Global income is highly unequally divided. While the richest 10 percent earned more than half of the pre-tax national income worldwide, the bottom half earned only eight percent. Global wealth is even more unequally divided.
Share of pre-tax national income held by the richest 10 percent compared to the poorest 50 percent worldwide from 1980 to 2022
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World Inequality Lab. (April 18, 2024). Share of pre-tax national income held by the richest 10 percent compared to the poorest 50 percent worldwide from 1980 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1417931/income-held-richest-percent-world/
World Inequality Lab. "Share of pre-tax national income held by the richest 10 percent compared to the poorest 50 percent worldwide from 1980 to 2022." Chart. April 18, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1417931/income-held-richest-percent-world/
World Inequality Lab. (2024). Share of pre-tax national income held by the richest 10 percent compared to the poorest 50 percent worldwide from 1980 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1417931/income-held-richest-percent-world/
World Inequality Lab. "Share of Pre-tax National Income Held by The Richest 10 Percent Compared to The Poorest 50 Percent Worldwide from 1980 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1417931/income-held-richest-percent-world/
World Inequality Lab, Share of pre-tax national income held by the richest 10 percent compared to the poorest 50 percent worldwide from 1980 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1417931/income-held-richest-percent-world/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of pre-tax national income held by the richest 10 percent compared to the poorest 50 percent worldwide from 1980 to 2022 [Graph], World Inequality Lab, April 18, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1417931/income-held-richest-percent-world/
