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Social cohesion, poverty & inequality

United States · Income share of the richest 10%

Share of income (or consumption, depending on the country's survey) held by the richest 10%, from household surveys compiled by the World Bank.· Consumption-based surveys (India, Indonesia, Russia…) show a lower share than income-based ones: compare trends rather than levels
30.7%
2024
−0.2 ptsvs 2023
min 29.4 2010max 31.4 2006
%
Range
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Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform (via the WDI)· Data 2024
Household surveys (income or consumption)Upd. 10/2026Y-axis truncated

4th highest of 9 countries · 30.9 % · World Bank 2023 — Rank on the harmonised series (World Bank), the same for every country: its value may differ from the national figure shown above.

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