Income Share Bottom 10% - Ranking 2022
In 2022, India (4.50%), Moldova (4.50%), and Kyrgyz Republic (4.40%) ranked highest in income share bottom 10% among all countries. Colombia ranked lowest at 1.00%.
Data & analysis
- Kyrgyz Republic — 4.50
- India — 4.41
- Moldova — 4.38
- Slovenia — 4.10
- Armenia — 4.04
The income share held by the lowest 10% in 2025 reveals a stark global disparity, with post-Soviet transition economies dominating the top of the ranking. The Kyrgyz Republic leads at 4.5%, followed closely by India at 4.41% and Moldova at 4.38%, suggesting that these nations’ social safety nets or labor-intensive economic structures channel a relatively larger slice of national income to the poorest decile. At the bottom, Kosovo’s 0.66% and Colombia’s 1.0% indicate extreme income concentration, a condition often rooted in persistent inequality of land ownership or informal labor markets that exclude the poorest from formal wage growth. The wide gap between the top and bottom underscores how institutional legacies and economic diversification shape distribution. As global pressures from automation and climate adaptation intensify, shifts in fiscal policy or the emergence of new labor sectors could reshuffle this leaderboard.
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