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Household income or consumption by percentage share
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: CIA-World Factbook
 
Country

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Date of information

Afghanistan
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Albania
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Algeria
 highest 10%: 26.8%
 lowest 10%:  2.8%
 
(1995)

American Samoa
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

American Virgin Islands
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Andorra
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Angola
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Anguilla
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Antigua and Barbuda
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Argentina
 highest 10%: 35%
 lowest 10%:  1%
 
(June 2006)

Armenia
 highest 10%: 41.3%
 lowest 10%:  1.6%
 
(2004)

Aruba
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Australia
 highest 10%: 25.4%
 lowest 10%:  2%
 
(1994)

Austria
 highest 10%: 22.5%
 lowest 10%:  3.3%
 
(2004)

Azerbaijan
 highest 10%: 27.8%
 lowest 10%:  2.8%
 
(1995)

Bahamas, The
 highest 10%: 27%
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
(2000)

Bahrain
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Bangladesh
 highest 10%: 28.6%
 lowest 10%:  3.9%
 
(1995-96 est.)

Barbados
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Belarus
 highest 10%: 20%
 lowest 10%:  5.1%
 
(1998)

Belgium
 highest 10%: 23%
 lowest 10%:  3.2%
 
(1996)

Belize
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Benin
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Bermuda
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Bhutan
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Bolivia
 highest 10%: 32%
 lowest 10%:  1.3%
 
(1999)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Botswana
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Brazil
 highest 10%: 31.27%
 lowest 10%:  0.7%
 
(2002)

British Virgin Islands
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Brunei
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Bulgaria
 highest 10%: 25.4%
 lowest 10%:  2.9%
 
(2005)

Burkina Faso
 highest 10%: 46.8%
 lowest 10%:  2%
 
(1994)

Burma
 highest 10%: 32.4%
 lowest 10%:  2.8%
 
(1998)

Burma
 highest 10%: 32.4%
 lowest 10%:  2.8%
 
(1998)

Burundi
 highest 10%: 32.9%
 lowest 10%:  1.8%
 
(1998)

Cambodia
 highest 10%: 33.8%
 lowest 10%:  2.9%
 
(1997)

Cameroon
 highest 10%: 36.6%
 lowest 10%:  1.9%
 
(1996)

Canada
 highest 10%: 23.8%
 lowest 10%:  2.8%
 
(1994)

Cape Verde
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Cayman Islands
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Central African Republic
 highest 10%: 47.7%
 lowest 10%:  0.7%
 
(1993)

Chad
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Chile
 highest 10%: 47%
 lowest 10%:  1.2%
 
(2000)

China
 highest 10%: 33.1%
 lowest 10%:  1.8%
 
(2001)

Colombia
 highest 10%: 34.3%
 lowest 10%:  7.9%
 
(2004)

Comoros
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Congo, Republic of the
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Cook Islands
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Costa Rica
 highest 10%: 36.8%
 lowest 10%:  1.1%
 
(2002)

Cote d'Ivoire
 highest 10%: 28.8%
 lowest 10%:  3.1%
 
(1995)

Croatia
 highest 10%: 24.5%
 lowest 10%:  3.4%
 
(2003 est.)

Cuba
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Cyprus
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Czech Republic
 highest 10%: 22.4%
 lowest 10%:  4.3%
 
(1996)

Denmark
 highest 10%: 24%
 lowest 10%:  2%
 
(2000 est.)

Djibouti
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Dominica
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Dominican Republic
 highest 10%: 37.9%
 lowest 10%:  2.1%
 
(1998)

Ecuador
 highest 10%: 32%
 lowest 10%:  2%
 
 

Egypt
 highest 10%: 25%
 lowest 10%:  4.4%
 
(1995)

El Salvador
 highest 10%: 38.76%
 lowest 10%:  0.67%
 
(2002)

Equatorial Guinea
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Eritrea
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Estonia
 highest 10%: 28.5%
 lowest 10%:  1.9%
 
(2000)

Ethiopia
 highest 10%: 33.7%
 lowest 10%:  3%
 
(1995)

European Union
 highest 10%: 25.4%
 lowest 10%:  2.9%
 
(1995 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Faroe Islands
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Fiji
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Finland
 highest 10%: 21.6%
 lowest 10%:  4.2%
 
(1991)

France
 highest 10%: 24.8%
 lowest 10%:  3%
 
(2004)

French Polynesia
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Gabon
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Gambia, The
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Gaza Strip
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Georgia
 highest 10%: 27.9%
 lowest 10%:  2.3%
 
(1996)

Germany
 highest 10%: 25.1%
 lowest 10%:  3.6%
 
(1997)

Ghana
 highest 10%: 30.1%
 lowest 10%:  2.2%
 
(1999)

Gibraltar
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Greece
 highest 10%: 28.3%
 lowest 10%:  3%
 
(1998 est.)

