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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)
Barbados | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Belarus | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 23.5% (2002)
Belgium | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 28.4% (2006)
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%: 25.1% (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
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%: 1.2% highest 10%: 20.8% (2006)
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% (2007 est.)
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)
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