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.
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Rank
country (%) Date of Information
1 Comoros
55.20
2004
2 Namibia
53.00
2008
3 Haiti
47.70
2001
4 Colombia
45.00
2008
5 Angola
44.70
2000
6 South Africa
44.70
2000
7 Bolivia
44.10
2005
8 Ecuador
43.30
2007
9 Brazil
43.00
2007
10 Guatemala
42.40
2006
11 Paraguay
42.30
2007
12 Honduras
42.20
2006
13 Nicaragua
41.80
2005
14 Chile
41.70
2006
15 Madagascar
41.50
2005
16 Panama
41.40
2006
17 Armenia
41.30
2004
18 Taiwan
41.10
2002
19 Guinea
41.00
2006
20 Swaziland
40.70
2001
21 Cape Verde
40.60
2000
22 Nepal
40.60
2008
23 Papua New Guinea
40.50
1996
24 Zimbabwe
40.40
1995
25 Sri Lanka
39.70
2004
26 Lesotho
39.40
2003
27 Mozambique
39.20
2003
28 Zambia
38.80
2004
29 Dominican Republic
38.70
2005
30 Rwanda
38.20
2000
31 Peru
37.90
2006
32 Kenya
37.80
2005
33 Bhutan
37.60
2003
34 Congo, Republic of the
37.10
2005
35 El Salvador
37.00
2005
36 Gambia, The
36.90
2003
37 Mexico
36.30
2008
38 Jamaica
35.80
2004
39 Niger
35.70
2005
40 Costa Rica
35.50
2005
41 Cameroon
35.40
2001
42 Uruguay
34.80
2006
43 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
34.70
2006
44 Cambodia
34.20
2007
45 Uganda
34.10
2005
46 Cote d'Ivoire
34.00
2002
47 Guyana
33.80
1999
48 Thailand
33.70
2006
49 Sierra Leone
33.60
2003
50 Morocco
33.20
2007
51 Turkey
33.20
2005
52 Central African Republic
33.00
2003
53 Ghana
32.80
2006
54 Gabon
32.70
2005
55 Venezuela
32.70
2006
56 Argentina
32.60
2009
57 Burma
32.40
1998
58 Nigeria
32.40
2004
59 Indonesia
32.30
2006
60 Burkina Faso
32.20
2004
61 Malawi
31.90
2004
62 Turkmenistan
31.70
1998
63 Tunisia
31.50
2000
64 Timor-Leste
31.30
2001
65 Philippines
31.20
2006
66 India
31.10
2005
67 Djibouti
30.90
2002
68 Chad
30.80
2003
69 Yemen
30.80
2005
70 Jordan
30.70
2006
71 Georgia
30.60
2008
72 Mali
30.50
2006
73 Russia
30.40
September 2007
74 Liberia
30.10
2007
75 Senegal
30.10
2005
76 United States
30.00
2007 est.
77 Vietnam
29.80
2006
78 Iran
29.60
2005
79 Macedonia
29.60
2003
80 Uzbekistan
29.60
2003
81 Mauritania
29.50
2000
82 Benin
29.00
2003
83 Denmark
28.70
2007
84 Laos
28.50
2002
85 Malaysia
28.50
2005 est.
86 United Kingdom
28.50
1999
87 Belgium
28.40
2006
88 Portugal
28.40
1995 est.
89 Moldova
28.20
2004
90 Burundi
28.00
2006
91 Guinea-Bissau
28.00
2002
92 Estonia
27.70
2004
93 Egypt
27.60
2005
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina
27.40
2004
95 Latvia
27.40
2004
96 Lithuania
27.40
2004
97 Ireland
27.20
2000
98 Poland
27.20
2005
99 Togo
27.10
2006
100 Bahamas, The
27.00
2000
101 Tanzania
26.90
2000
102 Algeria
26.80
1995
103 Italy
26.80
2000
104 Bangladesh
26.60
2008 est.
105 Spain
26.60
2000
106 Kazakhstan
26.50
2004 est.
107 Pakistan
26.50
2005
108 Greece
26.00
2000 est.
109 Albania
25.90
2005
110 Kyrgyzstan
25.90
2004
111 Ukraine
25.70
2006
112 Ethiopia
25.60
2005
113 European Union
25.60
2002 est.
114 Tajikistan
25.60
2007 est.
115 Australia
25.40
1994
116 Mongolia
24.90
2005
117 Canada
24.80
2000
118 France
24.80
2004
119 Finland
24.70
2007
120 Slovenia
24.60
2004
121 Israel
24.30
2008
122 Korea, South
24.20
2007
123 Bulgaria
24.10
2008
124 Hungary
24.10
2004
125 Germany
24.00
2000
126 Luxembourg
23.80
2000
127 Norway
23.40
2000
128 Singapore
23.20
2008
129 Croatia
23.10
2005 est.
130 Netherlands
22.90
1999
131 Czech Republic
22.40
1996
132 Sweden
22.20
2000
133 Austria
22.00
2007
134 Belarus
22.00
2005
135 Japan
21.70
1993
136 Slovakia
20.90
1996
137 Romania
20.80
2006
138 Switzerland
19.00
2007
139 Azerbaijan
17.50
2005
140 China
15.00
2008
141 Bangladesh
8.80
2008 est.
