Field Listing :: 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.

Country	Household income or consumption by percentage share(%)

Afghanistan	lowest 10%: 3.8% highest 10%: 24% (2008)

Albania	lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 29% (2008)

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%: 0.6% highest 10%: 44.7% (2000)

Anguilla	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Antigua and Barbuda	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Argentina	lowest 10%: 1.5% highest 10%: 32.3% (2010 est.)

Armenia	lowest 10%: 3.7% highest 10%: 25.4% (2008)

Aruba	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Australia	lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 25.4% (1994)

Austria	lowest 10%: 4% highest 10%: 22% (2007)

Azerbaijan	lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 27.4% (2008)

Bahamas, The	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: 27% (2000)

Bahrain	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Bangladesh	lowest 10%: 4% highest 10%: 27% (2010 est.)

Barbados	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Belarus	lowest 10%: 3.8% highest 10%: 21.9% (2008)

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%: 2.3% highest 10%: 37.6% (2003)

Bolivia	lowest 10%: 1% highest 10%: 45.4% (2007)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 27.3% (2007)

Botswana	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Brazil	lowest 10%: 0.8% highest 10%: 42.9% (2009 est.)

British Virgin Islands	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Brunei	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Bulgaria	lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 35.2% (2007)

Burkina Faso	lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 32.2% (2009 est.)

Burma	lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)

Burundi	lowest 10%: 4.1% highest 10%: 28% (2006)

Cambodia	lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 37.3% (2007)

Cameroon	lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 35.4% (2001)

Canada	lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 24.8% (2000)

Cape Verde	lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 40.6% (2001)

Cayman Islands	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Central African Republic	lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 33% (2003)

Chad	lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 30.8% (2003)

Chile	lowest 10%: 1.5% highest 10%: 42.8% (2009 est.)

China	lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 15% note: data are for urban households only (2008)

Colombia	lowest 10%: 0.9% highest 10%: 44.4% (2010 est.)

Comoros	lowest 10%: 0.9% highest 10%: 55.2% (2004)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the	lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 34.7% (2006)

Congo, Republic of the	lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 37.1% (2005)

Cook Islands	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Costa Rica	lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 39.5% (2009 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire	lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 31.8% (2008)

Croatia	lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 27.5% (2008 est.)

Cuba	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Cyprus	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Czech Republic	lowest 10%: 1.5% highest 10%: NA% (2009)

Denmark	lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 28.7% (2007)

Djibouti	lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 30.9% (2002)

Dominica	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Dominican Republic	lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 36.4% (2010 est.)

Ecuador	lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 38.3% note: data for urban households only (2010 est.)

Egypt	lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 27.6% (2005)

El Salvador	lowest 10%: 1% highest 10%: 37% (2009 est.)

Equatorial Guinea	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Eritrea	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Estonia	lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 27.7% (2004)

Ethiopia	lowest 10%: 4.1% highest 10%: 25.6% (2005)

European Union	lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 24% (2011 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Faroe Islands	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Fiji	lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 34.9%

Finland	lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 24.7% (2007)

France	lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 24.8% (2004)

French Polynesia	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Gabon	lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 32.7% (2005)

Gambia, The	lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 36.9% (2003)

Georgia	lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 31.3% (2008)

Germany	lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 24% (2000)

Ghana	lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 32.8% (2006)

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%: 1.3% highest 10%: 42.4% (2006)

Guernsey	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Guinea	lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 30.3% (2007)

Guinea-Bissau	lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 28% (2002)

Guyana	lowest 10%: 1.3% highest 10%: 33.8% (1999)

Haiti	lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 47.7% (2001)

Honduras	lowest 10%: 0.4% highest 10%: 42.4% (2009 est.)

Hong Kong	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Hungary	lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 22.6% (2009)

Iceland	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

India	lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 31.1% (2005)

Indonesia	lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 29.9% (2009)

Iran	lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 29.6% (2005)

Iraq	lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 25.7% (2007 est.)

Ireland	lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 27.2% (2000)

Isle of Man	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Israel	lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 24.3% (2008)

Italy	lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 26.8% (2000)

Jamaica	lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 35.8% (2004)

Japan	lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 27.5% (2008)

Jersey	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Jordan	lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 28.7% (2010 est.)

Kazakhstan	lowest 10%: 4% highest 10%: 23.8% (2009 est.)

