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| The World Factbook. 2008. |
| Household income or consumption by percentage share |
| Country | Household income or consumption by percentage share |
| Afghanistan | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Albania | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 24.4% (2004) |
| Algeria | lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 26.8% (1995) |
| American Samoa | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Andorra | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Angola | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Anguilla | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Argentina | lowest 10%: 1% highest 10%: 35% (January-March 2007) |
| Armenia | lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 41.3% (2004) |
| Aruba | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Australia | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 25.4% (1994) |
| Austria | lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 22.5% (2004) |
| Azerbaijan | lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 29.5% (2001) |
| Bahamas, The | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: 27% (2000) |
| Bahrain | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Bangladesh | lowest 10%: 3.7% highest 10%: 27.9% (2000 est.) |
| Barbados | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Belarus | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 23.5% (2002) |
| Belgium | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 28.1% (2000) |
| Belize | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Benin | lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 29% (2003) |
| Bermuda | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Bhutan | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Bolivia | lowest 10%: 0.3% highest 10%: 47.2% (2002) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 21.4% (2001) |
| Botswana | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Brazil | lowest 10%: 0.9% highest 10%: 44.8% (2004) |
| British Virgin Islands | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Brunei | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Bulgaria | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 25.4% (2005) |
| Burkina Faso | lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 32.2% (2004) |
| Burma | lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 32.4% (1998) |
| Burundi | lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 32.8% (1998) |
| Cambodia | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 34.8% (2004) |
| Cameroon | lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 35.4% (2001) |
| Canada | lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 24.8% (2000) |
| Cape Verde | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Cayman Islands | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Central African Republic | lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 47.7% (1993) |
| Chad | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Chile | lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 45% (2003) |
| China | lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 34.9% (2004) |
| Colombia | lowest 10%: 7.9% highest 10%: 34.3% (2004) |
| Comoros | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Congo, Republic of the | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Cook Islands | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Costa Rica | lowest 10%: 1% highest 10%: 37.4% (2003) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 34% (2002) |
| Croatia | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 24.5% (2003 est.) |
| Cuba | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Cyprus | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Czech Republic | lowest 10%: 4.3% highest 10%: 22.4% (1996) |
| Denmark | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 24% (2000 est.) |
| Djibouti | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Dominica | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Dominican Republic | lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 41.1% (2004) |
| Ecuador | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 35% note: data for urban households only (October 2006) |
| Egypt | lowest 10%: 3.7% highest 10%: 29.5% (2000) |
| El Salvador | lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 38.8% (2002) |
| Equatorial Guinea | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Eritrea | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Estonia | lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 27.6% (2003) |
| Ethiopia | lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 25.5% (2000) |
| European Union | lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 25.2% (2001 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Faroe Islands | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Fiji | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Finland | lowest 10%: 4% highest 10%: 22.6% (2000) |
| France | lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 24.8% (2004) |
| French Polynesia | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Gabon | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Gambia, The | lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 37% (1998) |
| Gaza Strip | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Georgia | lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 27% (2005) |
| Germany | lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 22.1% (2000) |
| Ghana | lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 30.1% (1999) |
| Gibraltar | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Greece | lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 26% (2000 est.) |
| Greenland | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Grenada | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Guam | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Guatemala | lowest 10%: 0.9% highest 10%: 43.4% (2002) |
| Guernsey | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Guinea | lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 41% (2006) |
| Guinea-Bissau | lowest 10%: 0.5% highest 10%: 42.4% (1991) |
| Guyana | lowest 10%: 1.3% highest 10%: 33.8% (1999) |
| Haiti | lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 47.7% (2001) |
| Honduras | lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 42.2% (2003) |
| Hong Kong | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Hungary | lowest 10%: 4% highest 10%: 22.2% (2002) |
| Iceland | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| India | lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 31.1% (2004) |
| Indonesia | lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 28.5% (2002) |
| Iran | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 33.7% (1998) |
| Iraq | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Ireland | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 27.2% (2000) |
| Isle of Man | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Israel | lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 28.3% (2005) |
| Italy | lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 26.8% (2000) |
| Jamaica | lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 35.8% (2004) |
| Japan | lowest 10%: 4.8% highest 10%: 21.7% (1993) |
| Jersey | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Jordan | lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 30.6% (2003) |
| Kazakhstan | lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 26.5% (2004 est.) |
| Kenya | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 37.2% (2000) |
| Kiribati | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Korea, North | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Korea, South | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 25% (2005 est.) |
