Household income or consumption by percentage share (Country profile category: Economy)

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%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Aruba:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Australia:
lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 24.8% (1989)

Azerbaijan:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Bahamas, The:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Bahrain:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Bangladesh:
lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 23.7% (1992)

Barbados:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Belarus:
lowest 10%: 4.9%
highest 10%: 19.4% (1993)

Belgium:
lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 20.2% (1992)

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%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 31.7% (1990)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Botswana:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Brazil:
lowest 10%: 0.8%
highest 10%: 47.9% (1995)

British Virgin Islands:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Brunei:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Bulgaria:
lowest 10%: 3.3%
highest 10%: 24.7% (1992)

Burkina Faso:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Burma:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Burundi:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Cambodia:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Cameroon:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

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%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Chad:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Chile:
lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 41.3% (1998)

China:
lowest 10%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 30.9% (1995)

Christmas Island:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Colombia:
lowest 10%: 1%
highest 10%: 46.9% (1995)

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%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 34.7% (1996)

Cote d'Ivoire:
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 28.5% (1988)

Croatia:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Cuba:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Cyprus:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Czech Republic:
lowest 10%: 4.6%
highest 10%: 23.5% (1993)

Denmark:
lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 20.5% (1992)

Djibouti:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Dominica:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Dominican Republic:
lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 39.6% (1989)

Ecuador:
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 37.6% (1994)

Egypt:
lowest 10%: 3.9%
highest 10%: 26.7% (1991)

El Salvador:
lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 38.3% (1995)

Equatorial Guinea:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Eritrea:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Estonia:
lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 28.5% (1996)

Ethiopia:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

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%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 24.9% (1989)

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%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Ghana:
lowest 10%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 27.3% (1992)

Gibraltar:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Greece:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

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%: 0.6%
highest 10%: 46.6% (1989)

Guernsey:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Guinea:
lowest 10%: 0.9%
highest 10%: 31.7% (1991)

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%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 42.1% (1996)

Hong Kong:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Hungary:
lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 24% (1993)

Iceland:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

India:
lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 25% (1994)

Indonesia:
lowest 10%: 3.6%
highest 10%: 30.3% (1996)

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%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 26.9% (1992)

Italy:
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 23.7% (1991)

Jamaica:
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 31.9% (1991)

Japan:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Jersey:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Jordan:
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 34.7% (1991)

Kazakhstan:
lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 24.9% (1993)

Kenya:
lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 47.7% (1992)

Kiribati:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Korea, North:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Korea, South:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Kuwait:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Kyrgyzstan:
lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 26.2% (1993)

Laos:
lowest 10%: 4.2%
highest 10%: 26.4% (1992)

Latvia:
lowest 10%: 4.3%
highest 10%: 22.1% (1993)

Lebanon:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Lesotho:
lowest 10%: 0.9%
highest 10%: 43.4% (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%: 3.4%
highest 10%: 28% (1993)

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%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 34.9% (1993)

Malawi:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Malaysia:
lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 20.4% (1997 est.)

Maldives:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Mali:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

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%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 30.4% (1988)

Mauritius:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Mayotte:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Mexico:
lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 36.6% (1996)

Micronesia, Federated States of:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Moldova:
lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 25.8% (1992)

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%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 30.5% (1990-91)

Mozambique:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

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%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 24.7% (1991)

Netherlands Antilles:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

New Caledonia:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

New Zealand:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Nicaragua:
lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 39.8% (1993)

Niger:
lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 29.3% (1992)

Nigeria:
lowest 10%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 31.4% (1992-93)

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%: 21.2% (1991)

Oman:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Pakistan:
lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 27.7% (1996)

Palau:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Panama:
lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 42.5% (1991)

Papua New Guinea:
lowest 10%: 1.7%
highest 10%: 40.5% (1996)

Paraguay:
lowest 10%: 0.7%
highest 10%: 46.6% (1995)

Peru:
lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 34.3% (1994)

Philippines:
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 33.5% (1994)

Pitcairn Islands:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Poland:
lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 22.1% (1992)

Portugal:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

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%: 3.8%
highest 10%: 20.2% (1992)

Russia:
lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 22.2% (1993)

Rwanda:
lowest 10%: 4.2%
highest 10%: 24.2% (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%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 42.8% (1991)

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%: 4%
highest 10%: 24.5% (1993)

Solomon Islands:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Somalia:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

South Africa:
lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 47.3% (1993)

Spain:
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 25.2% (1990)

Sri Lanka:
lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 39.7% (1995-96 est.)

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%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 20.1% (1992)

Switzerland:
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 28.6% (1982)

Syria:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Tajikistan:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Tanzania:
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 30.2% (1993)

Thailand:
lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 37.1% (1992)

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%: 30.7% (1990)

Turkey:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Turkmenistan:
lowest 10%: 2.7%
highest 10%: 26.9% (1993)

Turks and Caicos Islands:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Tuvalu:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Uganda:
lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 33.4% (1992)

Ukraine:
lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 20.8% (1992)

United Arab Emirates:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

United Kingdom:
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 24.7% (1986)

United States:
lowest 10%: 1.5%
highest 10%: 28.5% (1994)

Uruguay:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Uzbekistan:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Vanuatu:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Venezuela:
lowest 10%: 1.5%
highest 10%: 35.6% (1995)

Vietnam:
lowest 10%: 3.5%
highest 10%: 29% (1993)

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%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 30.8% (1992)

Zambia:
lowest 10%: 1.5%
highest 10%: 31.3% (1993)

Zimbabwe:
lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 46.9% (1990)

Taiwan:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%