World · 171 countries · 2022

World wealth and income distribution map

The share of income and of wealth that goes to the top 10% of adults, the share of the bottom 50%, and the Gini coefficient, for 171 countries. Hover over a country for its figures and click it for its full distribution. Across these countries the median top 10% share is 45.6% of pre-tax national income and 60.6% of net personal wealth; in every one of them wealth is more concentrated than income by this measure.

Income: share of the top 10%

below 35%
35%–42%
42%–49%
49%–56%
56% and above
no data
mostly imputed (WID quality below 1 of 5)

Darker means more concentrated. 2022, per adult.

Reading the map

Income is the more reliable layer. Each series carries the World Inequality Database's data-quality rating. For income, 25 of 171 countries score below 1 of 5; for wealth, 147 of 171 do, and only 3 score 3 or more (United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States of America). Below 1, a series is hatched on the map and set in italics in the table: it is mostly an imputation from regional patterns and aggregate data, not a measurement.
One year, one definition. All figures are for 2022, per adult, with income and wealth split equally between spouses. Where a country's latest estimate is older, WID carries it forward; the year it last changed is shown as "last estimated".
Extremes. The top 10% income share runs from 26.8% in Slovakia to 66.7% in Iraq. Very small countries are hard to see on a world map; the table below lists every country.

All countries

Filter by country or continent 171 countries · values in italics are mostly imputed (quality below 1 of 5)


