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Economy Statistics > Income share held by lowest 20% (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Japan
10.58 %
1993 ...
#2
Czech Republic
10.29 %
1996 ...
#3
Finland
9.62 %
2000 ...
#4
Norway
9.59 %
2000 ...
#5
Bosnia and Herzegovina
9.52 %
2001 ...
#6
Hungary
9.51 %
2002 ...
#7
Pakistan
9.34 %
2002 ...
#8
Ukraine
9.24 %
2003 ...
#9
Slovenia
9.15 %
1998 ...
#10
Sweden
9.12 %
2000 ...
#11
Ethiopia
9.12 %
2000 ...
#12
Vietnam
9.03 %
2004 ...
#13
Kyrgyzstan
8.92 %
2003 ...
#14
Slovakia
8.76 %
1996 ...
#15
Bulgaria
8.66 %
2003 ...
#16
Bangladesh
8.6 %
2000 ...
#17
Egypt
8.57 %
2000 ...
#18
Austria
8.56 %
2000 ...
#19
Armenia
8.55 %
2003 ...
#20
Germany
8.52 %
2000 ...
#21
Belgium
8.5 %
2000 ...
#22
Belarus
8.46 %
2002 ...
#23
Luxembourg
8.43 %
2000 ...
#24
Indonesia
8.41 %
2002 ...
#25
Denmark
8.34 %
1997 ...
#26
Serbia and Montenegro
8.3 %
2003 ...
#27
Croatia
8.26 %
2001 ...
#28
Albania
8.23 %
2004 ...
#29
India
8.08 %
2004 ...
#30
Laos
8.07 %
2002 ...
#31
Romania
8.07 %
2003 ...
#32
Tajikistan
7.93 %
2003 ...
#33
Korea, South
7.91 %
1998 ...
#34
Moldova
7.81 %
2003 ...
#35
Netherlands
7.6 %
1999 ...
#36
Switzerland
7.55 %
2000 ...
#37
Poland
7.51 %
2002 ...
#38
Mongolia
7.47 %
2002 ...
#39
Kazakhstan
7.45 %
2003 ...
#40
Ireland
7.44 %
2000 ...
#41
Azerbaijan
7.43 %
2001 ...
#42
Yemen
7.41 %
1998 ...
#43
Benin
7.37 %
2003 ...
#44
Tanzania
7.29 %
2000 ...
#45
Canada
7.2 %
2000 ...
#46
Uzbekistan
7.2 %
2003 ...
#47
France
7.18 %
1995 ...
#48
Malawi
7 %
2004 ...
#49
Algeria
7 %
1995 ...
#50
Sri Lanka
6.99 %
2002 ...
#51
Guinea
6.99 %
2003 ...
#52
Spain
6.97 %
2000 ...
#53
Burkina Faso
6.89 %
2003 ...
#54
Cambodia
6.82 %
2004 ...
#55
Lithuania
6.82 %
2003 ...
#56
Greece
6.75 %
2000 ...
#57
Estonia
6.73 %
2003 ...
#58
Jordan
6.69 %
2003 ...
#59
Senegal
6.56 %
2001 ...
#60
Latvia
6.56 %
2003 ...
#61
Italy
6.5 %
2000 ...
#62
Morocco
6.5 %
1999 ...
#63
New Zealand
6.45 %
1997 ...
#64
Thailand
6.34 %
2002 ...
#65
Mauritania
6.17 %
2000 ...
#66
Mali
6.15 %
2001 ...
#67
Russia
6.15 %
2002 ...
#68
United Kingdom
6.14 %
1999 ...
#69
Turkmenistan
6.14 %
1998 ...
#70
Macedonia, Republic of
6.06 %
2003 ...
#71
Nepal
6.02 %
2004 ...
#72
Kenya
5.99 %
1997 ...
#73
Tunisia
5.96 %
2000 ...
#74
Australia
5.9 %
1994 ...
#75
Trinidad and Tobago
5.9 %
1992 ...
#76
Portugal
5.75 %
1997 ...
#77
Israel
5.71 %
2001 ...
#78
Uganda
5.7 %
2002 ...
#79
Cameroon
5.63 %
2001 ...
#80
Nicaragua
5.6 %
2001 ...
#81
Ghana
5.58 %
1998 ...
#82
Georgia
5.56 %
2003 ...
#83
United States
5.44 %
2000 ...
#84
Philippines
5.44 %
2003 ...
#85
Mozambique
5.42 %
2002 ...
#86
Turkey
5.34 %
2003 ...
#87
Rwanda
5.33 %
2000 ...
#88
Jamaica
5.28 %
2004 ...
#89
Hong Kong
5.26 %
1996 ...
#90
Saint Lucia
5.23 %
1995 ...
#91
Côte d'Ivoire
5.21 %
2002 ...
#92
Guinea-Bissau
5.2 %
1993 ...
#93
Iran
5.14 %
1998 ...
#94
Burundi
5.08 %
1998 ...
#95
Nigeria
5.05 %
2003 ...
#96
Singapore
5.04 %
1998 ...
#97
Uruguay
4.95 %
2003 ...
#98
Madagascar
4.88 %
2001 ...
#99
Gambia, The
4.79 %
1998 ...
#100
Zimbabwe
4.63 %
1996 ...
#101
Papua New Guinea
4.5 %
1996 ...
#102
Guyana
4.47 %
1999 ...
#103
Malaysia
4.37 %
1997 ...
#104
Swaziland
4.34 %
2001 ...
#105
Mexico
4.31 %
2004 ...
#106
China
4.25 %
2004 ...
#107
Dominican Republic
3.97 %
2004 ...
#108
Chile
3.81 %
2003 ...
#109
Peru
3.73 %
2003 ...
#110
Zambia
3.61 %
2004 ...
#111
South Africa
3.47 %
2000 ...
#112
Costa Rica
3.46 %
2003 ...
#113
Honduras
3.38 %
2003 ...
#114
Ecuador
3.34 %
1998 ...
#115
Venezuela
3.25 %
2003 ...
#116
Botswana
3.19 %
1993 ...
#117
Argentina
3.12 %
2004 ...
#118
Guatemala
2.93 %
2002 ...
#119
Brazil
2.8 %
2004 ...
#120
El Salvador
2.67 %
2002 ...
#121
Niger
2.58 %
1995 ...
#122
Panama
2.5 %
2003 ...
#123
Colombia
2.48 %
2003 ...
#124
Paraguay
2.4 %
2003 ...
#125
Haiti
2.38 %
2001 ...
#126
Central African Republic
1.99 %
1993 ...
#127
Lesotho
1.51 %
1995 ...
#128
Bolivia
1.49 %
2002 ...
#129
Namibia
1.4 %
1993 ...
#130
Sierra Leone
1.1 %
1989 ...
Weighted average:
6.2 %
DEFINITION: Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
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