Social & Inequality
Top 10% income share
SI.DST.10TH.10 ยท %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Niger, Madagascar. 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, United Kingdom
- 25%2021
- Period covered
- 1968 - 202154 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 30.7%United States, 2024
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 21.4%Netherlands, 2021
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
United States30.7%2024
Madagascar29.6%2021
China28.4%2022
Niger27.8%2021
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.
| United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | Niger | Madagascar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30.7% | |||||||
| 2023 | 25.8% | 24.5% | 30.9% | |||||
| 2022 | 25.3% | 24.8% | 30.9% | 28.4% | ||||
| 2021 | 25% | 26.2% | 24.7% | 21.4% | 30.2% | 28.2% | 27.8% | 29.6% |
| 2020 | 24.9% | 26.1% | 25% | 21.6% | 29.7% | 29.4% | ||
| 2019 | 25.1% | 25.8% | 24.9% | 23.9% | 31% | 29.5% | ||
| 2018 | 25.9% | 25.9% | 25.3% | 23% | 31% | 29.4% | 31.1% | |
| 2017 | 25% | 26.7% | 25.4% | 23.3% | 30.4% | 29.9% | ||
| 2016 | 25.5% | 26% | 25.8% | 22.9% | 30.6% | 29.3% | ||
| 2015 | 25.7% | 25.8% | 26.2% | 23% | 30.6% | 29.4% | ||
| 2014 | 25.6% | 25.5% | 26% | 23.3% | 30.8% | 29.7% | 27% | |
| 2013 | 25.3% | 25.9% | 25.9% | 22.8% | 30.2% | 30.3% | ||
| 2012 | 25.7% | 26.4% | 25.8% | 22.5% | 30.4% | 31.5% | 33.5% | |
| 2011 | 25.9% | 26.4% | 25.9% | 22.6% | 30.3% | 31.8% | 26.4% | |
| 2010 | 26.4% | 26.2% | 26% | 22.4% | 29.4% | 32.6% | 34.3% | |
| 2009 | 27.4% | 25.4% | 25.9% | 22.4% | 30.5% | |||
| 2008 | 27.6% | 25.7% | 25.6% | 23.7% | 30.5% | 32% | ||
| 2007 | 26.5% | 24.9% | 25.6% | 24.1% | 30.6% | 31.3% | ||
| 2006 | 28.3% | 25.6% | 24.9% | 24.7% | 31.4% | |||
| 2005 | 27.9% | 25.5% | 24.3% | 23.4% | 31% | 30.9% | 36.2% | 32.4% |
| 2004 | 27.3% | 26.3% | 24.8% | 23.7% | 30.3% | |||
| 2003 | 27.3% | 26.7% | 24% | 30.2% | ||||
| 2002 | 27.7% | 25.8% | 30.1% | 31.4% | ||||
| 2001 | 29.3% | 30.7% | 36.6% | |||||
| 2000 | 31.2% | 26.4% | 25.8% | 30.3% | ||||
| 1999 | 28.7% | 25.5% | 21.8% | 29.9% | 29.4% | 28.9% | ||
| 1998 | 28.6% | 27.6% | 25.9% | 29.8% | ||||
| 1997 | 27.6% | 26.3% | 30.4% | 30.1% | ||||
| 1996 | 27.2% | 26.7% | 30.1% | 27.3% | ||||
| 1995 | 27.3% | 26.2% | 26.9% | 29.7% | ||||
| 1994 | 27.9% | 26% | 29.6% | 32.5% | ||||
| 1993 | 26.8% | 25.7% | 26.6% | 22.8% | 29.7% | 26.6% | 37% | |
| 1992 | 26.6% | 27.8% | 29.6% | |||||
| 1991 | 26.7% | 23.7% | 27.5% | |||||
| 1990 | 27.5% | 24.9% | 24.5% | 27.7% | 25.8% | |||
| 1989 | 25.7% | 24.7% | 27.8% | |||||
| 1988 | 26.9% | 27.2% | ||||||
| 1987 | 26.8% | 25% | 22% | 26.6% | 22.4% | |||
| 1986 | 25.3% | 23.7% | 26.8% | |||||
| 1985 | 23.8% | 26.8% | 27% | |||||
| 1984 | 23.2% | 23.9% | 26.7% | 21.3% | ||||
| 1983 | 23.6% | 22.8% | 22.6% | 26.6% | ||||
| 1982 | 23.7% | 22.6% | 26.4% | |||||
| 1981 | 23.7% | 24.5% | 25.8% | 21.7% | ||||
| 1980 | 22.9% | 25.4% | 26.3% | 25.3% | 37% | |||
| 1979 | 22% | 25.2% | 25.4% | |||||
| 1978 | 21.9% | 25.4% | 25.2% | |||||
| 1977 | 22% | 25.9% | 26% | |||||
| 1976 | 22.2% | 25.8% | ||||||
| 1975 | 22.6% | 25.8% | ||||||
| 1974 | 23.5% | 25.7% | ||||||
| 1973 | 23.4% | 26.3% | ||||||
| 1972 | 22.9% | 26.6% | ||||||
| 1971 | 23.8% | 27% | ||||||
| 1970 | 23% | 26.6% | ||||||
| 1969 | 23.1% | 26.4% | ||||||
| 1968 | 22.3% | 26.5% | ||||||
| 1967 | 26.8% | |||||||
| 1966 | 26.9% | |||||||
| 1965 | 26.9% | |||||||
| 1964 | 27.5% | |||||||
| 1963 | 26.9% |
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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