Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2017 compilation

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Income Share Held by Richest 10%, 2017 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	BrazilBRASouth America · 2017 reading	41.92	income	2017
2	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2017 reading	39.39	income	2017
3	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2017 reading	39.07	income	2017
4	PanamaPANCentral America · 2017 reading	37.69	income	2017
5	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2017 reading	36.96	income	2017
6	ChileCHLSouth America · 2017 reading	36.94	income	2017
7	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2017 reading	36.55	income	2017
8	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa · 2017 reading	34.80	consumption	2017
9	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2017 reading	33.98	income	2017
10	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2017 reading	33.80	income	2017
11	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2017 reading	33.50	income	2017
12	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	32.89	consumption	2017.14
13	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa · 2017 reading	32.80	consumption	2017
14	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa · 2017 reading	32.31	consumption	2017
15	PeruPERSouth America · 2017 reading	32.30	income	2017
16	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2017 reading	32.00	income	2017
17	BulgariaBGREastern Europe · 2017 reading	31.88	income	2017
18	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe · 2017 reading	31.24	income	2017
19	United StatesUSANorthern America · 2017 reading	30.40	income	2017
20	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2017 reading	29.95	income	2017
21	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa · 2017 reading	29.87	consumption	2017
22	ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2017 reading	29.81	consumption	2017
23	UruguayURYSouth America · 2017 reading	29.64	income	2017
24	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2017 reading	29.14	income	2017
25	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2017 reading	28.90	consumption	2017

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 26.03. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

• +11 / −16countries joined / left
• 66values changed, of 68 in both
• 26 · 40rose · fell
• 2unchanged

+ Bhutan+ Chile+ Djibouti+ Egypt+ Gabon+ Lesotho+ Myanmar+ Mauritius+ Qatar+ São Tomé and Príncipe+ Zimbabwe− Australia− Bangladesh− Barbados− Ghana− Liberia− Sri Lanka− Maldives− Mexico− Mongolia− Malawi− Palestine− Rwanda− South Sudan− Eswatini− Uganda− Vietnam

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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