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Country Comparison :: Household income or consumption by percentage share
Data on household income or consumption come from household surveys, the results adjusted for household size. Nations use different standards and procedures in collecting and adjusting the data. Surveys based on income will normally show a more unequal distribution than surveys based on consumption. The quality of surveys is improving with time, yet caution is still necessary in making inter-country comparisons.
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country (%) Date of Information
1 Comoros
55.20
2004
2 South Africa
51.70
2009 est.
3 Haiti
47.70
2001
4 Bolivia
45.40
2007
5 Angola
44.70
2000
6 Colombia
44.40
2010 est.
7 Rwanda
43.20
2011 est.
8 Brazil
42.90
2009 est.
9 Chile
42.80
2009 est.
10 Guatemala
42.40
2006
11 Honduras
42.40
2009 est.
12 Russia
42.40
2011 est.
13 Namibia
42.00
2010
14 Nicaragua
41.80
2005
15 Mexico
41.40
2008
16 Paraguay
41.10
2010 est.
17 Cabo Verde
40.60
2000
18 Papua New Guinea
40.50
1996
19 Zimbabwe
40.40
1995
20 Taiwan
40.30
2010
21 Swaziland
40.10
2010 est.
22 Panama
40.10
2010 est.
23 Sri Lanka
39.50
2009
24 Costa Rica
39.50
2009 est.
25 Lesotho
39.40
2003
26 Pakistan
39.30
FY07/08
27 Zambia
38.80
2004
28 Ecuador
38.30
2010 est.
29 Nigeria
38.20
2010 est.
30 Kenya
37.80
2005
31 Korea, South
37.70
2011
32 Bhutan
37.60
2003
33 Cambodia
37.30
2007
34 Congo, Republic of the
37.10
2005
35 El Salvador
37.00
2009 est.
36 Gambia, The
36.90
2003
37 Mozambique
36.70
2008
38 Dominican Republic
36.40
2010 est.
39 Uganda
36.10
2009 est.
40 Peru
36.10
2010 est.
41 Qatar
35.90
2007
42 Jamaica
35.80
2004
43 Cameroon
35.40
2001
44 Bulgaria
35.20
2007
45 Fiji
34.90
2009 est.
46 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
34.70
2006
47 Madagascar
34.70
2010 est.
48 Malaysia
34.70
2009 est.
49 Macedonia
34.50
2009 est.
50 Uruguay
34.40
2010 est.
51 Guyana
33.80
1999
52 Philippines
33.60
2009 est.
53 Sierra Leone
33.60
2003
54 Maldives
33.30
FY09/10
55 Morocco
33.20
2007
56 Central African Republic
33.00
2003
57 Ghana
32.80
2006
58 Gabon
32.70
2005
59 Venezuela
32.70
2006
60 Burma
32.40
1998
61 Argentina
32.30
2010 est.
62 Burkina Faso
32.20
2009 est.
63 Malawi
31.90
2004
64 Cote d'Ivoire
31.80
2008
65 Turkmenistan
31.70
1998
66 Thailand
31.50
2009 est.
67 Tunisia
31.50
2000
68 Georgia
31.30
2008
69 India
31.10
2005
70 Djibouti
30.90
2002
71 Yemen
30.80
2005
72 Chad
30.80
2003
73 Guinea
30.30
2007
74 Laos
30.30
2008
75 Turkey
30.30
2008
76 Vietnam
30.20
2008
77 Senegal
30.10
2005
78 Liberia
30.10
2007
79 United States
30.00
2007 est.
80 Indonesia
29.90
2009
81 Tanzania
29.60
2007
82 Iran
29.60
2005
83 Uzbekistan
29.60
2003
84 Nepal
29.50
2011
85 Mauritania
29.50
2000
86 Lithuania
29.10
2008
87 Albania
29.00
2008
88 Benin
29.00
2003
89 Denmark
28.70
2007
90 Jordan
28.70
2010 est.
