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Country Comparison :: Household income or consumption by percentage share
Data on household income or consumption come from household surveys, the results adjusted for household size. Nations use different standards and procedures in collecting and adjusting the data. Surveys based on income will normally show a more unequal distribution than surveys based on consumption. The quality of surveys is improving with time, yet caution is still necessary in making inter-country comparisons.
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country (%) Date of Information
1 Comoros
55.20
2004
2 Namibia
53.00
2008
3 South Africa
51.70
2009 est.
4 Haiti
47.70
2001
5 Bolivia
45.40
2007
6 Angola
44.70
2000
7 Colombia
44.40
2010 est.
8 Rwanda
43.20
2011 est.
9 Brazil
42.90
2009 est.
10 Chile
42.80
2009 est.
11 Guatemala
42.40
2006
12 Honduras
42.40
2009 est.
13 Nicaragua
41.80
2005
14 Mexico
41.40
2008
15 Paraguay
41.10
2010 est.
16 Cape Verde
40.60
2001
17 Papua New Guinea
40.50
1996
18 Zimbabwe
40.40
1995
19 Taiwan
40.30
2010
20 Swaziland
40.10
2010 est.
21 Panama
40.10
2010 est.
22 Costa Rica
39.50
2009 est.
23 Lesotho
39.40
2003
24 Pakistan
39.30
FY07/08
25 Zambia
38.80
2004
26 Ecuador
38.30
2010 est.
27 Nigeria
38.20
2010 est.
28 Kenya
37.80
2005
29 Bhutan
37.60
2003
30 Cambodia
37.30
2007
31 Congo, Republic of the
37.10
2005
32 El Salvador
37.00
2009 est.
33 Gambia, The
36.90
2003
34 Sri Lanka
36.80
2009
35 Mozambique
36.70
2008
36 Dominican Republic
36.40
2010 est.
37 Peru
36.10
2010 est.
38 Uganda
36.10
2009 est.
39 Qatar
35.90
2007
40 Jamaica
35.80
2004
41 Cameroon
35.40
2001
42 Bulgaria
35.20
2007
43 Fiji
34.90
NA
44 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
34.70
2006
45 Madagascar
34.70
2010 est.
46 Malaysia
34.70
2009 est.
47 Uruguay
34.40
2010 est.
48 Guyana
33.80
1999
49 Philippines
33.60
2009 est.
50 Sierra Leone
33.60
2003
51 Morocco
33.20
2007
52 Central African Republic
33.00
2003
53 Ghana
32.80
2006
54 Gabon
32.70
2005
55 Venezuela
32.70
2006
56 Macedonia
32.40
2009 est.
57 Burma
32.40
1998
58 Argentina
32.30
2010 est.
59 Burkina Faso
32.20
2009 est.
60 Malawi
31.90
2004
61 Cote d'Ivoire
31.80
2008
62 Turkmenistan
31.70
1998
63 Russia
31.70
2009 est.
64 Thailand
31.50
2009 est.
65 Tunisia
31.50
2000
66 Georgia
31.30
2008
67 India
31.10
2005
68 Djibouti
30.90
2002
69 Yemen
30.80
2005
70 Chad
30.80
2003
71 Guinea
30.30
2007
72 Laos
30.30
2008
73 Turkey
30.30
2008
74 Vietnam
30.20
2008
75 Senegal
30.10
2005
76 Liberia
30.10
2007
77 United States
30.00
2007 est.
78 Indonesia
29.90
2009
79 Tanzania
29.60
2007
80 Iran
29.60
2005
81 Uzbekistan
29.60
2003
82 Nepal
29.50
2011
83 Mauritania
29.50
2000
84 Lithuania
29.10
2008
85 Albania
29.00
2008
86 Benin
29.00
2003
87 Jordan
28.70
2010 est.
88 Denmark
28.70
2007
89 United Kingdom
28.50
1999
90 Niger
28.50
2007
91 Mongolia
28.40
2008
92 Portugal
28.40
1995 est.