Kenya	lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 37.8% (2005)

Kiribati	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Korea, North	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Korea, South	lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 24.2% (2007)

Kuwait	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Kyrgyzstan	lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 27.8% (2009 est.)

Laos	lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 30.3% (2008)

Latvia	lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 27.6% (2008)

Lebanon	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Lesotho	lowest 10%: 1% highest 10%: 39.4% (2003)

Liberia	lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 30.1% (2007)

Libya	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Liechtenstein	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Lithuania	lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 29.1% (2008)

Luxembourg	lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 23.8% (2000)

Macau	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Macedonia	lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 32.4% (2009 est.)

Madagascar	lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 34.7% (2010 est.)

Malawi	lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 31.9% (2004)

Malaysia	lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 34.7% (2009 est.)

Maldives	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Mali	lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 25.8% (2010 est.)

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%

Mexico	lowest 10%: 1.5% highest 10%: 41.4% (2008)

Micronesia, Federated States of	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Moldova	lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 26% (2010 est.)

Monaco	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Mongolia	lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 28.4% (2008)

Montserrat	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Morocco	lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 33.2% (2007)

Mozambique	lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 36.7% (2008)

Namibia	lowest 10%: 1.1% highest 10%: 53% (2008)

Nauru	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Nepal	lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 29.5% (2011)

Netherlands	lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 22.9% (1999)

New Caledonia	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

New Zealand	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Nicaragua	lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 41.8% (2005)

Niger	lowest 10%: 3.7% highest 10%: 28.5% (2007)

Nigeria	lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 38.2% (2010 est.)

Niue	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Northern Mariana Islands	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Norway	lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 21% (2008)

Oman	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Pakistan	lowest 10%: 9.9% highest 10%: 39.3% (FY07/08)

Palau	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Panama	lowest 10%: 1.1% highest 10%: 40.1% (2010 est.)

Papua New Guinea	lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 40.5% (1996)

Paraguay	lowest 10%: 1% highest 10%: 41.1% (2010 est.)

Peru	lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 36.1% (2010 est.)

Philippines	lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 33.6% (2009 est.)

Poland	lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 27.1% (2009 est.)

Portugal	lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 28.4% (1995 est.)

Puerto Rico	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Qatar	lowest 10%: 1.3% highest 10%: 35.9% (2007)

Romania	lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 23.5% (2009 est.)

Russia	lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 31.7% (2009 est.)

Rwanda	lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 43.2% (2011 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	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%: 2.5% highest 10%: 30.1% (2005)

Seychelles	lowest 10%: 4.7% highest 10%: 15.4% (2007)

Sierra Leone	lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 33.6% (2003)

Singapore	lowest 10%: 4.4% highest 10%: 23.2% (2008)

Slovakia	lowest 10%: 4.4% highest 10%: 22.4% (2009 est.)

Slovenia	lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 24.6% (2004)

Solomon Islands	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Somalia	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

South Africa	lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 51.7% (2009 est.)

Spain	lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 26.6% (2000)

Sri Lanka	lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 36.8% (2009)

Sudan	lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 26.7%

Suriname	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Swaziland	lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 40.1% (2010 est.)

Sweden	lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 22.2% (2000)

Switzerland	lowest 10%: 7.5% highest 10%: 19% (2007)

Syria	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Taiwan	lowest 10%: 6.4% highest 10%: 40.3% (2010)

Tajikistan	lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 24.3% (2009 est.)

Tanzania	lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 29.6% (2007)

Thailand	lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 31.5% (2009 est.)

Timor-Leste	lowest 10%: 4% highest 10%: 27% (2007)

Togo	lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 27.1% (2006)

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%: 2.1% highest 10%: 30.3% (2008)

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%: 2.4% highest 10%: 36.1% (2009 est.)

Ukraine	lowest 10%: 4.2% highest 10%: 22% (2009 est.)

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%: 34.4% (2010 est.)

Uzbekistan	lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 29.6% (2003)

Vanuatu	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Venezuela	lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 32.7% (2006)

Vietnam	lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 30.2% (2008)

Virgin Islands	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Wallis and Futuna	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

West Bank	lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 28.2%

Western Sahara	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

World	lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 27.7% (2007 est.)

Yemen	lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 30.8% (2005)

Zambia	lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 38.8% (2004)

Zimbabwe	lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 40.4% (1995)