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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%: