| Household income or consumption by percentage share Country profile category: Economy |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

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% highest 10%: 25.4% (1994)
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%: 3.9% highest 10%: 28.6% (1995-96 est.)
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%: 1% highest 10%: 47.6% (1996)
British Virgin Islands: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Brunei: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Bulgaria: | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 22.5% (1995)
Burkina Faso: | lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 39.5% (1994)
Burma: | lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)
Burundi: | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 26.6% (1992)
Cambodia: | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 33.8% (1997)
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%: 0.7% highest 10%: 47.7% (1993)
Chad: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Chile: | lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 41.3% (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%: 1.3% highest 10%: 34.7% (1996)
Cote d'Ivoire: | lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 28.8% (1995)
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%: 4.3% 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%: 1.6% highest 10%: 39.6% (1989)
Ecuador: | lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 33.8% (1995)
Egypt: | lowest 10%: 4.4% highest 10%: 25% (1995)
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%: 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%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Ghana: | lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 26.1% (1997)
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%: 0.6% highest 10%: 46.6% (1989)
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%: 1.2% highest 10%: 42.1% (1996)
Hong Kong: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Hungary: | lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 24.8% (1996)
Iceland: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
India: | lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 33.5% (1997)
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%: 3.5% highest 10%: 21.8% (1995)
Jamaica: | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 28.9% (1996)
Japan: | lowest 10%: 4.8% highest 10%: 21.7% (1993)
Jersey: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Jordan: | lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 34.7% (1991)
Kazakhstan: | lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 26.3% (1996)
Kenya: | lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 34.9% (1994)
Kiribati: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Korea, North: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Korea, South: | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 24.3% (1993)
Kuwait: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Kyrgyzstan: | lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 31.7% (1997)
Laos: | lowest 10%: 4.2% highest 10%: 26.4% (1992)
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% (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%: 3.1% 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%: 1.9% highest 10%: 36.7% (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%: 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%: 2.3% highest 10%: 29.9% (1995)
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%: 2.6% highest 10%: 30.9% (1998-99)
Mozambique: | lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 31.7% (1996-97)
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%: 1.6% highest 10%: 39.8% (1993)
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%: 27.7% (1996)
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%: 0.7% highest 10%: 46.6% (1995)
Peru: | lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 34.3% (1994)
Philippines: | lowest 10%: 1.5% highest 10%: 39.3% (1998)
Pitcairn Islands: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Poland: | lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 26.3% (1996)
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%: 3.8% highest 10%: 20.2% (1992)
Russia: | lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 38.7% (1998)
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)
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%: 3.2% highest 10%: 20.7% (1995)
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%: 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%: 2.8% highest 10%: 25.2% (1992)
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%: 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%: 3% highest 10%: 33.4% (1992)
Ukraine: | lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 26.4% (1996)
United Arab Emirates: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
United Kingdom: | lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 27.3% (1991)
United States: | lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 30.5% (1997)
Uruguay: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Uzbekistan: | lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 25.2% (1993)
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)
Yugoslavia: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Zambia: | lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 39.2% (1995)
Zimbabwe: | lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 46.9% (1990)
Taiwan: | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%