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  Field Listing - Household income or consumption by percentage share


Country
Household income or consumption by percentage share (%)
Afghanistan lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Albania lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 24.4% (2004)
Algeria lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 26.8% (1995)
American Samoa lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Andorra lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Angola lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Anguilla lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Antigua and Barbuda lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Argentina lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 35% (January-March 2007)
Armenia lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 41.3% (2004)
Aruba lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Australia lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 25.4% (1994)
Austria lowest 10%: 3.3%
highest 10%: 22.5% (2004)
Azerbaijan lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 29.5% (2001)
Bahamas, The lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: 27% (2000)
Bahrain lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bangladesh lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 27.9% (2000)
Barbados lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Belarus lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 23.5% (2002)
Belgium lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 28.4% (2006)
Belize lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Benin lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 29% (2003)
Bermuda lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bhutan lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bolivia lowest 10%: 0.3%
highest 10%: 47.2% (2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina lowest 10%: 3.9%
highest 10%: 21.4% (2001)
Botswana lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Brazil lowest 10%: 0.9%
highest 10%: 44.8% (2004)
British Virgin Islands lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Brunei lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bulgaria lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25.4% (2005)
Burkina Faso lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 32.2% (2004)
Burma lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)
Burundi lowest 10%: 1.7%
highest 10%: 32.8% (1998)
Cambodia lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 34.8% (2004)
Cameroon lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 35.4% (2001)
Canada lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 24.8% (2000)
Cape Verde lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Cayman Islands lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Central African Republic lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 47.7% (1993)
Chad lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Chile lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 45% (2003)
China lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 34.9% (2004)
Colombia lowest 10%: 7.9%
highest 10%: 34.3% (2004)
Comoros lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Congo, Republic of the lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Cook Islands lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Costa Rica lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 37.4% (2003)
Cote d'Ivoire lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 34% (2002)
Croatia lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 24.5% (2003 est.)
Cuba lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Cyprus lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Czech Republic lowest 10%: 4.3%
highest 10%: 22.4% (1996)
Denmark lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 24% (2000 est.)
Djibouti lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Dominica lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Dominican Republic lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 41.1% (2004)
Ecuador lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 35%
note: data for urban households only (October 2006)
Egypt lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 29.5% (2000)
El Salvador lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 38.8% (2002)
Equatorial Guinea lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Eritrea lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Estonia lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 27.6% (2003)
Ethiopia lowest 10%: 3.9%
highest 10%: 25.5% (2000)
European Union lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 25.2% (2001 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Faroe Islands lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Fiji lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Finland lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 22.6% (2000)
France lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 24.8% (2004)
French Polynesia lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Gabon lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Gambia, The lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 37% (1998)
Gaza Strip lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Georgia lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 27% (2005)
Germany lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 22.1% (2000)
Ghana lowest 10%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 30.1% (1999)
Gibraltar lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Greece lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 26% (2000 est.)
Greenland lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Grenada lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Guam lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Guatemala lowest 10%: 0.9%
highest 10%: 43.4% (2002)
Guernsey lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Guinea lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 41% (2006)
Guinea-Bissau lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 42.4% (1991)
Guyana lowest 10%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 33.8% (1999)
Haiti lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 47.7% (2001)
Honduras lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 42.2% (2003)
Hong Kong lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Hungary lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 22.2% (2002)
Iceland lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
India lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 31.1% (2004)
Indonesia lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 28.5% (2002)
Iran lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 33.7% (1998)
Iraq lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Ireland lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 27.2% (2000)
Isle of Man lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Israel lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 28.3% (2005)
Italy lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 26.8% (2000)
Jamaica lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 35.8% (2004)
Japan lowest 10%: 4.8%
highest 10%: 21.7% (1993)
Jersey lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Jordan lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 30.6% (2003)
Kazakhstan lowest 10%: 3.3%
highest 10%: 26.5% (2004 est.)
Kenya lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 37.2% (2000)
Kiribati lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Korea, North lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Korea, South lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25% (2005 est.)
