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Percent income earned by the top 10 percent of earners, 2020 - Country rankings:

The average for 2020 based on 12 countries was 29.49 percent.The highest value was in Brazil: 39.4 percent and the lowest value was in Belarus: 20.7 percent. The indicator is available from 1967 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Top 10 percent income share, 2020 Global rank Available data
Brazil 39.4 1 1981 - 2020
Mexico 35.5 2 1989 - 2020
Paraguay 33.3 3 1990 - 2020
Peru 32.9 4 1997 - 2020
Bolivia 32.6 5 1997 - 2020
Argentina 30.3 6 1980 - 2020
Uruguay 29.9 7 2006 - 2020
Russia 29 8 1997 - 2020
Thailand 27 9 1981 - 2020
Ukraine 21.8 10 1992 - 2020
Armenia 21.5 11 1999 - 2020
Belarus 20.7 12 1998 - 2020

Economic outlook around the world

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