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Income to join the top 10%
Pre-tax income per adult needed to enter the country's top 10%. WID pre-tax national income per adult, converted at PPP rates. Only countries with survey- or tax-data-backed estimates are shown.
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 89 countries · World Inequality Database · tap a country to pin it here
Countries
89 · World Inequality Database- 1stLuxembourg485,4522023
- 2ndNorway234,8932023
- 3rdIreland179,4562023
- 4thUnited States174,2492024
- 5thNetherlands171,5722023
- 6thTaiwan166,1252024
- 7thSwitzerland156,8622022
- 8thDenmark154,1122022
- 9thAustralia152,4852024
- 10thBelgium151,3172023
- 11thCanada146,8992024
- 12thSweden135,0172023
- 13thIceland135,0132021
- 14thGermany133,1082023
- 15thMalta131,5642023
- 16thAustria130,6362023
- 17thLithuania124,9062023
- 18thTürkiye122,6552024
- 19thFrance121,2942024
- 20thFinland119,0152023
- 21stUnited Kingdom115,6012021
- 22ndArgentina114,2862023
- 23rdSouth Korea112,0502022
- 24thNew Zealand109,0802024
- 25thItaly105,7422023
- 26thSlovenia102,4862023
- 27thRomania101,8682023
- 28thSpain94,9552023
- 29thPortugal92,9502023
- 30thCroatia92,8612023
- 31stEstonia91,1402023
- 32ndPoland89,6132023
- 33rdCyprus84,5372023
- 34thUruguay82,7222023
- 35thLatvia80,8452023
- 36thCzechia78,8872023
- 37thDominican Republic78,5872023
- 38thGreece78,1802023
- 39thSlovakia78,0932023
- 40thMalaysia75,4242022
- 41stChile74,7372022
- 42ndCosta Rica73,7672023
- 43rdRussia68,1852020
- 44thEgypt67,8862019
- 45thBulgaria66,6632023
- 46thColombia61,4342023
- 47thMexico61,1192022
- 48thEquatorial Guinea58,8942022
- 49thSerbia56,2122023
- 50thIran53,7422023
- 51stBrazil49,4222023
- 52ndChina47,3342022
- 53rdThailand45,6072021
- 54thEcuador42,5982023
- 55thGeorgia42,4122019
- 56thAlbania40,5932020
- 57thPeru40,2992023
- 58thNigeria37,2382022
- 59thEl Salvador35,3432023
- 60thLebanon35,1362024
- 61stTunisia34,4512021
- 62ndIraq30,9182024
- 63rdMauritania29,6612024
- 64thZimbabwe29,0702019
- 65thIvory Coast26,0772021
- 66thKenya21,7552022
- 67thCameroon21,5572021
- 68thSenegal17,0312021
- 69thKyrgyzstan16,5262019
- 70thIndia15,9652022
- 71stZambia15,0432022
- 72ndEthiopia14,3492021
- 73rdMali13,8322021
- 74thBenin13,7892021
- 75thSierra Leone12,6102024
- 76thUganda12,1392019
- 77thRwanda12,0522023
- 78thChad11,1262022
- 79thGambia10,8452020
- 80thBurkina Faso10,7222021
- 81stTogo9,5882021
- 82ndGuinea-Bissau9,1892021
- 83rdMalawi8,6682019
- 84thDR Congo7,7192024
- 85thNiger6,9152021
- 86thMadagascar6,3312021
- 87thCentral African Republic5,8252021
- 88thBurundi5,0962020
- 89thMozambique4,7392022
89 countries ranked.
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- Human development indexUNDP composite of health, education and income (0–1).
- GDP per capitaOutput per person, price-adjusted: states via BEA regional price parities, countries via PPP.
- Median income (after tax)Median equivalised household disposable income per person, USD PPP — what the middle household actually has to spend after taxes and transfers.
- PopulationResident population.
- Land areaLand area in square kilometres.
- Cost of livingOverall price level relative to the US average (100).
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
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