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Top 10% income share

SI.DST.10TH.10 ยท %

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Uganda. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, Germany
26.2%2022
Period covered
1991 - 202232 annual values
Highest of the compared countries
34.5%Uganda, 2019
Lowest of the compared countries
21.4%Netherlands, 2021

8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.

202530354019631978199420092024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Uganda34.5%2019
  • United States30.7%2024
  • China28.4%2022
  • Germany26.2%2022
  • Italy25.8%2023
  • United Kingdom25%2021
  • Spain24.5%2023
  • Netherlands21.4%2021

Year by year values

Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.

Annual values by country
GermanyUnited KingdomItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesChinaUganda
202430.7%
202325.8%24.5%30.9%
202226.2%25.3%24.8%30.9%28.4%
202126.3%25%26.2%24.7%21.4%30.2%28.2%
202025.6%24.9%26.1%25%21.6%29.7%29.4%
201925.7%25.1%25.8%24.9%23.9%31%29.5%34.5%
201825.3%25.9%25.9%25.3%23%31%29.4%
201724.7%25%26.7%25.4%23.3%30.4%29.9%
201624.5%25.5%26%25.8%22.9%30.6%29.3%34.2%
201524.8%25.7%25.8%26.2%23%30.6%29.4%
201424%25.6%25.5%26%23.3%30.8%29.7%
201324.9%25.3%25.9%25.9%22.8%30.2%30.3%
201224.4%25.7%26.4%25.8%22.5%30.4%31.5%32.9%
201124.4%25.9%26.4%25.9%22.6%30.3%31.8%
201024.1%26.4%26.2%26%22.4%29.4%32.6%
200924.1%27.4%25.4%25.9%22.4%30.5%36.4%
200824.5%27.6%25.7%25.6%23.7%30.5%32%
200725.2%26.5%24.9%25.6%24.1%30.6%
200624.7%28.3%25.6%24.9%24.7%31.4%
200525.2%27.9%25.5%24.3%23.4%31%30.9%34.5%

World Bank definition

Income share held by highest 10%

Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.

Text published by the World Bank for indicator SI.DST.10TH.10, reproduced unchanged.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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