NationMaster - Income distribution > Poorest 20% (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Slovakia:	11.9%
#2	Belarus:	11.4%
#3	Japan:	10.6%
#4	Czech Republic:	10.3%
#5	Bulgaria:	10.1%
#6	Finland:	10%
#7	Hungary:	10%
#8	Egypt:	9.8%
#9	Norway:	9.7%
#10	Rwanda:	9.7%
#11	Denmark:	9.6%
#12	Sweden:	9.6%
#13	Luxembourg:	9.4%
#14	Pakistan:	9.4%
#15	Slovenia:	9.1%
#16	Indonesia:	9%
#17	Ukraine:	8.8%
#18	Croatia:	8.8%
#19	Bangladesh:	8.7%
#20	Italy:	8.7%
#21	Belgium:	8.3%
#22	Germany:	8.2%
#23	India:	8.1%
#24	Vietnam:	8%
#25	Sri Lanka:	8%
#26	Tajikistan:	8%
#27	Romania:	8%
#28	Poland:	7.8%
#29	Lithuania:	7.8%
#30	Laos:	7.6%
#31	Kyrgyzstan:	7.6%
#32	Latvia:	7.6%
#33	Jordan:	7.6%
#34	Nepal:	7.6%
#35	Spain:	7.5%
#36	Canada:	7.5%
#37	Korea, South:	7.5%
#38	Greece:	7.5%
#39	Yemen:	7.4%
#40	Portugal:	7.3%
#41	Mongolia:	7.3%
#42	France:	7.2%
#43	Netherlands:	7.2%
#44	Cote d'Ivoire:	7.1%
#45	Uganda:	7.1%
#46	Ethiopia:	7.1%
#47	Estonia:	7%
#48	Algeria:	7%
#49	Azerbaijan:	6.9%
#50	Switzerland:	6.9%
#51	Cambodia:	6.9%
#52	Austria:	6.9%
#53	Kazakhstan:	6.7%
#54	Ireland:	6.7%
#55	Jamaica:	6.7%
#56	Morocco:	6.5%
#57	Mozambique:	6.5%
#58	Senegal:	6.4%
#59	Madagascar:	6.4%
#60	Mauritania:	6.4%
#61	Thailand:	6.4%
#62	Guinea:	6.4%
#63	Guyana:	6.3%
#64	Israel:	6.1%
#65	United Kingdom:	6.1%
#66	Turkmenistan:	6.1%
#67	Georgia:	6.1%
#68	Australia:	5.9%
#69	China:	5.9%
#70	Turkey:	5.8%
#71	Tunisia:	5.7%
#72	Kenya:	5.6%
#73	Ghana:	5.6%
#74	Trinidad and Tobago:	5.5%
#75	Armenia:	5.5%
#76	Ecuador:	5.4%
#77	Philippines:	5.4%
#78	Uruguay:	5.4%
#79	Saint Lucia:	5.2%
#80	United States:	5.2%
#81	Burundi:	5.1%
#82	Dominican Republic:	5.1%
#83	Zimbabwe:	4.7%
#84	Cameroon:	4.6%
#85	Mali:	4.6%
#86	Burkina Faso:	4.6%
#87	Papua New Guinea:	4.5%
#88	Peru:	4.4%
#89	Malaysia:	4.4%
#90	Costa Rica:	4.4%
#91	Nigeria:	4.4%
#92	Russia:	4.4%
#93	Uzbekistan:	4%
#94	Gambia, The:	4%
#95	Bolivia:	4%
#96	Guatemala:	3.8%
#97	Panama:	3.6%
#98	Mexico:	3.5%
#99	Chile:	3.3%
#100	Zambia:	3.3%
#101	El Salvador:	3.3%
#102	Colombia:	3%
#103	Venezuela:	3%
#104	South Africa:	2.9%
#105	Lesotho:	2.8%
#106	Swaziland:	2.7%
#107	Niger:	2.6%
#108	Nicaragua:	2.3%
#109	Brazil:	2.2%
#110	Honduras:	2.2%
#111	Guinea-Bissau:	2.1%
#112	Central African Republic:	2%
#113	Paraguay:	1.9%
#114	Sierra Leone:	1.1%
	Weighted average:	6.3%

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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