Field Listing - Household income or consumption by percentage share
Home
Reference Maps
Appendixes
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%:
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%:
3.7%
highest 10%:
41% (2000)
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%:
1.1%
highest 10%:
36.8% (2002)
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%:
3.7%
highest 10%:
29.5% (1999)
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)
European Union
lowest 10%:
2.9%
highest 10%:
25.2% (1995 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%:
4.2%
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%:
2.9%
highest 10%:
22.5% (1999 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
lowest 10%:
NA
highest 10%:
NA
Madagascar
lowest 10%:
3%
highest 10%:
29% (1999)
Malawi
lowest 10%:
NA
highest 10%:
NA
Malaysia
lowest 10%:
1.4%
highest 10%:
39.2% (2003 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%:
35.6% (2002)
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%:
2.1%
highest 10%:
37% (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% (FY96/97)
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%:
1.7%
highest 10%:
38.4% (2000)
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%:
6.7%
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% (2003)
Zambia
lowest 10%:
1.1%
highest 10%:
41% (1998)
Zimbabwe
lowest 10%:
1.97%
highest 10%:
40.42% (1995)
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
