Incomes1963–2024percent

Top 10% income share

Name: Top 10% income share
Creator: World Bank Open Data
License: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses

Share of income or consumption held by the richest 10% of the population according to the World Bank.

22.9%Poland · 2023

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-10-08

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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-11-05, ID e2939fb2e96dWarehouse version at build: v45

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Poland: 1985–2023; observations: 34; missing years: 5 (1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997)

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20.8→22.9

Total change: +2.1 pp
Period: 1985–2023

Poland: 20.8 (1985) → 22.9 (2023). Difference: +2.1 pp. Peak value of 28.2 in 2004; lowest value of 20.8 in 1985.

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Top 10% income share — Poland
Year	Country	Value
2023	Poland	22.9%
2022	Poland	23.1%
2021	Poland	22.8%
2020	Poland	22.8%
2019	Poland	23.1%
2018	Poland	24%
2017	Poland	23.5%
2016	Poland	24.6%
2015	Poland	24.2%
2014	Poland	25.1%
2013	Poland	25.4%
2012	Poland	25.3%
2011	Poland	25.5%
2010	Poland	25.8%
2009	Poland	25.8%
2008	Poland	26.1%
2007	Poland	26.4%
2006	Poland	26.4%
2005	Poland	26.8%
2004	Poland	28.2%

Source: World Bank Open Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Published by source: 2026-10-08
Retrieved: 2026-11-05
Indicator code in source: SI.DST.10TH.10
Unit of measure: percent
Data version: v45

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Longseries, “Top 10% income share”. World Bank Open Data (SI.DST.10TH.10), 1963–2024, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States. Retrieved 2026-11-05. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: e2939fb2e96d2eee4c6ec1fdd6ed63486cee274bc17a3798b5675a3a2c922c23. https://longseries.com/en/d/top10-income-share/

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Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2023: highest — Italy; lowest — India

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14 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Brazil	2024	39.3%39.3%
United States	2024	30.7%30.7%
China	2022	28.4%28.4%
Germany	2022	26.2%26.2%
Highest value in the comparable yearItaly	2023	25.8%25.8%
France	2023	25%25%
United Kingdom	2021	25%25%
Spain	2023	24.5%24.5%

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About this series

Income or consumption share of the top decile, %. World Bank (PIP), from household surveys.

Indicator definition

Part of total income (or consumption) held by the 10% of people with the highest incomes. See also: Gini index.

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Surveys under-cover the very rich, so the share is likely understated; read the trend together with Gini index.

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