91 Niger
28.50
2007
92 United Kingdom
28.50
1999
93 Belgium
28.40
2006
94 Mongolia
28.40
2008
95 Portugal
28.40
1995 est.
96 West Bank
28.20
2009 est.
97 Guinea-Bissau
28.00
2002
98 Burundi
28.00
2006
99 Kyrgyzstan
27.80
2009 est.
100 Estonia
27.70
2004
101 Latvia
27.60
2008
102 Egypt
27.60
2005
103 Croatia
27.50
2008 est.
104 Japan
27.50
2008
105 Azerbaijan
27.40
2008
106 Bosnia and Herzegovina
27.30
2007
107 Ireland
27.20
2000
108 Togo
27.10
2006
109 Poland
27.10
2009 est.
110 Timor-Leste
27.00
2007
111 Bangladesh
27.00
2010 est.
112 Algeria
26.80
1995
113 Italy
26.80
2000
114 Sudan
26.70
2009 est.
115 Spain
26.60
2000
116 Moldova
26.00
2010 est.
117 Greece
26.00
2000 est.
118 Mali
25.80
2010 est.
119 Iraq
25.70
2007 est.
120 Ethiopia
25.60
2005
121 Armenia
25.40
2008
122 Australia
25.40
1994
123 France
24.80
2004
124 Canada
24.80
2000
125 Finland
24.70
2007
126 Tajikistan
24.30
2009 est.
127 Israel
24.30
2008
128 Afghanistan
24.00
2008
129 Germany
24.00
2000
130 European Union
24.00
2011 est.
131 Luxembourg
23.80
2000
132 Kazakhstan
23.70
2011 est.
133 Singapore
23.20
2008
134 Netherlands
22.90
1999
135 Hungary
22.60
2009
136 Ukraine
22.50
2011 est.
137 Slovakia
22.40
2009 est.
138 Sweden
22.20
2000
139 Austria
22.00
2011
140 Bahamas, The
22.00
2007 est.
141 Belarus
21.90
2008
142 Norway
21.00
2008
143 Slovenia
19.80
2011
144 Romania
19.80
2011 est.
145 Switzerland
19.00
2007
146 Seychelles
15.40
2007
147 China
15.00
2008
148 Switzerland
7.50
2007
149 Taiwan
6.40
2010
150 Korea, South
6.40
2011
151 Russia
5.70
2011 est.
152 Seychelles
4.70
2007
153 Slovakia
4.40
2009 est.
154 Singapore
4.40
2008
155 Burundi
4.10
2006
156 Ethiopia
4.10
2005
157 Bangladesh
4.00
2010 est.
158 Timor-Leste
4.00
2007
159 Austria
4.00
2011
160 Kazakhstan
3.90
2011 est.
161 Slovenia
3.90
2011
162 Pakistan
3.90
FY07/08
163 Norway
3.90
2008
164 Egypt
3.90
2005
165 Ukraine
3.80
2011 est.
166 Belarus
3.80
2008
167 Afghanistan
3.80
2008
168 Niger
3.70
2007
169 Armenia
3.70
2008
170 India
3.60
2005
171 Germany
3.60
2000
172 Finland
3.60
2007
173 Iraq
3.60
2007 est.
174 Sweden
3.60
2000
175 Luxembourg
3.50
2000
176 Mali
3.50
2010 est.
177 Tajikistan
3.50
2009 est.
178 Albania
3.50
2008
179 China
3.50
2008
180 Azerbaijan
3.40
2008
181 Belgium
3.40
2006
182 Jordan
3.40
2010 est.
183 Moldova
3.30
2010 est.
184 Laos
3.30
2008
185 Croatia
3.30
2008 est.
186 Togo
3.30
2006
187 Indonesia
3.30
2009
188 Poland
3.30
2009 est.
189 Nepal
3.20
2011
190 Vietnam
3.20
2008
191 West Bank
3.20
2009 est.
192 Portugal
3.10
1995 est.