Iraq	66.7%	8.1%	0.74	1.9	72.8%	0.84	0.0
South Africa	65.4%	5.8%	0.75	2.4	85.5%	0.96	2.8
Namibia	64.2%	6.6%	0.74	1.7	72.6%	0.84	0.0
Colombia	63.3%	5.8%	0.75	3.1	72.4%	0.84	0.0
Botswana	60.6%	7.6%	0.71	1.7	72.0%	0.84	0.0
eSwatini	59.9%	7.9%	0.70	1.7	74.5%	0.85	0.0
Yemen	59.6%	9.4%	0.69	1.7	71.6%	0.83	0.0
Chile	59.5%	8.2%	0.71	2.6	71.9%	0.84	0.0
Brazil	59.4%	9.1%	0.70	3.5	71.9%	0.84	0.0
Mozambique	59.4%	9.9%	0.68	2.1	71.6%	0.83	0.0
Peru	59.2%	9.3%	0.70	3.0	71.7%	0.83	0.0
Mexico	59.1%	7.7%	0.71	2.5	72.1%	0.84	0.0
Zimbabwe	59.0%	9.2%	0.69	1.5	72.4%	0.84	0.0
India	58.9%	13.3%	0.64	3.9	65.0%	0.75	2.5
Angola	58.0%	9.0%	0.69	1.8	71.2%	0.83	0.0
Qatar	56.9%	9.7%	0.67	1.3	70.6%	0.83	0.0
Oman	56.3%	9.1%	0.68	1.1	70.3%	0.82	0.0
Zambia	56.2%	8.8%	0.68	2.2	69.6%	0.82	0.0
Congo	55.9%	9.9%	0.66	1.3	69.2%	0.81	0.0
Syria	55.9%	10.7%	0.66	1.2	67.7%	0.80	0.0
Turkey	54.5%	13.3%	0.62	2.8	65.6%	0.79	0.0
Dem. Rep. Congo	54.0%	11.6%	0.64	1.9	65.6%	0.79	0.0
Uganda	53.0%	12.2%	0.63	2.1	64.9%	0.78	0.0
Tunisia	52.7%	12.4%	0.63	1.9	64.9%	0.78	0.0
Rwanda	52.5%	13.2%	0.61	2.1	64.4%	0.78	0.0
Thailand	52.3%	10.7%	0.64	3.6	66.3%	0.79	0.0
Bolivia	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	64.7%	0.78	0.0
Bahamas	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	64.7%	0.78	0.0
Belize	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	68.1%	0.80	0.0
Guatemala	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	64.8%	0.78	0.0
Guyana	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	64.8%	0.78	0.0
Honduras	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	64.8%	0.78	0.0
Haiti	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	64.8%	0.78	0.0
Jamaica	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	64.8%	0.78	0.0
Nicaragua	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	64.8%	0.78	0.0
Panama	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	64.7%	0.78	0.0
Paraguay	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	64.8%	0.78	0.0
Suriname	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	64.8%	0.78	0.0
Trinidad and Tobago	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	64.7%	0.78	0.0
Venezuela	52.1%	10.1%	0.65	0.0	64.8%	0.78	0.0
Saudi Arabia	52.0%	10.7%	0.64	1.1	64.2%	0.78	0.0
Palestine	51.5%	10.5%	0.64	1.8	64.0%	0.77	0.0
Tanzania	51.4%	13.0%	0.61	1.9	63.8%	0.77	0.0
Lebanon	50.9%	11.2%	0.63	2.5	64.8%	0.78	0.0
Russia	50.8%	15.7%	0.58	3.2	76.0%	0.84	0.6
Central African Rep.	50.4%	12.1%	0.62	2.0	63.0%	0.77	0.0
Algeria	50.1%	15.8%	0.58	1.4	62.4%	0.76	0.0
S. Sudan	50.0%	11.9%	0.62	1.4	62.9%	0.77	0.0
Jordan	49.6%	14.4%	0.59	1.7	62.2%	0.76	0.0
Djibouti	49.5%	13.1%	0.60	1.8	62.6%	0.77	0.0
Costa Rica	49.5%	8.6%	0.65	3.9	62.8%	0.77	0.0
Lesotho	49.5%	11.3%	0.62	1.8	62.5%	0.76	0.0
Egypt	49.3%	15.6%	0.58	2.1	61.5%	0.76	0.0
United Arab Emirates	49.2%	12.9%	0.60	1.9	62.2%	0.76	0.0
Israel	49.2%	13.3%	0.60	1.9	63.1%	0.77	0.0
Georgia	49.0%	13.9%	0.59	3.0	65.5%	0.78	0.0
Sri Lanka	49.0%	14.1%	0.59	1.8	61.3%	0.76	0.0
Ghana	48.9%	12.2%	0.61	1.8	61.9%	0.76	0.0
Turkmenistan	48.9%	12.1%	0.61	1.0	61.5%	0.76	0.0
Fiji	48.6%	15.8%	0.56	0.0	61.7%	0.76	0.0
Greenland	48.6%	15.8%	0.56	0.0	61.7%	0.76	0.0
New Caledonia	48.6%	15.8%	0.56	0.0	61.7%	0.76	0.0
Solomon Is.	48.6%	15.8%	0.56	0.0	61.6%	0.76	0.0
Vanuatu	48.6%	15.8%	0.56	0.0	61.7%	0.76	0.0
Puerto Rico	48.5%	14.1%	0.59	0.0	62.0%	0.76	0.0
Malawi	48.5%	13.9%	0.59	1.9	61.1%	0.75	0.0
Laos	48.3%	12.9%	0.60	1.9	60.9%	0.75	0.0
Somalia	48.3%	14.0%	0.59	0.0	61.0%	0.75	0.0
Taiwan	48.2%	11.6%	0.61	4.0	61.9%	0.76	0.0
Morocco	48.2%	14.4%	0.58	1.1	61.1%	0.75	0.0
Gambia	48.0%	13.9%	0.59	2.0	60.8%	0.75	0.0
Cameroon	47.6%	12.4%	0.60	2.0	60.6%	0.75	0.0
Burkina Faso	47.5%	14.4%	0.58	2.1	60.6%	0.75	0.0
Kenya	47.2%	14.2%	0.58	2.2	60.4%	0.75	0.0
Libya	47.2%	15.2%	0.57	0.0	60.4%	0.75	0.0
Burundi	47.1%	14.4%	0.58	2.0	60.4%	0.75	0.0
Sierra Leone	47.0%	15.0%	0.57	1.6	60.3%	0.75	0.0
Indonesia	46.9%	12.4%	0.60	2.5	59.6%	0.76	0.5
United States of America	46.9%	13.3%	0.59	5.0	69.6%	0.83	3.8
Madagascar	46.8%	14.8%	0.57	2.1	60.3%	0.75	0.0
Togo	46.6%	14.3%	0.58	1.9	60.1%	0.75	0.0
