Percent Income Earned By The Top 10 Percent Of Earners

South America Ranking

percentSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Colombia	42.2	2020	2	40.3
2 ↑	Suriname	42.1	1999	10
3 ↓	Brazil	39.4	2020	1	42
4	Chile	35.8	2020	4	36.3
5 ↑	Guyana	34.5	1998	10
6 ↓	Paraguay	33.3	2020	5	35.2
7 ↓	Venezuela	33.2	2006	3	36.4
8 ↓	Peru	32.9	2020	6	31.1
9 ↓	Bolivia	32.6	2020	8	30.8
10 ↓	Argentina	30.3	2020	7	31
11 ↓	Uruguay	29.9	2020	9	29.7

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