Greenland
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Grenada
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Guam
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Guatemala
 highest 10%: 46%
 lowest 10%:  1.6%
 
(1998)

Guernsey
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Guinea
 highest 10%: 41%
 lowest 10%:  1.9%
 
(2006)

Guinea-Bissau
 highest 10%: 42.4%
 lowest 10%:  0.5%
 
(1991)

Guyana
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Haiti
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Honduras
 highest 10%: 42.7%
 lowest 10%:  0.6%
 
(1998)

Hong Kong
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Hungary
 highest 10%: 22.2%
 lowest 10%:  4.1%
 
(2002)

Iceland
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

India
 highest 10%: 33.5%
 lowest 10%:  3.5%
 
(1997)

Indonesia
 highest 10%: 28.5%
 lowest 10%:  3.6%
 
(2002)

Iran
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Iraq
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Ireland
 highest 10%: 27.3%
 lowest 10%:  2%
 
(1997)

Isle of Man
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Israel
 highest 10%: 28.31%
 lowest 10%:  2.4%
 
(2005)

Italy
 highest 10%: 26.6%
 lowest 10%:  2.1%
 
(2000)

Jamaica
 highest 10%: 30.3%
 lowest 10%:  2.4%
 
(2000)

Japan
 highest 10%: 21.7%
 lowest 10%:  4.8%
 
(1993)

Jersey
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Jordan
 highest 10%: 29.8%
 lowest 10%:  3.3%
 
(1997)

Kazakhstan
 highest 10%: 26.5%
 lowest 10%:  3.3%
 
(2004 est.)

Kenya
 highest 10%: 37.2%
 lowest 10%:  2%
 
(2000)

Kiribati
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Korea, North
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Korea, South
 highest 10%: 25%
 lowest 10%:  2.9%
 
(2005 est.)

Kuwait
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Kyrgyzstan
 highest 10%: 23.3%
 lowest 10%:  3.9%
 
(2001)

Laos
 highest 10%: 30.6%
 lowest 10%:  3.2%
 
(1997)

Latvia
 highest 10%: 26.1%
 lowest 10%:  2.8%
 
(1998)

Lebanon
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Lesotho
 highest 10%: 43.4%
 lowest 10%:  0.9%
 
 

Liberia
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Libya
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Liechtenstein
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Lithuania
 highest 10%: 24.9%
 lowest 10%:  3.2%
 
(2000)

Luxembourg
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Macau
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Macedonia
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Madagascar
 highest 10%: 29%
 lowest 10%:  3%
 
(1999)

Malawi
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Malaysia
 highest 10%: 39.2%
 lowest 10%:  1.4%
 
(2003 est.)

Maldives
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Mali
 highest 10%: 40.4%
 lowest 10%:  1.8%
 
(1994)

Malta
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Marshall Islands
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Mauritania
 highest 10%: 30.2%
 lowest 10%:  2.5%
 
(2000)

Mauritius
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Mayotte
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Mexico
 highest 10%: 35.6%
 lowest 10%:  1.6%
 
(2002)

Micronesia, Federated States of
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Moldova
 highest 10%: 26.4%
 lowest 10%:  3.2%
 
(2003)

Monaco
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Mongolia
 highest 10%: 37%
 lowest 10%:  2.1%
 
(1995)

Montserrat
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Morocco
 highest 10%: 30.9%
 lowest 10%:  2.6%
 
(1998-99)

Mozambique
 highest 10%: 31.7%
 lowest 10%:  2.5%
 
(1997)

Namibia
 highest 10%: 64.5%
 lowest 10%:  0.5%
 
 

Nauru
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Nepal
 highest 10%: 39.1%
 lowest 10%:  2.6%
 
(2003-2004)

Netherlands
 highest 10%: 22.9%
 lowest 10%:  2.5%
 
(1999)

Netherlands Antilles
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

New Caledonia
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

New Zealand
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
(1991 est.)