Kuwait lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Kyrgyzstan lowest 10%: 3.8%
highest 10%: 24.3% (2003)
Laos lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 28.5% (2002)
Latvia lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 29.1% (2003)
Lebanon lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Lesotho lowest 10%: 0.9%
highest 10%: 43.4% (2002 est.)
Liberia lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Libya lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Liechtenstein lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Lithuania lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 27.7% (2003)
Luxembourg lowest 10%: 3.5%
highest 10%: 23.8% (2000)
Macau lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Macedonia lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 29.6% (2003)
Madagascar lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 36.6% (2001)
Malawi lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 31.8% (2004)
Malaysia lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 39.2% (2003 est.)
Maldives lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mali lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 30.2% (2001)
Malta lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Marshall Islands lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mauritania lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 29.5% (2000)
Mauritius lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mayotte lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mexico lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 37% (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Moldova lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 26.4% (2003)
Monaco lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mongolia lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 24.6% (2002)
Montserrat lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Morocco lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 30.9% (1999)
Mozambique lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 39.4% (2002)
Namibia lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 64.5% (2003)
Nauru lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Nepal lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 40.6% (2004)
Netherlands lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 22.9% (1999)
Netherlands Antilles lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
New Caledonia lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
New Zealand lowest 10%: %NA
highest 10%: %NA
Nicaragua lowest 10%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 33.8% (2001)
Niger lowest 10%: 0.8%
highest 10%: 35.4% (1995)
Nigeria lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 33.2% (2003)
Niue lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Northern Mariana Islands lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Norway lowest 10%: 3.9%
highest 10%: 23.4% (2000)
Oman lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Pakistan lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 26.3% (2002)
Palau lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Panama lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 43% (2003)
Papua New Guinea lowest 10%: 1.7%
highest 10%: 40.5% (1996)
Paraguay lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 46.1% (2003)
Peru lowest 10%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 40.9% (2003)
Philippines lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 31.2% (2006)
Poland lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 27% (2002)
Portugal lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 28.4% (1995 est.)
Puerto Rico lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Qatar lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Romania lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 20.8% (2006)
Russia lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 30.4% (September 2007)
Rwanda lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 38.2% (2000)
Saint Helena lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Saint Kitts and Nevis lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Saint Lucia lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Samoa lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
San Marino lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Sao Tome and Principe lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Saudi Arabia lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Senegal lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 33.4% (2001)
Seychelles lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Sierra Leone lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 43.6% (1989)
Singapore lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 32.8% (1998)
Slovakia lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 20.9% (1996)
Slovenia lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 21.4% (1998)
Solomon Islands lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Somalia lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
South Africa lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 44.7% (2000)
Spain lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 26.6% (2000)
Sri Lanka lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 39.7% (FY03/04)
Sudan lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Suriname lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Swaziland lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 40.7% (2001)
Sweden lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 22.2% (2000)
Switzerland lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25.9% (2000)
Syria lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Taiwan lowest 10%: 6.7%
highest 10%: 41.1% (2002 est.)
Tajikistan lowest 10%: 3.3%
highest 10%: 25.6% (2007 est.)
Tanzania lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 26.9% (2000)
Thailand lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 33.4% (2002)
Timor-Leste lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Togo lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Tonga lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Trinidad and Tobago lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Tunisia lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 31.5% (2000)
Turkey lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 34.1% (2003)
Turkmenistan lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 31.7% (1998)
Turks and Caicos Islands lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Tuvalu lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Uganda lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 37.7% (2002)
Ukraine lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 25.7% (2006)
United Arab Emirates lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
United Kingdom lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 28.5% (1999)
United States lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 30% (2007 est.)
Uruguay lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 34% (2003)
Uzbekistan lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 29.6% (2003)
Vanuatu lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Venezuela lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 35.2% (2003)
Vietnam lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 28.9% (2004)
Virgin Islands lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Wallis and Futuna lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
West Bank lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Western Sahara lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
World lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 29.8% (2002 est.)
Yemen lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25.9% (2003)
Zambia lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 38.8% (2004)
Zimbabwe lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 40.4% (1995)

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