The World Factbook. 2008.
Household income or consumption by percentage share
Country | Household income or consumption by percentage share |
Afghanistan | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Albania | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 24.4% (2004) |
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%: 1% highest 10%: 35% (January-March 2007) |
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%: 3.1% highest 10%: 29.5% (2001) |
Bahamas, The | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: 27% (2000) |
Bahrain | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Bangladesh | lowest 10%: 3.7% highest 10%: 27.9% (2000 est.) |
Barbados | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Belarus | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 23.5% (2002) |
Belgium | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 28.1% (2000) |
Belize | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Benin | lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 29% (2003) |
Bermuda | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Bhutan | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Bolivia | lowest 10%: 0.3% highest 10%: 47.2% (2002) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 21.4% (2001) |
Botswana | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Brazil | lowest 10%: 0.9% highest 10%: 44.8% (2004) |
British Virgin Islands | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Brunei | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Bulgaria | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 25.4% (2005) |
Burkina Faso | lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 32.2% (2004) |
Burma | lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 32.4% (1998) |
Burundi | lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 32.8% (1998) |
Cambodia | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 34.8% (2004) |
Cameroon | lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 35.4% (2001) |
Canada | lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 24.8% (2000) |
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%: 1.4% highest 10%: 45% (2003) |
China | lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 34.9% (2004) |
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% highest 10%: 37.4% (2003) |
Cote d’Ivoire | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 34% (2002) |
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%: 1.4% highest 10%: 41.1% (2004) |
Ecuador | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 35% note: data for urban households only (October 2006) |
Egypt | lowest 10%: 3.7% highest 10%: 29.5% (2000) |
El Salvador | lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 38.8% (2002) |
Equatorial Guinea | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Eritrea | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Estonia | lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 27.6% (2003) |
Ethiopia | lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 25.5% (2000) |
European Union | lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 25.2% (2001 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% highest 10%: 22.6% (2000) |
France | lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 24.8% (2004) |
French Polynesia | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Gabon | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Gambia, The | lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 37% (1998) |
Gaza Strip | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Georgia | lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 27% (2005) |
Germany | lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 22.1% (2000) |
Ghana | lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 30.1% (1999) |
Gibraltar | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Greece | lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 26% (2000 est.) |
Greenland | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Grenada | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Guam | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Guatemala | lowest 10%: 0.9% highest 10%: 43.4% (2002) |
Guernsey | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Guinea | lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 41% (2006) |
Guinea-Bissau | lowest 10%: 0.5% highest 10%: 42.4% (1991) |
Guyana | lowest 10%: 1.3% highest 10%: 33.8% (1999) |
Haiti | lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 47.7% (2001) |
Honduras | lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 42.2% (2003) |
Hong Kong | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Hungary | lowest 10%: 4% highest 10%: 22.2% (2002) |
Iceland | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
India | lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 31.1% (2004) |
Indonesia | lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 28.5% (2002) |
Iran | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 33.7% (1998) |
Iraq | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Ireland | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 27.2% (2000) |
Isle of Man | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Israel | lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 28.3% (2005) |
Italy | lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 26.8% (2000) |
Jamaica | lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 35.8% (2004) |
Japan | lowest 10%: 4.8% highest 10%: 21.7% (1993) |
Jersey | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Jordan | lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 30.6% (2003) |
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%: 3.8% highest 10%: 24.3% (2003) |
Laos | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 28.5% (2002) |
Latvia | lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 29.1% (2003) |
Lebanon | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Lesotho | lowest 10%: 0.9% highest 10%: 43.4% (2002 est.) |
Liberia | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Libya | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Liechtenstein | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Lithuania | lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 27.7% (2003) |
Luxembourg | lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 23.8% (2000) |
Macau | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Macedonia | lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 29.6% (2003) |
Madagascar | lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 36.6% (2001) |
Malawi | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 31.8% (2004) |
Malaysia | lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 39.2% (2003 est.) |
Maldives | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Mali | lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 30.2% (2001) |
Malta | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Marshall Islands | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Mauritania | lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 29.5% (2000) |
Mauritius | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Mayotte | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Mexico | lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 37% (2006) |
Micronesia, Federated States of | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Moldova | lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 26.4% (2003) |
Monaco | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Mongolia | lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 24.6% (2002) |
Montserrat | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Morocco | lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 30.9% (1999) |
Mozambique | lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 39.4% (2002) |
Namibia | lowest 10%: 0.5% highest 10%: 64.5% (2003) |
Nauru | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Nepal | lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 40.6% (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%: NA highest 10%: NA (1991 est.) |
Nicaragua | lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 33.8% (2001) |
Niger | lowest 10%: 0.8% highest 10%: 35.4% (1995) |
Nigeria | lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 33.2% (2003) |
Niue | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Northern Mariana Islands | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Norway | lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 23.4% (2000) |
Oman | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Pakistan | lowest 10%: 4% highest 10%: 26.3% (2002) |
Palau | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Panama | lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 43% (2003) |
Papua New Guinea | lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 40.5% (1996) |
Paraguay | lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 46.1% (2003) |
Peru | lowest 10%: 1.3% highest 10%: 40.9% (2003) |
Philippines | lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 31.2% (2006) |
Poland | lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 27% (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% |
Romania | lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 24.4% (2003) |
Russia | lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 30.4% (September 2007) |
Rwanda | lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 38.2% (2000) |
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%: 2.7% highest 10%: 33.4% (2001) |
Seychelles | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Sierra Leone | lowest 10%: 0.5% highest 10%: 43.6% (1989) |
Singapore | lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 32.8% (1998) |
Slovakia | lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 20.9% (1996) |
Slovenia | lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 21.4% (1998) |
Solomon Islands | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Somalia | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
South Africa | lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 44.7% (2000) |
Spain | lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 26.6% (2000) |
Sri Lanka | lowest 10%: 1.1% highest 10%: 39.7% (FY03/04) |
Sudan | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Suriname | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Swaziland | lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 40.7% (2001) |
Sweden | lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 22.2% (2000) |
Switzerland | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 25.9% (2000) |
Syria | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Taiwan | lowest 10%: 6.7% highest 10%: 41.1% (2002 est.) |
Tajikistan | lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 25.6% (2003) |
Tanzania | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 26.9% (2000) |
Thailand | lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 33.4% (2002) |
Timor-Leste | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
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%: 31.5% (2000) |
Turkey | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 34.1% (2003) |
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%: 2.3% highest 10%: 37.7% (2002) |
Ukraine | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 25.7% (2006) |
United Arab Emirates | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
United Kingdom | lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 28.5% (1999) |
United States | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 30% (2007 est.) |
Uruguay | lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 34% (2003) |
Uzbekistan | lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 29.6% (2003) |
Vanuatu | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
Venezuela | lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 35.2% (2003) |
Vietnam | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 28.9% (2004) |
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%: 2.5% highest 10%: 29.8% (2002 est.) |
Yemen | lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 25.9% (2003) |
Zambia | lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 38.8% (2004) |
Zimbabwe | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 40.4% (1995) |