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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%: 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%: 2.8% highest 10%: 27.8% (1995)
Bahamas, The | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: 27%
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%: 31.27% (2002)
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%: 1.2% highest 10%: 47% (2000)
China | lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 30.4% (1998)
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%: 1.1% highest 10%: 36.8% (2002)
Cote d'Ivoire | lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 28.8% (1995)
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%: 2.1% highest 10%: 37.9% (1998)
East Timor | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Ecuador | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 32% note: data for urban households only (October 2003)
Egypt | lowest 10%: 4.4% highest 10%: 25% (1995)
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%: 2.8% highest 10%: 25.5% (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%: 28.3% (1998 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%
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%: 3.6% highest 10%: 28.5% (2002)
Iran | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Iraq | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Ireland | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 27.3% (1997)
Isle of Man | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
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%: 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%: 3.9% highest 10%: 23.3% (2001)
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%
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%: 2.6% highest 10%: 39.1% (2003-2004)
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%: 0.3% highest 10%: 29.8% (1991 est.)
Nicaragua | lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 45% (2001)
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%
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%: 0.8% highest 10%: 37.2% (2000)
Philippines | lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 31.9% (2003)
Poland | lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 26.7% (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%
Reunion | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Romania | lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 27.6% (2003)
Russia | lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 38.7% (1998)
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%
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%
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%: 30.7% (2000)
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%: 3.4% highest 10%: 24.8% (2005)
United Arab Emirates | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
United Kingdom | lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 28.5% (1999)
United States | lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 30.5% (1997)
Uruguay | lowest 10%: 3.7% highest 10%: 25.8% (1997)
Uzbekistan | lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 22% (2000)
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%: 1.1% highest 10%: 37.4% (2000 est.)
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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