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Economy Statistics > Income share held by lowest 20% (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Japan: 10.58 %   1993 Time series
# 2   Czech Republic: 10.29 %   1996 Time series
# 3   Finland: 9.62 %   2000 Time series
# 4   Norway: 9.59 %   2000 Time series
# 5   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 9.52 %   2001 Time series
# 6   Hungary: 9.51 %   2002 Time series
# 7   Pakistan: 9.34 %   2002 Time series
# 8   Ukraine: 9.24 %   2003 Time series
# 9   Slovenia: 9.15 %   1998 Time series
= 10   Ethiopia: 9.12 %   2000 Time series
= 10   Sweden: 9.12 %   2000 Time series
# 12   Vietnam: 9.03 %   2004 Time series
# 13   Kyrgyzstan: 8.92 %   2003 Time series
# 14   Slovakia: 8.76 %   1996 Time series
# 15   Bulgaria: 8.66 %   2003 Time series
# 16   Bangladesh: 8.6 %   2000 Time series
# 17   Egypt: 8.57 %   2000 Time series
# 18   Austria: 8.56 %   2000 Time series
# 19   Armenia: 8.55 %   2003 Time series
# 20   Germany: 8.52 %   2000 Time series
# 21   Belgium: 8.5 %   2000 Time series
# 22   Belarus: 8.46 %   2002 Time series
# 23   Luxembourg: 8.43 %   2000 Time series
# 24   Indonesia: 8.41 %   2002 Time series
# 25   Denmark: 8.34 %   1997 Time series
# 26   Serbia and Montenegro: 8.3 %   2003 Time series
# 27   Croatia: 8.26 %   2001 Time series
# 28   Albania: 8.23 %   2004 Time series
# 29   India: 8.08 %   2004 Time series
= 30   Laos: 8.07 %   2002 Time series
= 30   Romania: 8.07 %   2003 Time series
# 32   Tajikistan: 7.93 %   2003 Time series
# 33   Korea, South: 7.91 %   1998 Time series
# 34   Moldova: 7.81 %   2003 Time series
# 35   Netherlands: 7.6 %   1999 Time series
# 36   Switzerland: 7.55 %   2000 Time series
# 37   Poland: 7.51 %   2002 Time series
# 38   Mongolia: 7.47 %   2002 Time series
# 39   Kazakhstan: 7.45 %   2003 Time series
# 40   Ireland: 7.44 %   2000 Time series
# 41   Azerbaijan: 7.43 %   2001 Time series
# 42   Yemen: 7.41 %   1998 Time series
# 43   Benin: 7.37 %   2003 Time series
# 44   Tanzania: 7.29 %   2000 Time series
= 45   Canada: 7.2 %   2000 Time series
= 45   Uzbekistan: 7.2 %   2003 Time series
# 47   France: 7.18 %   1995 Time series
= 48   Malawi: 7 %   2004 Time series
= 48   Algeria: 7 %   1995 Time series
= 50   Sri Lanka: 6.99 %   2002 Time series
= 50   Guinea: 6.99 %   2003 Time series
# 52   Spain: 6.97 %   2000 Time series
# 53   Burkina Faso: 6.89 %   2003 Time series
= 54   Cambodia: 6.82 %   2004 Time series
= 54   Lithuania: 6.82 %   2003 Time series
# 56   Greece: 6.75 %   2000 Time series
# 57   Estonia: 6.73 %   2003 Time series
# 58   Jordan: 6.69 %   2003 Time series
= 59   Latvia: 6.56 %   2003 Time series
= 59   Senegal: 6.56 %   2001 Time series
= 61   Morocco: 6.5 %   1999 Time series
= 61   Italy: 6.5 %   2000 Time series
# 63   New Zealand: 6.45 %   1997 Time series
# 64   Thailand: 6.34 %   2002 Time series
# 65   Mauritania: 6.17 %   2000 Time series
= 66   Mali: 6.15 %   2001 Time series
