Country Comparison :: 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.
Download Data
Rank
country (%) Date of Information
1 Namibia
64.50
2003
2 Haiti
47.70
2001
3 Colombia
45.90
2006
4 South Africa
44.70
2000
5 Bolivia
44.10
2005
6 Ecuador
43.30
2007
7 Brazil
43.00
2007
8 Guatemala
42.40
2006
9 Paraguay
42.30
2007
10 Honduras
42.20
2006
11 Nicaragua
41.80
2005
12 Chile
41.70
2006
13 Madagascar
41.50
2005
14 Panama
41.40
2006
15 Armenia
41.30
2004
16 Taiwan
41.10
2002 est.
17 Guinea
41.00
2006
18 Swaziland
40.70
2001
19 Nepal
40.60
2006
20 Papua New Guinea
40.50
1996
21 Zimbabwe
40.40
1995
22 Sri Lanka
39.70
2004
23 Lesotho
39.40
2003
24 Mozambique
39.20
2003
25 Zambia
38.80
2004
26 Dominican Republic
38.70
2005
27 Rwanda
38.20
2000
28 Mexico
37.90
2006
29 Peru
37.90
2006
30 Kenya
37.80
2005
31 El Salvador
37.00
2005
32 Gambia, The
36.90
2003
33 Jamaica
35.80
2004
34 Niger
35.70
2005
35 Costa Rica
35.50
2005
36 Cameroon
35.40
2001
37 Argentina
35.00
January-March 2007
38 Uruguay
34.80
2006
39 Cambodia
34.20
2007
40 Uganda
34.10
2005
41 Cote d'Ivoire
34.00
2002
42 Guyana
33.80
1999
43 Thailand
33.70
2004
44 Sierra Leone
33.60
2003
45 Morocco
33.20
2007
46 Turkey
33.20
2005
47 Central African Republic
33.00
2003
48 Ghana
32.80
2006
49 Venezuela
32.70
2006
50 Burma
32.40
1998
51 Nigeria
32.40
2004
52 Indonesia
32.30
2006
53 Burkina Faso
32.20
2004
54 Malawi
31.90
2004
55 Turkmenistan
31.70
1998
56 Tunisia
31.50
2000
57 China
31.40
2004
58 Philippines
31.20
2006
59 India
31.10
2005
60 Yemen
30.80
2005
61 Jordan
30.70
2006
62 Mali
30.50
2006
63 Russia
30.40
September 2007
64 Senegal
30.10
2005
65 United States
30.00
2007 est.
66 Vietnam
29.80
2006
67 Iran
29.60
2005
68 Macedonia
29.60
2003
69 Uzbekistan
29.60
2003
70 Mauritania
29.50
2000
71 Benin
29.00
2003
72 Laos
28.50
2002
73 Malaysia
28.50
2004 est.
74 United Kingdom
28.50
1999
75 Belgium
28.40
2000
76 Portugal
28.40
1995 est.
77 Moldova
28.20
2004
78 Burundi
28.00
2006
79 Guinea-Bissau
28.00
2002
80 Estonia
27.70
2004
81 Egypt
27.60
2005
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina
27.40
2004
83 Lithuania
27.40
2003
84 Latvia
27.40
2004
85 Ireland
27.20
2000
86 Poland
27.20
2005
87 Bahamas, The
27.00
2000
88 Georgia
27.00
2005
89 Tanzania
26.90
2000
90 Algeria
26.80
1995
91 Italy
26.80
2000
92 Bangladesh
26.60
2005
93 Spain
26.60
2000
94 Kazakhstan
26.50
2004 est.
95 Pakistan
26.50
2005
96 Greece
26.00
2000 est.
97 Albania
25.90
2005
98 Kyrgyzstan
25.90
2004
99 Switzerland
25.90
2000
100 Ukraine
25.70
2006
101 Ethiopia
25.60
2005
102 Tajikistan
25.60
2007 est.
103 Bulgaria
25.50
2007
104 Australia
25.40
1994
105 European Union
25.20
2001 est.
106 Mongolia
24.90
2005
107 Canada
24.80
2000
108 France
24.80
2004
109 Finland
24.70
2007
110 Slovenia
24.60
2004
111 Israel
24.20
2007
112 Korea, South
24.20
2007
113 Hungary
24.10
2004
114 Denmark
24.00
2000 est.
115 Luxembourg
23.80
2000
116 Norway
23.40
2000
117 Singapore
23.20
2008
118 Croatia
23.10
2005 est.
119 Netherlands
22.90
1999
120 Austria
22.50
2004
121 Czech Republic
22.40
1996
122 Sweden
22.20
2000
123 Germany
22.10
2000
124 Belarus
22.00
2005
125 Japan
21.70
1993
126 Slovakia
20.90
1996
127 Romania
20.80
2006
128 Azerbaijan
17.50
2005
129 Taiwan
6.70
2002 est.