142 Switzerland
7.50
2007
143 Azerbaijan
6.10
2005
144 Nepal
6.00
2008
145 Japan
4.80
1993
146 Singapore
4.40
2008
147 Czech Republic
4.30
1996
148 Burundi
4.10
2006
149 Ethiopia
4.10
2005
150 Austria
4.00
2007
151 Egypt
3.90
2005
152 Norway
3.90
2000
153 Pakistan
3.90
2005
154 Belarus
3.60
2005
155 Croatia
3.60
2005 est.
156 Finland
3.60
2007
157 Sweden
3.60
2000
158 Kyrgyzstan
3.60
2004
159 India
3.60
2005
160 Germany
3.60
2000
161 China
3.50
2008
162 Hungary
3.50
2004
163 Luxembourg
3.50
2000
164 Belgium
3.40
2006
165 Ukraine
3.40
2006
166 Slovenia
3.40
2004
167 Laos
3.40
2002
168 Kazakhstan
3.30
2004 est.
169 Tajikistan
3.30
2007 est.
170 Togo
3.30
2006
171 Albania
3.20
2005
172 Benin
3.10
2003
173 Vietnam
3.10
2006
174 Portugal
3.10
1995 est.
175 Slovakia
3.10
1996
176 Cambodia
3.00
2007
177 Poland
3.00
2005
178 Moldova
3.00
2004
179 Malawi
3.00
2004
180 Indonesia
3.00
2006
181 Jordan
3.00
2006
182 France
3.00
2004
183 Bulgaria
2.90
2008
184 European Union
2.90
2002 est.
185 Yemen
2.90
2005
186 Ireland
2.90
2000
187 Guinea-Bissau
2.90
2002
188 Tanzania
2.90
2000
189 Timor-Leste
2.90
2001
190 Mongolia
2.90
2005
191 Algeria
2.80
1995
192 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.80
2004
193 Uzbekistan
2.80
2003
194 Burma
2.80
1998
195 Burkina Faso
2.80
2004
196 Estonia
2.70
2004
197 Korea, South
2.70
2007
198 Latvia
2.70
2004
199 Lithuania
2.70
2004
200 Mali
2.70
2006
201 Morocco
2.70
2007
202 Canada
2.60
2000
203 Chad
2.60
2003
204 Madagascar
2.60
2005
205 Sierra Leone
2.60
2003
206 Turkmenistan
2.60
1998
207 Uganda
2.60
2005
208 Spain
2.60
2000
209 Malaysia
2.60
2005 est.
210 Iran
2.60
2005
211 Gabon
2.50
2005
212 Israel
2.50
2008
213 Senegal
2.50
2005
214 Netherlands
2.50
1999
215 Mauritania
2.50
2000
216 Greece
2.50
2000 est.
217 Djibouti
2.40
2002
218 Philippines
2.40
2006
219 Macedonia
2.40
2003
220 Liberia
2.40
2007
221 Bhutan
2.30
2003
222 Niger
2.30
2005
223 Tunisia
2.30
2000
224 Cameroon
2.30
2001
225 Italy
2.30
2000
226 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
2.30
2006
227 Central African Republic
2.10
2003
228 United Kingdom
2.10
1999
229 Rwanda
2.10
2000
230 Mozambique
2.10
2003
231 Jamaica
2.10
2004
232 Congo, Republic of the
2.10
2005
233 Australia
2.00
1994
234 Zimbabwe
2.00
1995
235 United States
2.00
2007 est.
236 Nigeria
2.00
2004
237 Ghana
2.00
2006
238 Gambia, The
2.00
2003
239 Cote d'Ivoire
2.00
2002
240 Cape Verde
1.90
2000
241 Turkey
1.90
2005
242 Denmark
1.90
2007
243 Georgia
1.90
2008
244 Russia
1.90
September 2007
245 Guinea
1.90
2006
246 Kenya
1.80
2005
247 Mexico
1.70
2008
248 Uruguay
1.70
2006
249 Papua New Guinea
1.70
1996
250 Venezuela
1.70
2006
251 Armenia
1.60
2004
252 Thailand
1.60
2006
253 Swaziland
1.60
2001
254 Chile
1.60
2006
255 Costa Rica
1.50
2005
256 Peru
1.50
2006
257 Dominican Republic
1.50
2005
258 Nicaragua
1.40
2005
259 Guatemala
1.30
2006
260 Guyana
1.30
1999
261 South Africa
1.30
2000
262 Argentina
1.20
2009
263 Zambia
1.20
2004
264 Romania
1.20
2006
265 Ecuador
1.20
2007
266 Brazil
1.10
2007
267 Sri Lanka
1.10
2004
268 Namibia
1.10
2008
269 Paraguay
1.10
2007
270 El Salvador
1.00
2005
271 Lesotho
1.00
2003
272 Comoros
0.90
2004
273 Colombia
0.80
2008
274 Panama
0.80
2006
275 Haiti
0.70
2001
276 Honduras
0.70
2006
277 Angola
0.60
2000
278 Bolivia
0.50
2005