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The map shows the indicator: Income share held by highest 10 %. The data are for the different sovereign countries of the world.

Data source: The World Bank. The data correspond to the last date of registration provided by the source.

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Ranking of statistics – Income share held by highest 10 %

The 5 highest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1981 :

1 - Malawi - Income share held by highest 10 % was 61.49 % in 1997
2 - Bhutan - Income share held by highest 10 % was 55.39 % in 2003
3 - Namibia - Income share held by highest 10 % was 54.79 % in 2003
4 - South Africa - Income share held by highest 10 % was 54.25 % in 2006
5 - Botswana - Income share held by highest 10 % was 53.08 % in 2002

The 5 lowest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1981 :

1 - Azerbaijan - Income share held by highest 10 % was 17.14 % in 2004
2 - Czech Republic - Income share held by highest 10 % was 17.82 % in 1988
3 - Slovakia - Income share held by highest 10 % was 18.14 % in 1988
4 - Estonia - Income share held by highest 10 % was 18.41 % in 1988
5 - Latvia - Income share held by highest 10 % was 18.60 % in 1997

Data table - Income share held by highest 10 %

Ranking	Country	Data	Date of information
1	Namibia	51.84	2009
2	South Africa	51.26	2011
3	Botswana	49.61	2009
4	Haiti	48.21	2012
5	Comoros	48.10	2004
6	Micronesia	47.08	2000
7	Central African Republic	46.22	2008
8	Zambia	45.23	2010
9	Rwanda	44.34	2010
10	Belize	42.43	1999
11	Guinea-Bissau	42.00	2010
12	Colombia	41.94	2013
13	Guatemala	41.83	2011
14	Brazil	41.82	2013
15	Honduras	41.48	2013
16	Chile	41.47	2013
17	Lesotho	40.88	2010
18	Swaziland	39.98	2009
19	Panama	39.96	2013
20	Mexico	38.86	2012
21	Kenya	38.83	2005
22	Paraguay	37.56	2013
23	Malawi	37.53	2010
24	Dominican Republic	37.41	2013
25	Costa Rica	37.28	2013
26	Cape Verde	37.14	2007
27	Gambia	36.85	2003
28	Mozambique	36.78	2008
29	Ecuador	36.53	2013
30	Jamaica	35.76	2004
31	Solomon Islands	35.75	2005
32	Bolivia	35.55	2013
33	Nicaragua	35.19	2009
34	Samoa	34.70	2008
35	Fiji	34.66	2008
36	Malaysia	34.59	2009
37	Togo	34.53	2011
38	Benin	34.48	2011
39	Djibouti	34.39	2012
40	El Salvador	34.35	2013
41	Macedonia	34.16	2008
42	Guyana	34.11	1998
43	Venezuela	34.07	2006
44	Uganda	33.90	2012
45	Seychelles	33.75	2006
46	Philippines	33.40	2012
47	Peru	33.39	2013
48	Madagascar	33.16	2010
49	Gabon	33.15	2005
50	Morocco	33.10	2007
51	Cameroon	33.04	2007
52	Nigeria	32.73	2009
53	Ghana	32.69	2005
54	Papua New Guinea	32.68	2009
55	Côte d'Ivoire	32.64	2008
56	Saint Lucia	32.48	1995
57	Chad	32.44	2011
58	Angola	32.31	2008
59	Russia	32.22	2012
60	Burkina Faso	32.05	2009
61	Democratic Republic of the Congo	32.00	2012
62	Sri Lanka	31.80	2012
63	Turkmenistan	31.73	1998
64	Israel	31.27	2010
65	Senegal	31.05	2011
66	Uruguay	30.95	2013
67	Tanzania	30.95	2011
68	Laos	30.84	2012
69	Bhutan	30.63	2012
70	Argentina	30.56	2013
71	Turkey	30.50	2012
72	Thailand	30.43	2012
73	United States	30.19	2013
74	Vietnam	30.05	2012
75	Yemen	29.99	2005
76	China	29.98	2010
77	India	29.98	2011
78	Trinidad and Tobago	29.89	1992
79	Georgia	29.86	2013
80	Republic of the Congo	29.85	2011
81	Tonga	29.39	2009
82	Iran	29.08	2013
83	Mauritius	29.04	2012
84	Vanuatu	28.92	2010
85	Syria	28.68	2004
86	Kiribati	28.50	2006
87	Uzbekistan	28.33	2003
88	Liberia	28.29	2007
89	Indonesia	28.18	2010
90	Cyprus	28.04	2012
91	Burundi	27.97	2006
92	Mauritania	27.86	2008
93	Portugal	27.77	2012
94	Maldives	27.64	2009
95	Jordan	27.45	2010
96	Ethiopia	27.40	2010
97	Bulgaria	27.38	2012
98	Tunisia	27.03	2010
99	Algeria	26.89	1995
100	Sierra Leone	26.88	2011
101	Lithuania	26.84	2012
102	France	26.84	2012
103	Bangladesh	26.81	2010
104	Greece	26.74	2012
105	Sudan	26.68	2009
106	East Timor	26.66	2007
107	Latvia	26.63	2012
108	Egypt	26.57	2008
109	Australia	26.53	2010
110	Luxembourg	26.47	2012
111	Niger	26.43	2011
112	Guinea	26.41	2012
113	Nepal	26.32	2010
114	Italy	26.30	2012
115	Mongolia	26.19	2012
116	Spain	25.90	2012
117	Canada	25.74	2010
118	Mali	25.68	2009
119	Poland	25.63	2012
120	Pakistan	25.62	2010
121	Armenia	25.56	2013
122	Ireland	25.55	2012
123	Estonia	25.25	2012
124	Cambodia	25.23	2012
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25.09	2007
126	Montenegro	25.05	2013
127	Switzerland	25.02	2012
128	Japan	24.77	2008
129	United Kingdom	24.66	2012
130	São Tomé and Príncipe	24.18	2010
131	Tajikistan	24.13	2009
132	Hungary	23.93	2012
133	Iraq	23.70	2012
134	Germany	23.69	2011
135	Croatia	23.63	2011
136	Denmark	23.47	2012
137	Austria	23.45	2012
138	Moldova	23.26	2013
139	Serbia	23.24	2010
140	Kyrgyzstan	23.14	2012
141	Albania	22.93	2012
142	Netherlands	22.57	2012
143	Finland	22.29	2012
144	Czech Republic	22.17	2012
145	Iceland	22.11	2012
146	Kazakhstan	22.00	2013
147	Belgium	21.96	2012
148	Belarus	21.54	2012
149	Sweden	21.50	2012
150	Romania	21.46	2012
151	Slovenia	21.07	2012
152	Ukraine	21.07	2013
153	Norway	20.90	2012
154	Slovakia	20.50	2012
155	Azerbaijan	17.41	2005