193 Hungary
3.10
2009
194 Benin
3.10
2003
195 France
3.00
2004
196 Cambodia
3.00
2007
197 Mongolia
3.00
2008
198 Malawi
3.00
2004
199 Yemen
2.90
2005
200 Guinea-Bissau
2.90
2002
201 European Union
2.90
2011 est.
202 Burkina Faso
2.90
2009 est.
203 Ireland
2.90
2000
204 Uzbekistan
2.80
2003
205 Algeria
2.80
1995
206 Thailand
2.80
2009 est.
207 Kyrgyzstan
2.80
2009 est.
208 Tanzania
2.80
2007
209 Burma
2.80
1998
210 Sudan
2.70
2009 est.
211 Guinea
2.70
2007
212 Latvia
2.70
2008
213 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.70
2007
214 Morocco
2.70
2007
215 Estonia
2.70
2004
216 Lithuania
2.60
2008
217 Turkmenistan
2.60
1998
218 Iran
2.60
2005
219 Fiji
2.60
2009 est.
220 Chad
2.60
2003
221 Canada
2.60
2000
222 Spain
2.60
2000
223 Sierra Leone
2.60
2003
224 Philippines
2.60
2009 est.
225 Greece
2.50
2000 est.
226 Mauritania
2.50
2000
227 Netherlands
2.50
1999
228 Senegal
2.50
2005
229 Gabon
2.50
2005
230 Israel
2.50
2008
231 Namibia
2.40
2010
232 Liberia
2.40
2007
233 Uganda
2.40
2009 est.
234 Djibouti
2.40
2002
235 Italy
2.30
2000
236 Bhutan
2.30
2003
237 Tunisia
2.30
2000
238 Cameroon
2.30
2001
239 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
2.30
2006
240 Cote d'Ivoire
2.20
2008
241 Madagascar
2.20
2010 est.
242 Macedonia
2.20
2009 est.
243 Jamaica
2.10
2004
244 Turkey
2.10
2008
245 United Kingdom
2.10
1999
246 Congo, Republic of the
2.10
2005
247 Central African Republic
2.10
2003
248 Rwanda
2.10
2011 est.
249 United States
2.00
2007 est.
250 Georgia
2.00
2008
251 Bulgaria
2.00
2007
252 Ghana
2.00
2006
253 Gambia, The
2.00
2003
254 Australia
2.00
1994
255 Zimbabwe
2.00
1995
256 Japan
1.90
2008
257 Cabo Verde
1.90
2000
258 Mozambique
1.90
2008
259 Denmark
1.90
2007
260 Uruguay
1.90
2010 est.
261 Kenya
1.80
2005
262 Nigeria
1.80
2010 est.
263 Dominican Republic
1.80
2010 est.
264 Malaysia
1.80
2009 est.
265 Swaziland
1.70
2010 est.
266 Venezuela
1.70
2006
267 Romania
1.70
2011 est.
268 Papua New Guinea
1.70
1996
269 Sri Lanka
1.60
2009
270 Chile
1.50
2009 est.
271 Mexico
1.50
2008
272 Czech Republic
1.50
2009
273 Argentina
1.50
2010 est.
274 Peru
1.40
2010 est.
275 Nicaragua
1.40
2005
276 Ecuador
1.40
2010 est.
277 Qatar
1.30
2007
278 Guyana
1.30
1999
279 Guatemala
1.30
2006
280 Zambia
1.20
2004
281 South Africa
1.20
2009 est.
282 Maldives
1.20
FY09/10
283 Costa Rica
1.20
2009 est.
284 Panama
1.10
2010 est.
285 Bolivia
1.00
2007
286 Bahamas, The
1.00
2007 est.
287 Lesotho
1.00
2003
288 El Salvador
1.00
2009 est.
289 Paraguay
1.00
2010 est.
290 Comoros
0.90
2004
291 Colombia
0.90
2010 est.
292 Brazil
0.80
2009 est.
293 Haiti
0.70
2001
294 Angola
0.60
2000
295 Honduras
0.40
2009 est.
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