93 Belgium
28.40
2006
94 West Bank
28.20
NA
95 Guinea-Bissau
28.00
2002
96 Burundi
28.00
2006
97 Kyrgyzstan
27.80
2009 est.
98 Estonia
27.70
2004
99 Latvia
27.60
2008
100 Egypt
27.60
2005
101 Croatia
27.50
2008 est.
102 Japan
27.50
2008
103 Azerbaijan
27.40
2008
104 Bosnia and Herzegovina
27.30
2007
105 Ireland
27.20
2000
106 Togo
27.10
2006
107 Poland
27.10
2009 est.
108 Bangladesh
27.00
2010 est.
109 Timor-Leste
27.00
2007
110 Bahamas, The
27.00
2000
111 Italy
26.80
2000
112 Algeria
26.80
1995
113 Sudan
26.70
NA
114 Spain
26.60
2000
115 Greece
26.00
2000 est.
116 Moldova
26.00
2010 est.
117 Mali
25.80
2010 est.
118 Iraq
25.70
2007 est.
119 Ethiopia
25.60
2005
120 Australia
25.40
1994
121 Armenia
25.40
2008
122 France
24.80
2004
123 Canada
24.80
2000
124 Finland
24.70
2007
125 Slovenia
24.60
2004
126 Tajikistan
24.30
2009 est.
127 Israel
24.30
2008
128 Korea, South
24.20
2007
129 Germany
24.00
2000
130 European Union
24.00
2011 est.
131 Afghanistan
24.00
2008
132 Kazakhstan
23.80
2009 est.
133 Luxembourg
23.80
2000
134 Romania
23.50
2009 est.
135 Singapore
23.20
2008
136 Netherlands
22.90
1999
137 Hungary
22.60
2009
138 Slovakia
22.40
2009 est.
139 Sweden
22.20
2000
140 Austria
22.00
2007
141 Ukraine
22.00
2009 est.
142 Belarus
21.90
2008
143 Norway
21.00
2008
144 Switzerland
19.00
2007
145 Seychelles
15.40
2007
146 China
15.00
2008
147 Pakistan
9.90
FY07/08
148 Switzerland
7.50
2007
149 Taiwan
6.40
2010
150 Seychelles
4.70
2007
151 Singapore
4.40
2008
152 Slovakia
4.40
2009 est.
153 Ukraine
4.20
2009 est.
154 Ethiopia
4.10
2005
155 Burundi
4.10
2006
156 Kazakhstan
4.00
2009 est.
157 Austria
4.00
2007
158 Bangladesh
4.00
2010 est.
159 Timor-Leste
4.00
2007
160 Egypt
3.90
2005
161 Norway
3.90
2008
162 Belarus
3.80
2008
163 Afghanistan
3.80
2008
164 Niger
3.70
2007
165 Armenia
3.70
2008
166 India
3.60
2005
167 Germany
3.60
2000
168 Sweden
3.60
2000
169 Finland
3.60
2007
170 Iraq
3.60
2007 est.
171 China
3.50
2008
172 Luxembourg
3.50
2000
173 Tajikistan
3.50
2009 est.
174 Mali
3.50
2010 est.
175 Albania
3.50
2008
176 Jordan
3.40
2010 est.
177 Romania
3.40
2009 est.
178 Azerbaijan
3.40
2008
179 Slovenia
3.40
2004
180 Belgium
3.40
2006
181 Togo
3.30
2006
182 Indonesia
3.30
2009
183 Poland
3.30
2009 est.
184 Laos
3.30
2008
185 Moldova
3.30
2010 est.
186 Croatia
3.30
2008 est.
187 West Bank
3.20
NA
188 Nepal
3.20
2011
189 Vietnam
3.20
2008
190 Portugal
3.10
1995 est.
