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World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
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Share of income or consumption (%). The distribution of income is typically more unequal than the distribution of consumption.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
# 1
Central African Republic
:
65%
# 2
South Africa
:
64.8%
# 3
Swaziland
:
64.4%
# 4
Brazil
:
64.1%
# 5
Nicaragua
:
63.6%
# 6
Sierra Leone
:
63.4%
# 7
Chile
:
61%
# 8
Colombia
:
60.9%
# 9
Paraguay
:
60.7%
# 10
Guatemala
:
60.6%
# 11
Burkina Faso
:
60.4%
# 12
Lesotho
:
60.1%
# 13
Honduras
:
59.4%
# 14
Guinea-Bissau
:
58.9%
# 15
Mexico
:
57.4%
# 16
Zambia
:
56.6%
# 17
Papua New Guinea
:
56.5%
# 18
El Salvador
:
56.4%
# 19
Mali
:
56.2%
= 20
Nigeria
:
55.7%
= 20
Zimbabwe
:
55.7%
# 22
Gambia, The
:
55.2%
# 23
Malaysia
:
54.3%
# 24
Russia
:
53.7%
= 25
Dominican Republic
:
53.3%
= 25
Niger
:
53.3%
# 27
Venezuela
:
53.2%
# 28
Cameroon
:
53.1%
# 29
Panama
:
52.8%
# 30
Philippines
:
52.3%
= 31
Peru
:
51.2%
= 31
Kenya
:
51.2%
# 33
Costa Rica
:
51%
# 34
Armenia
:
50.6%
# 35
Ecuador
:
49.7%
= 36
Bolivia
:
49.1%
= 36
Uzbekistan
:
49.1%
# 38
Thailand
:
48.4%
= 39
Saint Lucia
:
48.3%
= 39
Uruguay
:
48.3%
# 41
Senegal
:
48.2%
# 42
Burundi
:
48%
# 43
Tunisia
:
47.9%
= 44
Ethiopia
:
47.7%
= 44
Turkey
:
47.7%
# 46
Cambodia
:
47.6%
# 47
Turkmenistan
:
47.5%
# 48
Guinea
:
47.2%
# 49
Guyana
:
46.9%
# 50
Ghana
:
46.7%
= 51
China
:
46.6%
= 51
Morocco
:
46.6%
# 53
Mozambique
:
46.5%
# 54
United States
:
46.4%
# 55
India
:
46.1%
# 56
Jamaica
:
46%
# 57
Trinidad and Tobago
:
45.9%
# 58
Estonia
:
45.1%
# 59
Laos
:
45%
# 60
Uganda
:
44.9%
= 61
Madagascar
:
44.8%
= 61
Nepal
:
44.8%
# 63
Vietnam
:
44.5%
# 64
Jordan
:
44.4%
= 65
Israel
:
44.2%
= 65
Cote d'Ivoire
:
44.2%
# 67
Mauritania
:
44.1%
# 68
Georgia
:
43.6%
# 69
Portugal
:
43.4%
# 70
Azerbaijan
:
43.3%
# 71
United Kingdom
:
43.2%
# 72
Ireland
:
42.9%
= 73
Bangladesh
:
42.8%
= 73
Sri Lanka
:
42.8%
# 75
Algeria
:
42.6%
# 76
Kyrgyzstan
:
42.5%
# 77
Kazakhstan
:
42.3%
# 78
Australia
:
41.3%
# 79
Yemen
:
41.2%
= 80
Indonesia
:
41.1%
= 80
Pakistan
:
41.1%
# 82
Mongolia
:
40.9%
= 83
Lithuania
:
40.3%
= 83
Latvia
:
40.3%
= 83
Greece
:
40.3%
= 83
Switzerland
:
40.3%
= 83
Spain
:
40.3%
# 88
France
:
40.2%
# 89
Netherlands
:
40.1%
# 90
Tajikistan
:
40%
# 91
Poland
:
39.7%
# 92
Romania
:
39.4%
= 93
Canada
:
39.3%
= 93
Korea, South
:
39.3%
# 95
Rwanda
:
39.1%
# 96
Egypt
:
39%
# 97
Germany
:
38.5%
= 98
Austria
:
38%
= 98
Croatia
:
38%
# 100
Ukraine
:
37.8%
# 101
Slovenia
:
37.7%
# 102
Belgium
:
37.3%
# 103
Bulgaria
:
36.8%
# 104
Luxembourg
:
36.5%
# 105
Italy
:
36.3%
# 106
Czech Republic
:
35.9%
= 107
Finland
:
35.8%
= 107
Norway
:
35.8%
# 109
Japan
:
35.6%
= 110
Denmark
:
34.5%
= 110
Sweden
:
34.5%
# 112
Hungary
:
34.4%
# 113
Belarus
:
33.3%
# 114
Slovakia
:
31.4%
Weighted average:
46.7%
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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