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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
DEFINITION
The percentage of total national household income held by the bottom 10 percent of households. Data on household income or consumption come from household surveys, the results adjusted for household size. Nations use different standards and procedures in collecting and adjusting the data. Surveys based on income will normally show a more unequal distribution than surveys based on consumption. The quality of surveys is improving with time, yet caution is still necessary in making inter-country comparisons.
Economy Statistics > Share of household income > Lowest 10% (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Colombia :
7.9%
2004
# 2
Taiwan :
6.7%
2002
# 3
Czech Republic :
4.3%
1996
= 4
Pakistan :
4%
2002
= 4
Hungary :
4%
2002
= 4
Finland :
4%
2000
= 7
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
3.9%
2001
= 7
Norway :
3.9%
2000
= 7
Ethiopia :
3.9%
2000
# 10
Kyrgyzstan :
3.8%
2003
= 11
Bangladesh :
3.7%
2000
= 11
Egypt :
3.7%
2000
= 13
Indonesia :
3.6%
2002
= 13
India :
3.6%
2004
= 13
Slovenia :
3.6%
1998
= 13
Sweden :
3.6%
2000
# 17
Luxembourg :
3.5%
2000
= 18
Laos :
3.4%
2002
= 18
Albania :
3.4%
2004
= 18
Belarus :
3.4%
2002
= 18
Belgium :
3.4%
2006
= 18
Croatia :
3.4%
2003
= 18
Ukraine :
3.4%
2006
= 24
Tajikistan :
3.3%
2003
= 24
Kazakhstan :
3.3%
2004
= 24
Austria :
3.3%
2004
= 27
Moldova :
3.2%
2003
= 27
Germany :
3.2%
2000
= 29
Portugal :
3.1%
1995
= 29
Benin :
3.1%
2003
= 29
Azerbaijan :
3.1%
2001
= 29
Poland :
3.1%
2002
= 29
Slovakia :
3.1%
1996
= 34
Mongolia :
3%
2002
= 34
Yemen :
3%
2003
= 34
France :
3%
2004
= 37
Ireland :
2.9%
2000
= 37
Vietnam :
2.9%
2004
= 37
Switzerland :
2.9%
2000
= 37
Korea, South :
2.9%
2005
= 37
Bulgaria :
2.9%
2005
= 37
Cambodia :
2.9%
2004
= 37
Tanzania :
2.9%
2000
= 37
Malawi :
2.9%
2004
= 45
Algeria :
2.8%
1995
= 45
Burma :
2.8%
1998
= 45
Uzbekistan :
2.8%
2003
= 45
Burkina Faso :
2.8%
2004
= 50
Senegal :
2.7%
2001
= 50
Lithuania :
2.7%
2003
= 50
Thailand :
2.7%
2002
= 50
Jordan :
2.7%
2003
= 54
Canada :
2.6%
2000
= 54
Turkmenistan :
2.6%
1998
= 54
Morocco :
2.6%
1999
= 54
Spain :
2.6%
2000
= 54
Nepal :
2.6%
2004
= 59
Latvia :
2.5%
2003
= 59
Estonia :
2.5%
2003
= 59
Greece :
2.5%
2000
= 59
Netherlands :
2.5%
1999
= 59
Mauritania :
2.5%
2000
= 64
Mali :
2.4%
2001
= 64
Israel :
2.4%
2005
= 64
Macedonia, Republic of :
2.4%
2003
= 64
Philippines :
2.4%
2006
= 64
Georgia :
2.4%
2005
= 64
Russia :
2.4%
2002
= 70
Uganda :
2.3%
2002
= 70
Cameroon :
2.3%
2001
= 70
Tunisia :
2.3%
2000
= 70
Italy :
2.3%
2000
= 74
Nicaragua :
2.2%
2001
= 74
Ghana :
2.2%
1999
= 76
Mozambique :
2.1%
2002
= 76
Jamaica :
2.1%
2004
= 76
United Kingdom :
2.1%
1999
= 76
Rwanda :
2.1%
2000
= 80
Zimbabwe :
2%
1995
= 80
Denmark :
2%
2000
= 80
Kenya :
2%
2000
= 80
Ecuador :
2%
2006
= 80
Côte d'Ivoire :
2%
2002
= 80
Iran :
2%
1998
= 80
Australia :
2%
1994
= 80
Turkey :
2%
2003
= 88
Singapore :
1.9%
1998
= 88
Madagascar :
1.9%
2001
= 88
Guinea :
1.9%
2006
= 88
Nigeria :
1.9%
2003
= 88
United States :
1.9%
2000
= 88
Uruguay :
1.9%
2003
# 94
Gambia, The :
1.8%
1998
= 95
Burundi :
1.7%
1998
= 95
Papua New Guinea :
1.7%
1996
= 97
Armenia :
1.6%
2004
= 97
Swaziland :
1.6%
2001
= 97
China :
1.6%
2004
= 100
Chile :
1.4%
2003
= 100
South Africa :
1.4%
2000
= 100
Malaysia :
1.4%
2003
= 100
Dominican Republic :
1.4%
2004
= 104
Peru :
1.3%
2003
= 104
Guyana :
1.3%
1999
= 106
Mexico :
1.2%
2006
= 106
Honduras :
1.2%
2003
= 106
Zambia :
1.2%
2004
= 106
Romania :
1.2%
2006
# 110
Sri Lanka :
1.1%
2003
= 111
Argentina :
1%
2006
= 111
Costa Rica :
1%
2003
= 113
Brazil :
0.9%
2004
= 113
Guatemala :
0.9%
2002
= 113
Lesotho :
0.9%
2002
# 116
Niger :
0.8%
1995
= 117
Paraguay :
0.7%
2003
= 117
Venezuela :
0.7%
2003
= 117
Haiti :
0.7%
2001
= 117
El Salvador :
0.7%
2002
= 117
Panama :
0.7%
2003
# 122
Namibia :
0.5%
2003
# 123
Bolivia :
0.3%
2002
Weighted average:
2.4%
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
2.8%
DEFINITION: The percentage of total national household income held by the bottom 10 percent of households. Data on household income or consumption come from household surveys, the results adjusted for household size. Nations use different standards and procedures in collecting and adjusting the data. Surveys based on income will normally show a more unequal distribution than surveys based on consumption. The quality of surveys is improving with time, yet caution is still necessary in making inter-country comparisons.
SOURCE: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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