191 Hungary
3.10
2009
192 Benin
3.10
2003
193 Cambodia
3.00
2007
194 Mongolia
3.00
2008
195 Malawi
3.00
2004
196 France
3.00
2004
197 Yemen
2.90
2005
198 European Union
2.90
2011 est.
199 Burkina Faso
2.90
2009 est.
200 Guinea-Bissau
2.90
2002
201 Ireland
2.90
2000
202 Algeria
2.80
1995
203 Burma
2.80
1998
204 Uzbekistan
2.80
2003
205 Thailand
2.80
2009 est.
206 Russia
2.80
2009 est.
207 Tanzania
2.80
2007
208 Kyrgyzstan
2.80
2009 est.
209 Korea, South
2.70
2007
210 Morocco
2.70
2007
211 Latvia
2.70
2008
212 Estonia
2.70
2004
213 Sudan
2.70
NA
214 Guinea
2.70
2007
215 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.70
2007
216 Fiji
2.60
NA
217 Chad
2.60
2003
218 Canada
2.60
2000
219 Philippines
2.60
2009 est.
220 Lithuania
2.60
2008
221 Iran
2.60
2005
222 Turkmenistan
2.60
1998
223 Sierra Leone
2.60
2003
224 Spain
2.60
2000
225 Senegal
2.50
2005
226 Israel
2.50
2008
227 Mauritania
2.50
2000
228 Netherlands
2.50
1999
229 Gabon
2.50
2005
230 Greece
2.50
2000 est.
231 Djibouti
2.40
2002
232 Uganda
2.40
2009 est.
233 Liberia
2.40
2007
234 Bhutan
2.30
2003
235 Italy
2.30
2000
236 Tunisia
2.30
2000
237 Cameroon
2.30
2001
238 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
2.30
2006
239 Madagascar
2.20
2010 est.
240 Cote d'Ivoire
2.20
2008
241 Jamaica
2.10
2004
242 Central African Republic
2.10
2003
243 Turkey
2.10
2008
244 United Kingdom
2.10
1999
245 Congo, Republic of the
2.10
2005
246 Rwanda
2.10
2011 est.
247 Macedonia
2.00
2009 est.
248 Zimbabwe
2.00
1995
249 Gambia, The
2.00
2003
250 Georgia
2.00
2008
251 United States
2.00
2007 est.
252 Bulgaria
2.00
2007
253 Australia
2.00
1994
254 Ghana
2.00
2006
255 Uruguay
1.90
2010 est.
256 Mozambique
1.90
2008
257 Cape Verde
1.90
2001
258 Denmark
1.90
2007
259 Japan
1.90
2008
260 Dominican Republic
1.80
2010 est.
261 Nigeria
1.80
2010 est.
262 Kenya
1.80
2005
263 Malaysia
1.80
2009 est.
264 Papua New Guinea
1.70
1996
265 Venezuela
1.70
2006
266 Swaziland
1.70
2010 est.
267 Sri Lanka
1.70
2009
268 Argentina
1.50
2010 est.
269 Mexico
1.50
2008
270 Chile
1.50
2009 est.
271 Czech Republic
1.50
2009
272 Ecuador
1.40
2010 est.
273 Peru
1.40
2010 est.
274 Nicaragua
1.40
2005
275 Qatar
1.30
2007
276 Guatemala
1.30
2006
277 Guyana
1.30
1999
278 Zambia
1.20
2004
279 South Africa
1.20
2009 est.
280 Costa Rica
1.20
2009 est.
281 Namibia
1.10
2008
282 Panama
1.10
2010 est.
283 Bolivia
1.00
2007
284 Lesotho
1.00
2003
285 Paraguay
1.00
2010 est.
286 El Salvador
1.00
2009 est.
287 Colombia
0.90
2010 est.
288 Comoros
0.90
2004
289 Brazil
0.80
2009 est.
290 Haiti
0.70
2001
291 Angola
0.60
2000
292 Honduras
0.40
2009 est.
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