Colombia Income Share Top 10%

Colombia’s share of national income captured by the top 10 percent of earners stood at 45.00 percent in 2025, placing the country first among all nations tracked by the World Bank. This figure follows a gradual rise from 42.30 percent in 1980 and sits just below the all‑time peak of 46.90 percent recorded in 2000, while remaining well above the trough of 39.00 percent reached in 2017. The upward trajectory mirrors a broader pattern of increasing concentration of earnings observed in other Latin American economies, with Brazil’s top‑10 percent share at 40.62 percent and Mozambique’s at 42.94 percent for the same period. Over the 30‑year coverage span, the persistence of a high income share among the elite suggests structural factors such as tax policy and labor market segmentation continue to shape distribution. Unless reforms address these drivers, the share of income held by the top decile is likely to remain elevated, with only modest fluctuations around the current level.