Percent Income Earned By The Top 10 Percent Of Earners

Africa Ranking

percentSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	South Africa	50.5	2014	2	51.3
2 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	49.1	2017	48	24.2
3 ↓	Namibia	47.3	2015	1	51.8
4 ↑	Central African Republic	46.2	2008	5	47.7
5 ↑	Mozambique	45.5	2014	15	36.8
6	Zambia	44.4	2015	6	45.2
7 ↑	Swaziland	42.7	2016	8	40
8 ↓	Botswana	41.5	2015	3	49.6
9 ↑	Republic of the Congo	37.9	2011	15	36.8
10 ↑	Burkina Faso	37.5	2018	34	29.6
11 ↑	Rwanda	35.6	2016	12	37.9
12 ↑	Cameroon	35	2014	26	33
13 ↑	Zimbabwe	34.8	2017	22	33.8
14 ↑	Uganda	34.5	2019	20	34.2
15 ↓	Comoros	33.7	2014	4	48.1
16 ↑	Madagascar	33.5	2012	19	34.3
17 ↑	Tanzania	33.1	2018	23	33.1
18 ↓	Lesotho	32.9	2017	10	38.3
18 ↑	Togo	32.9	2018	31	31.6
20 ↑	Djibouti	32.3	2017	21	34.1
20 ↓	Cape Verde	32.3	2015	14	37.1
22 ↑	Ghana	32.2	2016	30	31.8
23 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	32	2012	27	32.4
24 ↓	Morocco	31.9	2013	23	33.1
25 ↓	Kenya	31.6	2015	15	36.8
26 ↑	Niger	31.1	2018	38	27
27 ↓	Malawi	31	2019	11	38.1
27 ↑	Burundi	31	2013	35	28
29 ↑	Senegal	30.5	2018	33	31
30 ↓	Benin	29.9	2018	13	37.6
30 ↑	Mauritius	29.9	2017	31	31.6
32 ↓	Chad	29.7	2018	27	32.4
33 ↑	Sierra Leone	29.4	2018	40	26.9
34 ↓	Ivory Coast	29	2018	29	31.9
35 ↓	Gambia	28.7	2015	18	34.9
36 ↑	Ethiopia	28.5	2015	37	27.4
37 ↑	Mali	28.2	2018	47	25.7
38 ↑	Sudan	27.8	2014	43	26.7
39 ↓	Gabon	27.7	2017	23	33.1
40 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	27.6	2018	7	42
41 ↑	Liberia	27.1	2016	46	26
42 ↓	Egypt	26.9	2017	36	27.8
43 ↓	Nigeria	26.7	2018	40	26.9
44 ↓	Tunisia	25.6	2015	38	27
45	Mauritania	24.9	2014	45	26.2
46 ↓	Seychelles	24	2018	9	39.9
47 ↓	Guinea	23.1	2018	44	26.4
48 ↓	Algeria	22.9	2011	40	26.9

Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.