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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Slovakia: 5.1% 
#2   Belarus: 5.1% 
#3   Japan: 4.8% 
#4   Bulgaria: 4.5% 
#5   Egypt: 4.4% 
#6   Czech Republic: 4.3% 
#7   Rwanda: 4.2% 
#8   Finland: 4.2% 
#9   Norway: 4.1% 
#10   Pakistan: 4.1% 
#11   Hungary: 4.1% 
#12   Indonesia: 4% 
#13   Luxembourg: 4% 
#14   Bangladesh: 3.9% 
#15   Slovenia: 3.9% 
#16   Croatia: 3.7% 
#17   Sweden: 3.7% 
#18   Vietnam: 3.6% 
#19   Ukraine: 3.6% 
#20   Denmark: 3.6% 
#21   India: 3.5% 
#22   Italy: 3.5% 
#23   Sri Lanka: 3.5% 
#24   Jordan: 3.3% 
#25   Germany: 3.3% 
#26   Romania: 3.2% 
#27   Poland: 3.2% 
#28   Nepal: 3.2% 
#29   Belgium: 3.2% 
#30   Tajikistan: 3.2% 
#31   Kyrgyzstan: 3.2% 
#32   Laos: 3.2% 
#33   Portugal: 3.1% 
#34   Lithuania: 3.1% 
#35   Estonia: 3% 
#36   Cote d'Ivoire: 3% 
#37   Uganda: 3% 
#38   Ethiopia: 3% 
#39   Greece: 3% 
#40   Yemen: 3% 
#41   Latvia: 2.9% 
#42   Cambodia: 2.9% 
#43   Korea, South: 2.9% 
#44   Mongolia: 2.9% 
#45   Netherlands: 2.8% 
#46   France: 2.8% 
#47   Algeria: 2.8% 
#48   Canada: 2.8% 
#49   Azerbaijan: 2.8% 
#50   Thailand: 2.8% 
#51   Spain: 2.8% 
#52   Jamaica: 2.7% 
#53   Kazakhstan: 2.7% 
#54   Switzerland: 2.6% 
#55   Senegal: 2.6% 
#56   Turkmenistan: 2.6% 
#57   Morocco: 2.6% 
#58   Guinea: 2.6% 
#59   Madagascar: 2.6% 
#60   Mozambique: 2.5% 
#61   Ireland: 2.5% 
#62   Austria: 2.5% 
#63   Mauritania: 2.5% 
#64   Kenya: 2.4% 
#65   Israel: 2.4% 
#66   China: 2.4% 
#67   Guyana: 2.4% 
#68   Philippines: 2.3% 
#69   Armenia: 2.3% 
#70   Tunisia: 2.3% 
#71   Georgia: 2.3% 
#72   Turkey: 2.3% 
#73   Ecuador: 2.2% 
#74   Ghana: 2.2% 
#75   United Kingdom: 2.2% 
#76   Dominican Republic: 2.1% 
#77   Uruguay: 2.1% 
#78   Trinidad and Tobago: 2.1% 
#79   Saint Lucia: 2% 
#80   Burkina Faso: 2% 
#81   Zimbabwe: 2% 
#82   Australia: 2% 
#83   Cameroon: 1.9% 
#84   Mali: 1.8% 
#85   Burundi: 1.8% 
#86   United States: 1.8% 
#87   Papua New Guinea: 1.7% 
#88   Malaysia: 1.7% 
#89   Costa Rica: 1.7% 
#90   Russia: 1.7% 
#91   Nigeria: 1.6% 
#92   Guatemala: 1.6% 
#93   Peru: 1.6% 
#94   Gambia, The: 1.6% 
#95   Bolivia: 1.3% 
#96   Mexico: 1.3% 
#97   Chile: 1.3% 
#98   Uzbekistan: 1.2% 
#99   El Salvador: 1.2% 
#100   Panama: 1.2% 
#101   South Africa: 1.1% 
#102   Zambia: 1.1% 
#103   Colombia: 1.1% 
#104   Swaziland: 1% 
#105   Lesotho: 0.9% 
#106   Venezuela: 0.8% 
#107   Niger: 0.8% 
#108   Nicaragua: 0.7% 
#109   Central African Republic: 0.7% 
#110   Brazil: 0.7% 
#111   Honduras: 0.6% 
#112   Sierra Leone: 0.5% 
#113   Paraguay: 0.5% 
#114   Guinea-Bissau: 0.5% 
Weighted average: 2.5%  


DEFINITION: Share of income or consumption (%). The distribution of income is typically more unequal than the distribution of consumption.

SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC

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