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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Slovakia: 11.9% 
# 2   Belarus: 11.4% 
# 3   Japan: 10.6% 
# 4   Czech Republic: 10.3% 
# 5   Bulgaria: 10.1% 
= 6   Finland: 10% 
= 6   Hungary: 10% 
# 8   Egypt: 9.8% 
= 9   Norway: 9.7% 
= 9   Rwanda: 9.7% 
= 11   Denmark: 9.6% 
= 11   Sweden: 9.6% 
= 13   Luxembourg: 9.4% 
= 13   Pakistan: 9.4% 
# 15   Slovenia: 9.1% 
# 16   Indonesia: 9% 
= 17   Ukraine: 8.8% 
= 17   Croatia: 8.8% 
= 19   Bangladesh: 8.7% 
= 19   Italy: 8.7% 
# 21   Belgium: 8.3% 
# 22   Germany: 8.2% 
# 23   India: 8.1% 
= 24   Vietnam: 8% 
= 24   Sri Lanka: 8% 
= 24   Tajikistan: 8% 
= 24   Romania: 8% 
= 28   Poland: 7.8% 
= 28   Lithuania: 7.8% 
= 30   Laos: 7.6% 
= 30   Kyrgyzstan: 7.6% 
= 30   Latvia: 7.6% 
= 30   Jordan: 7.6% 
= 30   Nepal: 7.6% 
= 35   Spain: 7.5% 
= 35   Canada: 7.5% 
= 35   Korea, South: 7.5% 
= 35   Greece: 7.5% 
# 39   Yemen: 7.4% 
= 40   Portugal: 7.3% 
= 40   Mongolia: 7.3% 
= 42   France: 7.2% 
= 42   Netherlands: 7.2% 
= 44   Cote d'Ivoire: 7.1% 
= 44   Uganda: 7.1% 
= 44   Ethiopia: 7.1% 
= 47   Estonia: 7% 
= 47   Algeria: 7% 
= 49   Azerbaijan: 6.9% 
= 49   Switzerland: 6.9% 
= 49   Cambodia: 6.9% 
= 49   Austria: 6.9% 
= 53   Kazakhstan: 6.7% 
= 53   Ireland: 6.7% 
= 53   Jamaica: 6.7% 
= 56   Morocco: 6.5% 
= 56   Mozambique: 6.5% 
= 58   Senegal: 6.4% 
= 58   Madagascar: 6.4% 
= 58   Mauritania: 6.4% 
= 58   Thailand: 6.4% 
= 58   Guinea: 6.4% 
# 63   Guyana: 6.3% 
= 64   Israel: 6.1% 
= 64   United Kingdom: 6.1% 
= 64   Turkmenistan: 6.1% 
= 64   Georgia: 6.1% 
= 68   Australia: 5.9% 
= 68   China: 5.9% 
# 70   Turkey: 5.8% 
# 71   Tunisia: 5.7% 
= 72   Kenya: 5.6% 
= 72   Ghana: 5.6% 
= 74   Trinidad and Tobago: 5.5% 
= 74   Armenia: 5.5% 
= 76   Ecuador: 5.4% 
= 76   Philippines: 5.4% 
= 76   Uruguay: 5.4% 
= 79   Saint Lucia: 5.2% 
= 79   United States: 5.2% 
= 81   Burundi: 5.1% 
= 81   Dominican Republic: 5.1% 
# 83   Zimbabwe: 4.7% 
= 84   Cameroon: 4.6% 
= 84   Mali: 4.6% 
= 84   Burkina Faso: 4.6% 
# 87   Papua New Guinea: 4.5% 
= 88   Peru: 4.4% 
= 88   Malaysia: 4.4% 
= 88   Costa Rica: 4.4% 
= 88   Nigeria: 4.4% 
= 88   Russia: 4.4% 
= 93   Uzbekistan: 4% 
= 93   Gambia, The: 4% 
= 93   Bolivia: 4% 
# 96   Guatemala: 3.8% 
# 97   Panama: 3.6% 
# 98   Mexico: 3.5% 
= 99   Chile: 3.3% 
= 99   Zambia: 3.3% 
= 99   El Salvador: 3.3% 
= 102   Colombia: 3% 
= 102   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% 
= 109   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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