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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%: 4%
highest 10%: 25% (1995) (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%
highest 10%: 35% (1996)
Aruba lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Australia lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 25% (1994)
Austria lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 23% (1995)
Azerbaijan lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 28% (1995)
Bahamas, The lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bahrain lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bangladesh lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 29%
Barbados lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Belarus lowest 10%: 5%
highest 10%: 20% (1998)
Belgium lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 23% (1992) (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%
highest 10%: 46% (1997) (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Botswana lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Brazil lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 47% (1997) (1997)
British Virgin Islands lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Brunei lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Bulgaria lowest 10%: 5%
highest 10%: 23% (1997)
Burkina Faso lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 40% (1994) (1994)
Burma lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 32% (1998)
Burundi lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 27% (1992) (1992)
Cambodia lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 34% (1997)
Cameroon lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Canada lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 24% (1994) (1994)
Cape Verde lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Cayman Islands lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Central African Republic lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 48% (1993) (1993)
Chad lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Chile lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 41% (1998) (1998)
China lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 30% (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) (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%: 2%
highest 10%: 35% (2001) (2001)
Cote d'Ivoire lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 29% (1995) (1995)
Croatia lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 23% (1998)
Cuba lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Cyprus lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Czech Republic lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 22% (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%
highest 10%: 40% (1989) (1989)
East Timor lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Ecuador lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 34% (1995) (1995)
Egypt lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 25% (1995)
El Salvador lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 39% (2001) (2001)
Equatorial Guinea lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Eritrea lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Estonia lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 30% (1998)
Ethiopia lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 34% (1995) (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%
highest 10%: 22% (1991) (1991)
France lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25% (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%
highest 10%: 28% (1996)
Germany lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 25% (1997)
Ghana lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 30% (1998)
Gibraltar lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Greece lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25% (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%: 2%
highest 10%: 46% (1998) (1998)
Guernsey lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Guinea lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 32% (1994) (1994)
Guinea-Bissau lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 42% (1991) (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%
highest 10%: 44% (1997) (1997)
Hong Kong lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Hungary lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 21% (1998)
Iceland lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
India lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 34% (1997) (1997)
Indonesia lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 27% (1999)
Iran lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Iraq lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Ireland lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 27% (1997)
Israel lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 28% (1992) (1997)
Italy lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 27% (2000)
Jamaica lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 29% (1996) (1996)
Japan lowest 10%: 5%
highest 10%: 22% (1993)
Jersey lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Jordan lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 30% (1997) (1997)
Kazakhstan lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 27% (2001)
Kenya lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 37% (2000)
Kiribati lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Korea, North lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Korea, South lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25% (1998 est.)
Kuwait lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Kyrgyzstan lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 32% (1997) (1997)
Laos lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 31% (1997)
Latvia lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 26% (1998) (1998)
Lebanon lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Lesotho lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 43% (1986-87)
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%
highest 10%: 26% (1996) (1996)
Luxembourg lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Macau lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Madagascar lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 37% (1997)
Malawi lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Malaysia lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 38% (1997 est.)
Maldives lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mali lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 40% (1994) (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%: 3%
highest 10%: 30% (2000) (2000)
Mauritius lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mayotte lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mexico lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 41% (2001) (2001)
Micronesia, Federated States of lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Moldova lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 31% (1997)
Monaco lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Mongolia lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25% (1995) (1995)
Montserrat lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Morocco lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 31% (1998-99)
Mozambique lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 32% (1996-97)
Namibia lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Nauru lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Nepal lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 30% (1995-96)
Netherlands lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25% (1994)
Netherlands Antilles lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
New Caledonia lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
New Zealand lowest 10%: 0%
highest 10%: 30% (1991 est.)
Nicaragua lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 49% (1998) (1998)
Niger lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 35% (1995) (1995)
Nigeria lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 41% (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%
highest 10%: 22% (1995)
Oman lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Pakistan lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 28% (1997) (1997)
Palau lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Panama lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 36% (1997) (1997)
Papua New Guinea lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 41% (1996) (1996)
Paraguay lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 44% (1998) (1998)
Peru lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 35% (1996) (1996)
Philippines lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 39% (1998)
Pitcairn Islands lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Poland lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25% (1998)
Portugal lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 28% (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%: 4%
highest 10%: 23% (1994)
Russia lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 34% (2001 est.)
Rwanda lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 24% (1983-85)
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%: 1%
highest 10%: 43% (1991)
Serbia and Montenegro lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Seychelles lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Sierra Leone lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 44% (1989) (1989)
Singapore lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Slovakia lowest 10%: 5%
highest 10%: 18% (1992) (1992)
Slovenia lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 23% (1998)
Solomon Islands lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Somalia lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
South Africa lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 46% (1994) (1994)
Spain lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25% (1990) (1990)
Sri Lanka lowest 10%: 4%
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%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Sweden lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 20% (1992) (1992)
Switzerland lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25% (1992)
Syria lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Taiwan lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Tajikistan lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Tanzania lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 30% (1993)
Thailand lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 32% (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%
highest 10%: 32% (1995) (1995)
Turkey lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 32% (1994)
Turkmenistan lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 32% (1998) (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%: 4%
highest 10%: 23% (1999)
United Arab Emirates lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
United Kingdom lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 28% (1995)
United States lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 31% (1997) (1997)
Uruguay lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 26% (1997)
Uzbekistan lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25% (1993) (1993)
Vanuatu lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Venezuela lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 38% (1997) (1997)
Vietnam lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 30% (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%: 26% (1998) (1998)
Zambia lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 41% (1998)
Zimbabwe lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 47% (1990) (1990)

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