	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2016 reading	29.54	income	2016

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 25.91. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

• +19 / −22countries joined / left
• 64values changed, of 65 in both
• 27 · 37rose · fell
• 1unchanged

+ Argentina+ Australia+ Bangladesh+ Barbados+ Ghana+ South Korea+ Liberia+ Sri Lanka+ Maldives+ Mexico+ Mongolia+ Malawi+ Palestine+ Rwanda+ South Sudan+ Eswatini+ Taiwan+ Uganda+ Vietnam− 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

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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