= 66   Russia: 6.15 %   2002 Time series
= 68   Turkmenistan: 6.14 %   1998 Time series
= 68   United Kingdom: 6.14 %   1999 Time series
# 70   Macedonia, Republic of: 6.06 %   2003 Time series
# 71   Nepal: 6.02 %   2004 Time series
# 72   Kenya: 5.99 %   1997 Time series
# 73   Tunisia: 5.96 %   2000 Time series
= 74   Australia: 5.9 %   1994 Time series
= 74   Trinidad and Tobago: 5.9 %   1992 Time series
# 76   Portugal: 5.75 %   1997 Time series
# 77   Israel: 5.71 %   2001 Time series
# 78   Uganda: 5.7 %   2002 Time series
# 79   Cameroon: 5.63 %   2001 Time series
# 80   Nicaragua: 5.6 %   2001 Time series
# 81   Ghana: 5.58 %   1998 Time series
# 82   Georgia: 5.56 %   2003 Time series
= 83   Philippines: 5.44 %   2003 Time series
= 83   United States: 5.44 %   2000 Time series
# 85   Mozambique: 5.42 %   2002 Time series
# 86   Turkey: 5.34 %   2003 Time series
# 87   Rwanda: 5.33 %   2000 Time series
# 88   Jamaica: 5.28 %   2004 Time series
# 89   Hong Kong: 5.26 %   1996 Time series
# 90   Saint Lucia: 5.23 %   1995 Time series
# 91   Côte d'Ivoire: 5.21 %   2002 Time series
# 92   Guinea-Bissau: 5.2 %   1993 Time series
# 93   Iran: 5.14 %   1998 Time series
# 94   Burundi: 5.08 %   1998 Time series
# 95   Nigeria: 5.05 %   2003 Time series
# 96   Singapore: 5.04 %   1998 Time series
# 97   Uruguay: 4.95 %   2003 Time series
# 98   Madagascar: 4.88 %   2001 Time series
# 99   Gambia, The: 4.79 %   1998 Time series
# 100   Zimbabwe: 4.63 %   1996 Time series
# 101   Papua New Guinea: 4.5 %   1996 Time series
# 102   Guyana: 4.47 %   1999 Time series
# 103   Malaysia: 4.37 %   1997 Time series
# 104   Swaziland: 4.34 %   2001 Time series
# 105   Mexico: 4.31 %   2004 Time series
# 106   China: 4.25 %   2004 Time series
# 107   Dominican Republic: 3.97 %   2004 Time series
# 108   Chile: 3.81 %   2003 Time series
# 109   Peru: 3.73 %   2003 Time series
# 110   Zambia: 3.61 %   2004 Time series
# 111   South Africa: 3.47 %   2000 Time series
# 112   Costa Rica: 3.46 %   2003 Time series
# 113   Honduras: 3.38 %   2003 Time series
# 114   Ecuador: 3.34 %   1998 Time series
# 115   Venezuela: 3.25 %   2003 Time series
# 116   Botswana: 3.19 %   1993 Time series
# 117   Argentina: 3.12 %   2004 Time series
# 118   Guatemala: 2.93 %   2002 Time series
# 119   Brazil: 2.8 %   2004 Time series
# 120   El Salvador: 2.67 %   2002 Time series
# 121   Niger: 2.58 %   1995 Time series
# 122   Panama: 2.5 %   2003 Time series
# 123   Colombia: 2.48 %   2003 Time series
# 124   Paraguay: 2.4 %   2003 Time series
# 125   Haiti: 2.38 %   2001 Time series
# 126   Central African Republic: 1.99 %   1993 Time series
# 127   Lesotho: 1.51 %   1995 Time series
# 128   Bolivia: 1.49 %   2002 Time series
# 129   Namibia: 1.4 %   1993 Time series
# 130   Sierra Leone: 1.1 %   1989 Time series
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.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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