Chad	46.4%	14.6%	0.57	2.0	60.0%	0.75	0.0
Papua New Guinea	46.3%	12.9%	0.59	1.1	60.1%	0.75	0.0
Senegal	45.7%	15.0%	0.56	2.1	59.7%	0.75	0.0
Ecuador	45.6%	10.7%	0.61	2.9	60.0%	0.75	0.0
Iran	45.6%	17.4%	0.54	2.9	59.6%	0.74	0.0
Uzbekistan	45.5%	14.6%	0.57	1.2	59.6%	0.74	0.0
Dominican Rep.	45.4%	11.5%	0.61	2.5	59.9%	0.75	0.0
Kuwait	45.4%	16.3%	0.55	1.4	59.2%	0.74	0.0
Philippines	45.4%	14.3%	0.57	2.0	60.6%	0.75	0.0
Cambodia	45.4%	13.9%	0.58	1.5	59.8%	0.75	0.0
Eq. Guinea	45.3%	13.9%	0.57	1.1	59.5%	0.74	0.0
Niger	45.2%	16.2%	0.55	2.1	59.4%	0.74	0.0
Sudan	45.0%	15.8%	0.55	1.3	59.4%	0.74	0.0
Bulgaria	45.0%	15.7%	0.56	2.8	59.8%	0.75	0.0
Mali	44.9%	15.1%	0.56	2.1	59.3%	0.74	0.0
Cuba	44.4%	13.1%	0.58	0.0	59.4%	0.74	0.0
Côte d'Ivoire	44.3%	15.3%	0.55	2.1	59.1%	0.74	0.0
Uruguay	44.3%	15.3%	0.56	3.4	75.6%	0.83	1.3
Vietnam	43.8%	14.6%	0.56	2.1	59.5%	0.74	0.0
Benin	43.7%	15.8%	0.55	2.0	58.9%	0.74	0.0
Japan	43.5%	18.2%	0.51	1.4	59.0%	0.74	0.0
China	43.5%	13.5%	0.57	2.8	68.0%	0.76	2.3
Gabon	43.3%	14.4%	0.56	1.6	58.9%	0.74	0.0
Kyrgyzstan	43.3%	16.9%	0.54	2.4	58.7%	0.74	0.0
Liberia	43.2%	15.4%	0.55	1.5	58.8%	0.74	0.0
Argentina	43.2%	13.3%	0.57	3.4	59.0%	0.74	0.0
Myanmar	42.9%	16.0%	0.54	1.2	58.6%	0.74	0.0
Mongolia	42.9%	14.9%	0.55	2.1	58.7%	0.74	0.0
Pakistan	42.8%	17.3%	0.53	2.1	58.5%	0.74	0.0
North Korea	42.7%	15.1%	0.55	0.0	58.8%	0.74	0.0
Bangladesh	42.4%	17.1%	0.53	1.8	58.4%	0.74	0.0
El Salvador	42.4%	10.5%	0.60	3.3	58.8%	0.74	0.0
Nigeria	42.4%	16.1%	0.54	2.2	59.2%	0.74	0.0
Estonia	42.3%	15.8%	0.54	3.7	67.9%	0.83	0.2
Tajikistan	42.2%	15.5%	0.55	1.7	58.5%	0.74	0.0
Bhutan	42.1%	15.0%	0.55	1.7	58.4%	0.74	0.0
Guinea-Bissau	42.1%	16.1%	0.54	2.1	58.4%	0.74	0.0
Nepal	41.5%	16.7%	0.53	1.5	58.6%	0.74	0.0
Kazakhstan	41.2%	16.4%	0.53	2.4	59.8%	0.75	0.0
Timor-Leste	41.2%	16.8%	0.53	1.6	58.2%	0.74	0.0
Romania	41.1%	15.3%	0.54	3.0	58.6%	0.74	0.0
Afghanistan	41.0%	17.8%	0.52	1.5	58.2%	0.74	0.0
Eritrea	40.5%	17.3%	0.52	0.0	58.1%	0.74	0.0
Ethiopia	40.5%	17.3%	0.52	2.0	58.1%	0.74	0.0
Mauritania	39.9%	17.0%	0.52	2.1	58.1%	0.73	0.0
Armenia	39.6%	18.6%	0.50	1.1	58.0%	0.73	0.0
Serbia	38.6%	17.1%	0.52	3.0	58.0%	0.73	0.0
Azerbaijan	38.2%	20.3%	0.48	1.0	57.6%	0.73	0.0
Guinea	37.9%	18.2%	0.49	1.9	57.7%	0.73	0.0
South Korea	37.8%	17.6%	0.50	3.4	66.5%	0.80	0.7
Poland	37.7%	19.4%	0.49	3.6	61.7%	0.85	0.4
Germany	37.6%	18.8%	0.49	3.5	58.5%	0.74	0.6
Ireland	36.9%	19.5%	0.48	3.6	66.6%	0.88	0.8
Canada	36.8%	16.9%	0.50	5.0	59.8%	0.63	0.1
Brunei	36.6%	19.3%	0.48	1.6	57.3%	0.73	0.0
Malaysia	36.5%	19.2%	0.48	2.7	60.7%	0.75	0.0
United Kingdom	36.3%	20.2%	0.47	3.4	57.1%	0.73	3.0
Lithuania	36.1%	16.8%	0.50	3.0	59.0%	0.74	0.0
Moldova	36.0%	17.7%	0.49	1.0	57.5%	0.73	0.0
Latvia	35.7%	17.4%	0.49	3.0	60.7%	0.73	0.5
Portugal	35.4%	20.4%	0.47	3.6	60.0%	0.76	1.0
Montenegro	35.2%	15.9%	0.51	1.0	57.2%	0.73	0.0
Australia	35.2%	17.2%	0.49	5.0	57.7%	0.73	0.0
New Zealand	35.0%	20.4%	0.46	4.9	57.0%	0.73	0.0
Bosnia and Herz.	34.8%	18.2%	0.48	2.2	57.0%	0.73	0.0
Croatia	34.8%	19.0%	0.47	3.5	56.9%	0.73	0.1
Albania	34.7%	17.2%	0.49	2.3	57.0%	0.73	0.0
France	34.4%	20.3%	0.46	4.8	59.6%	0.73	2.3
Spain	34.3%	21.3%	0.45	3.5	57.1%	0.71	2.5
Luxembourg	34.0%	20.0%	0.46	3.4	58.5%	0.74	1.2
Greece	33.5%	20.5%	0.45	3.7	60.1%	0.85	1.2
Kosovo	33.5%	18.1%	0.48	2.1	56.8%	0.73	0.0
Hungary	33.4%	22.2%	0.43	2.8	67.2%	0.79	0.5
Denmark	33.3%	21.6%	0.44	3.3	50.7%	0.71	2.5
Cyprus	33.2%	20.8%	0.45	3.0	66.8%	0.78	1.0
Ukraine	33.1%	22.6%	0.43	1.0	57.2%	0.73	0.0
Belgium	32.9%	20.3%	0.45	3.5	52.2%	0.67	1.0
Belarus	32.8%	22.6%	0.43	1.0	56.5%	0.72	0.0
Italy	32.3%	21.7%	0.44	3.8	56.1%	0.75	1.3
Finland	32.3%	21.9%	0.43	3.4	55.6%	0.75	2.0
Switzerland	32.0%	22.8%	0.42	3.5	62.8%	0.76	2.5
Austria	31.3%	23.3%	0.41	4.2	61.5%	0.77	1.0
North Macedonia	30.7%	20.7%	0.44	1.0	56.3%	0.72	0.0
Norway	30.6%	24.0%	0.41	3.4	53.0%	0.73	1.8
Netherlands	30.0%	21.6%	0.42	3.6	45.4%	0.62	3.2
Sweden	29.7%	24.2%	0.40	3.5	68.2%	0.98	1.8
Slovenia	29.6%	23.1%	0.41	3.4	57.2%	0.73	1.0
Czechia	29.0%	25.3%	0.38	3.6	58.1%	0.73	0.0
Iceland	28.0%	25.7%	0.37	3.3	57.5%	0.76	2.1
Slovakia	26.8%	24.5%	0.38	3.0	49.4%	0.68	1.0

