| Field Listing - Household income or consumption by percentage share
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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)
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