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@2047 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%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 45.6% (1998)
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%: 1.7%
highest 10%: 34.6% (2001)
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%: 4.4%
highest 10%: 25% (1995)
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%: 2.6%
highest 10%: 24.8% (1998 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, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Madagascar
lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 29% (1999)
Malawi
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Malaysia
lowest 10%: 1.7%
highest 10%: 38.4% (1997 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%: 41.1% (2001)
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%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 24.5% (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% (1996-97)
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%: 1.5%
highest 10%: 39.3% (1998)
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%: 6.4%
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% (1998)
Zambia
lowest 10%: 1.1%
highest 10%: 41% (1998)
Zimbabwe
lowest 10%: 1.97%
highest 10%: 40.42% (1995)