130 Azerbaijan
6.10
2005
131 Japan
4.80
1993
132 Singapore
4.40
2008
133 Bangladesh
4.30
2005
134 Czech Republic
4.30
1996
135 Burundi
4.10
2006
136 Ethiopia
4.10
2005
137 Egypt
3.90
2005
138 Norway
3.90
2000
139 Pakistan
3.90
2005
140 Belarus
3.60
2005
141 Croatia
3.60
2005 est.
142 Finland
3.60
2007
143 Kyrgyzstan
3.60
2004
144 Sweden
3.60
2000
145 India
3.60
2005
146 Hungary
3.50
2004
147 Luxembourg
3.50
2000
148 Belgium
3.40
2000
149 Ukraine
3.40
2006
150 Slovenia
3.40
2004
151 Laos
3.40
2002
152 Austria
3.30
2004
153 Kazakhstan
3.30
2004 est.
154 Tajikistan
3.30
2007 est.
155 Albania
3.20
2005
156 Germany
3.20
2000
157 Benin
3.10
2003
158 Vietnam
3.10
2006
159 Portugal
3.10
1995 est.
160 Slovakia
3.10
1996
161 Bulgaria
3.00
2007
162 Poland
3.00
2005
163 Malawi
3.00
2004
164 Jordan
3.00
2006
165 Cambodia
3.00
2007
166 France
3.00
2004
167 Moldova
3.00
2004
168 Indonesia
3.00
2006
169 Ireland
2.90
2000
170 Switzerland
2.90
2000
171 Tanzania
2.90
2000
172 Yemen
2.90
2005
173 Guinea-Bissau
2.90
2002
174 Mongolia
2.90
2005
175 Algeria
2.80
1995
176 Uzbekistan
2.80
2003
177 Burkina Faso
2.80
2004
178 European Union
2.80
2001 est.
179 Burma
2.80
1998
180 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.80
2004
181 Estonia
2.70
2004
182 Korea, South
2.70
2007
183 Latvia
2.70
2004
184 Lithuania
2.70
2003
185 Morocco
2.70
2007
186 Nepal
2.70
2006
187 Mali
2.70
2006
188 Canada
2.60
2000
189 Iran
2.60
2005
190 Israel
2.60
2007
191 Malaysia
2.60
2004 est.
192 Sierra Leone
2.60
2003
193 Thailand
2.60
2004
194 Uganda
2.60
2005
195 Turkmenistan
2.60
1998
196 Spain
2.60
2000
197 Madagascar
2.60
2005
198 Greece
2.50
2000 est.
199 Mauritania
2.50
2000
200 Senegal
2.50
2005
201 Netherlands
2.50
1999
202 China
2.40
2004
203 Georgia
2.40
2005
204 Philippines
2.40
2006
205 Macedonia
2.40
2003
206 Cameroon
2.30
2001
207 Italy
2.30
2000
208 Niger
2.30
2005
209 Tunisia
2.30
2000
210 Central African Republic
2.10
2003
211 Jamaica
2.10
2004
212 United Kingdom
2.10
1999
213 Rwanda
2.10
2000
214 Mozambique
2.10
2003
215 Australia
2.00
1994
216 Zimbabwe
2.00
1995
217 United States
2.00
2007 est.
218 Nigeria
2.00
2004
219 Cote d'Ivoire
2.00
2002
220 Ghana
2.00
2006
221 Denmark
2.00
2000 est.
222 Gambia, The
2.00
2003
223 Guinea
1.90
2006
224 Russia
1.90
September 2007
225 Turkey
1.90
2005
226 Kenya
1.80
2005
227 Mexico
1.80
2006
228 Papua New Guinea
1.70
1996
229 Uruguay
1.70
2006
230 Venezuela
1.70
2006
231 Armenia
1.60
2004
232 Swaziland
1.60
2001
233 Chile
1.60
2006
234 Costa Rica
1.50
2005
235 Peru
1.50
2006
236 Dominican Republic
1.50
2005
237 Nicaragua
1.40
2005
238 Guatemala
1.30
2006
239 Guyana
1.30
1999
240 South Africa
1.30
2000
241 Ecuador
1.20
2007
242 Zambia
1.20
2004
243 Romania
1.20
2006
244 Brazil
1.10
2007
245 Sri Lanka
1.10
2004
246 Paraguay
1.10
2007
247 Argentina
1.00
January-March 2007
248 Lesotho
1.00
2003
249 El Salvador
1.00
2005
250 Colombia
0.80
2006
251 Panama
0.80
2006
252 Haiti
0.70
2001
253 Honduras
0.70
2006
254 Bolivia
0.50
2005
255 Namibia
0.50
2003