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%: 28.1% (2000)
|
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 (Oct. 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%
highest 10%: 30.3% (2003)
|
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 (1991 est.)
|
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%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 34.2% (2003)
|
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%: 3.3%
highest 10%: 24.4% (2003)
|
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% (2003)
|
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)
|