Terms used on this page

Top 10% share: The share of the total received or held by the 10% of adults with the most. Its counterpart, the bottom 50% share, is the share of the half with the least.
Gini coefficient: Twice the area between the line of equality and the Lorenz curve. 0 when everyone holds the same, 1 when one unit holds everything. Values can exceed 1 when some hold negative amounts.
Pre-tax national income: All income from work and from capital, before taxes and before government transfers other than pensions and unemployment insurance, per adult, with income split equally between spouses. It adds up to national income.
Net personal wealth: The market value of everything adults own, such as housing, financial assets and business assets, minus their debts, per adult, with wealth split equally between spouses.
Data-quality rating: The World Inequality Database's own score, 0 to 5, for how much of a country's series rests on direct sources (tax records, surveys) and how much is imputed from other countries or from aggregates. A low score means the figure is mostly an estimate.

Sources and method

World Inequality Database, bulk release of 15 October 2026: shares of pre-tax national income and of net personal wealth by percentile, Gini coefficients and data-quality ratings, adults aged 20 and over, equal split between spouses. Country outlines: Natural Earth 1:110m, public domain, drawn in the Equal Earth projection, which shows countries at their true relative size. Disputed and unrecognised territories without WID data are shown as no data; their outlines follow Natural Earth and imply no position.

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