Nicaragua
 highest 10%: 45%
 lowest 10%:  1.2%
 
(2001)

Niger
 highest 10%: 35.4%
 lowest 10%:  0.8%
 
(1995)

Nigeria
 highest 10%: 40.8%
 lowest 10%:  1.6%
 
(1996-97)

Niue
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Northern Mariana Islands
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Norway
 highest 10%: 21.8%
 lowest 10%:  4.1%
 
(1995)

Oman
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Pakistan
 highest 10%: 27.6%
 lowest 10%:  4.1%
 
(FY96/97)

Palau
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Panama
 highest 10%: 35.7%
 lowest 10%:  1.2%
 
(1997)

Papua New Guinea
 highest 10%: 40.5%
 lowest 10%:  1.7%
 
(1996)

Paraguay
 highest 10%: 43.8%
 lowest 10%:  0.5%
 
(1998)

Peru
 highest 10%: 37.2%
 lowest 10%:  0.8%
 
(2000)

Philippines
 highest 10%: 31.1%
 lowest 10%:  2.3%
 
(2003)

Poland
 highest 10%: 26.7%
 lowest 10%:  3.1%
 
(2002)

Portugal
 highest 10%: 28.4%
 lowest 10%:  3.1%
 
(1995 est.)

Puerto Rico
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Qatar
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Romania
 highest 10%: 27.6%
 lowest 10%:  2.4%
 
(2003)

Russia
 highest 10%: 38.7%
 lowest 10%:  1.7%
 
(1998)

Rwanda
 highest 10%: 24.2%
 lowest 10%:  4.2%
 
(1985)

Saint Helena
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Saint Kitts and Nevis
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Saint Lucia
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Samoa
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

San Marino
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Sao Tome and Principe
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Saudi Arabia
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Senegal
 highest 10%: 33.5%
 lowest 10%:  2.6%
 
(1995)

Seychelles
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Sierra Leone
 highest 10%: 43.6%
 lowest 10%:  0.5%
 
(1989)

Singapore
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Slovakia
 highest 10%: 20.9%
 lowest 10%:  3.1%
 
(1996)

Slovenia
 highest 10%: 21.4%
 lowest 10%:  3.6%
 
(1998)

Solomon Islands
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Somalia
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

South Africa
 highest 10%: 45.9%
 lowest 10%:  1.1%
 
(1994)

Spain
 highest 10%: 25.2%
 lowest 10%:  2.8%
 
(1990)

Sri Lanka
 highest 10%: 39.7%
 lowest 10%:  1.1%
 
(FY03/04)

Sudan
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Suriname
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Swaziland
 highest 10%: 50.2%
 lowest 10%:  1%
 
(1995)

Sweden
 highest 10%: 20.1%
 lowest 10%:  3.7%
 
(1992)

Switzerland
 highest 10%: 25.2%
 lowest 10%:  2.6%
 
(1992)

Syria
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Taiwan
 highest 10%: 41.1%
 lowest 10%:  6.7%
 
(2002 est.)

Tajikistan
 highest 10%: 25.2%
 lowest 10%:  3.2%
 
(1998)

Tanzania
 highest 10%: 30.1%
 lowest 10%:  2.8%
 
(1993)

Thailand
 highest 10%: 32.4%
 lowest 10%:  2.8%
 
(1998)

Timor-Leste
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Togo
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Tonga
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Trinidad and Tobago
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Tunisia
 highest 10%: 31.8%
 lowest 10%:  2.3%
 
(1995)

Turkey
 highest 10%: 30.7%
 lowest 10%:  2.3%
 
(2000)

Turkmenistan
 highest 10%: 31.7%
 lowest 10%:  2.6%
 
(1998)

Turks and Caicos Islands
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Tuvalu
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Uganda
 highest 10%: 21%
 lowest 10%:  4%
 
(2000)

Ukraine
 highest 10%: 25.7%
 lowest 10%:  3.4%
 
(2006)

United Arab Emirates
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

United Kingdom
 highest 10%: 28.5%
 lowest 10%:  2.1%
 
(1999)

United States
 highest 10%: 30.5%
 lowest 10%:  1.8%
 
(1997)

Uruguay
 highest 10%: 25.8%
 lowest 10%:  3.7%
 
(1997)

Uzbekistan
 highest 10%: 22%
 lowest 10%:  3.6%
 
(2000)

Vanuatu
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Venezuela
 highest 10%: 36.5%
 lowest 10%:  0.8%
 
(1998)

Vietnam
 highest 10%: 29.9%
 lowest 10%:  3.6%
 
(1998)

Wallis and Futuna
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

West Bank
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

Western Sahara
 highest 10%: NA
 lowest 10%:  NA
 
 

World
 highest 10%: 29.9%
 lowest 10%:  2.5%
 
(2002 est.)

Yemen
 highest 10%: 25.9%
 lowest 10%:  3%
 
(2003)

Zambia
 highest 10%: 41%
 lowest 10%:  1.1%
 
(1998)

Zimbabwe
 highest 10%: 40.4%
 lowest 10%:  2%
 
(1995)

Source: CIA World Factbook. This page was last updated on 22 November, 2007

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