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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%: NA
highest 10%: NA
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%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Armenia lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 46.2% (1999)
Aruba lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Australia lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 25.4% (1994)
Austria lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 22.5% (1995)
Azerbaijan lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 27.8% (1995)
Bahamas, The lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Bahrain lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Bangladesh lowest 10%: 3.9%
highest 10%: 28.6% (1995-96 est.)
Barbados lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Belarus lowest 10%: 5.1%
highest 10%: 20% (1998)
Belgium lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 23% (1996)
Belize lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Benin lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Bermuda lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Bhutan lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Bolivia lowest 10%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 32% (1999)
Bosnia and Herzegovina lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Botswana lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Brazil lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 48% (1998)
British Virgin Islands lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Brunei lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Bulgaria lowest 10%: 4.5%
highest 10%: 22.8% (1997)
Burkina Faso lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 46.8% (1994)
Burma lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)
Burundi lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 32.9% (1998)
Cambodia lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 33.8% (1997)
Cameroon lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 36.6% (1996)
Canada lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 23.8% (1994)
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%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 41% (2000)
China lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 30.4% (1998)
Christmas Island lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Colombia lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 44% (1999)
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%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 36.8% (2002)
Cote d'Ivoire lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 28.8% (1995)
Croatia lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 23.3% (1998)
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%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 37.9% (1998)
East Timor lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Ecuador lowest 10%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 33.8% (1995)
Egypt lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 29.5% (1999)
El Salvador lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 39.3% (2001)
Equatorial Guinea lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Eritrea lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Estonia lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 29.8% (1998)
Ethiopia lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 33.7% (1995)
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%: 4.2%
highest 10%: 21.6% (1991)
France lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 25.1% (1995)
French Guiana lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
French Polynesia lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Gabon lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Gambia, The lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Gaza Strip lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Georgia lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 27.9% (1996)
Germany lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 25.1% (1997)
Ghana lowest 10%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 30.1% (1999)
Gibraltar lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Greece lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25.3% (1993 est.)
Greenland lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Grenada lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Guadeloupe lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Guam lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Guatemala lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 46% (1998)
Guernsey lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Guinea lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 32% (1994)
Guinea-Bissau lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 42.4% (1991)
Guyana lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Haiti lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Holy See (Vatican City) lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Honduras lowest 10%: 0.6%
highest 10%: 42.7% (1998)
Hong Kong lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Hungary lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 20.5% (1998)
Iceland lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
India lowest 10%: 3.5%
highest 10%: 33.5% (1997)
Indonesia lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 26.7% (1999)
Iran lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Iraq lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Ireland lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 27.3% (1997)
Israel lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 28.3% (1997)
Italy lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 26.6% (2000)
Jamaica lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 30.3% (2000)
Japan lowest 10%: 4.8%
highest 10%: 21.7% (1993)
Jersey lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Jordan lowest 10%: 3.3%
highest 10%: 29.8% (1997)
Kazakhstan lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 27.3% (2001)
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%: 22.5% (1999 est.)
Kuwait lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Kyrgyzstan lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 27.7% (1999)
Laos lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 30.6% (1997)
Latvia lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25.9% (1998)
Lebanon lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Lesotho lowest 10%: 0.9%
highest 10%: 43.4%
Liberia lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Libya lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Liechtenstein lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Lithuania lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 25.6% (1996)
Luxembourg lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Macau lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Macedonia lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Madagascar lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 29% (1999)
Malawi lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Malaysia lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 39.2% (2003 est.)
Maldives lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Mali lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 40.4% (1994)
Malta lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Man, Isle of lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Marshall Islands lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Martinique lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Mauritania lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 30.2% (2000)
Mauritius lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Mayotte lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Mexico lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 35.6% (2002)
Micronesia, Federated States of lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Moldova lowest 10%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 30.7% (1997)
Monaco lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Mongolia lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 37% (1995)
Montserrat lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Morocco lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 30.9% (1998-99)
Mozambique lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 31.7% (1997)
Namibia lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Nauru lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Nepal lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 29.8% (1995-96)
Netherlands lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 25.1% (1994)
Netherlands Antilles lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
New Caledonia lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
New Zealand lowest 10%: 0.3%
highest 10%: 29.8% (1991 est.)
Nicaragua lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 48.8% (1998)
Niger lowest 10%: 0.8%
highest 10%: 35.4% (1995)
Nigeria lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 40.8% (1996-97)
Niue lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Norfolk Island lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Northern Mariana Islands lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Norway lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 21.8% (1995)
Oman lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Pakistan lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 27.6% (FY96/97)
Palau lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Panama lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 35.7% (1997)
Papua New Guinea lowest 10%: 1.7%
highest 10%: 40.5% (1996)
Paraguay lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 43.8% (1998)
Peru lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 35.4% (1996)
Philippines lowest 10%: 1.7%
highest 10%: 38.4% (2000)
Pitcairn Islands lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Poland lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 24.7% (1998)
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
Reunion lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Romania lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 25% (1998)
Russia lowest 10%: 5.9%
highest 10%: 47% (2001)
Rwanda lowest 10%: 4.2%
highest 10%: 24.2% (1985)
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%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 33.5% (1995)
Serbia and Montenegro lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Seychelles lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Sierra Leone lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 43.6% (1989)
Singapore lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Slovakia lowest 10%: 5.1%
highest 10%: 18.2% (1992)
Slovenia lowest 10%: 3.9%
highest 10%: 23% (1998)
Solomon Islands lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Somalia lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
South Africa lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 45.9% (1994)
Spain lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 25.2% (1990)
Sri Lanka lowest 10%: 3.5%
highest 10%: 28% (1995)
Sudan lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Suriname lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Svalbard lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Swaziland lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 50.2% (1995)
Sweden lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 20.1% (1992)
Switzerland lowest 10%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 25.2% (1992)
Syria lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Taiwan lowest 10%: 6.7%
highest 10%: 41.1% (2002 est.)
Tajikistan lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 25.2% (1998)
Tanzania lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 30.1% (1993)
Thailand lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)
Togo lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Tokelau 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%: 31.8% (1995)
Turkey lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 32.3% (1994)
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%: 4%
highest 10%: 21% (2000)
Ukraine lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 23.2% (1999)
United Arab Emirates lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
United Kingdom lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 27.7% (1995)
United States lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 30.5% (1997)
Uruguay lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 25.8% (1997)
Uzbekistan lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 32.8% (1998)
Vanuatu lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Venezuela lowest 10%: 0.8%
highest 10%: 36.5% (1998)
Vietnam lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 29.9% (1998)
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%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Yemen lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25.9% (2003)
Zambia lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 41% (1998)
Zimbabwe lowest 10%: 1.97%
highest 10%: 40.42% (1995)

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