| Kuwait | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Kyrgyzstan | lowest 10%: 3.8% highest 10%: 24.3% (2003) |
| Laos | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 28.5% (2002) |
| Latvia | lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 29.1% (2003) |
| Lebanon | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Lesotho | lowest 10%: 0.9% highest 10%: 43.4% (2002 est.) |
| Liberia | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Libya | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Liechtenstein | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Lithuania | lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 27.7% (2003) |
| Luxembourg | lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 23.8% (2000) |
| Macau | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Macedonia | lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 29.6% (2003) |
| Madagascar | lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 36.6% (2001) |
| Malawi | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 31.8% (2004) |
| Malaysia | lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 39.2% (2003 est.) |
| Maldives | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Mali | lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 30.2% (2001) |
| Malta | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Marshall Islands | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Mauritania | lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 29.5% (2000) |
| Mauritius | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Mayotte | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Mexico | lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 37% (2006) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Moldova | lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 26.4% (2003) |
| Monaco | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Mongolia | lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 24.6% (2002) |
| Montserrat | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Morocco | lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 30.9% (1999) |
| Mozambique | lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 39.4% (2002) |
| Namibia | lowest 10%: 0.5% highest 10%: 64.5% (2003) |
| Nauru | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Nepal | lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 40.6% (2004) |
| Netherlands | lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 22.9% (1999) |
| Netherlands Antilles | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| New Caledonia | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| New Zealand | lowest 10%: NA highest 10%: NA (1991 est.) |
| Nicaragua | lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 33.8% (2001) |
| Niger | lowest 10%: 0.8% highest 10%: 35.4% (1995) |
| Nigeria | lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 33.2% (2003) |
| Niue | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Northern Mariana Islands | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Norway | lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 23.4% (2000) |
| Oman | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Pakistan | lowest 10%: 4% highest 10%: 26.3% (2002) |
| Palau | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Panama | lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 43% (2003) |
| Papua New Guinea | lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 40.5% (1996) |
| Paraguay | lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 46.1% (2003) |
| Peru | lowest 10%: 1.3% highest 10%: 40.9% (2003) |
| Philippines | lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 31.2% (2006) |
| Poland | lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 27% (2002) |
| Portugal | lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 28.4% (1995 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Qatar | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Romania | lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 24.4% (2003) |
| Russia | lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 30.4% (September 2007) |
| Rwanda | lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 38.2% (2000) |
| Saint Helena | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Saint Lucia | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Samoa | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| San Marino | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Saudi Arabia | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Senegal | lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 33.4% (2001) |
| Seychelles | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Sierra Leone | lowest 10%: 0.5% highest 10%: 43.6% (1989) |
| Singapore | lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 32.8% (1998) |
| Slovakia | lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 20.9% (1996) |
| Slovenia | lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 21.4% (1998) |
| Solomon Islands | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Somalia | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| South Africa | lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 44.7% (2000) |
| Spain | lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 26.6% (2000) |
| Sri Lanka | lowest 10%: 1.1% highest 10%: 39.7% (FY03/04) |
| Sudan | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Suriname | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Swaziland | lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 40.7% (2001) |
| Sweden | lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 22.2% (2000) |
| Switzerland | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 25.9% (2000) |
| Syria | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Taiwan | lowest 10%: 6.7% highest 10%: 41.1% (2002 est.) |
| Tajikistan | lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 25.6% (2003) |
| Tanzania | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 26.9% (2000) |
| Thailand | lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 33.4% (2002) |
| Timor-Leste | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Togo | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Tonga | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Tunisia | lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 31.5% (2000) |
| Turkey | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 34.1% (2003) |
| Turkmenistan | lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 31.7% (1998) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Tuvalu | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Uganda | lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 37.7% (2002) |
| Ukraine | lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 25.7% (2006) |
| United Arab Emirates | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| United Kingdom | lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 28.5% (1999) |
| United States | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 30% (2007 est.) |
| Uruguay | lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 34% (2003) |
| Uzbekistan | lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 29.6% (2003) |
| Vanuatu | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Venezuela | lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 35.2% (2003) |
| Vietnam | lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 28.9% (2004) |
| Virgin Islands | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Wallis and Futuna | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| West Bank | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| Western Sahara | lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% |
| World | lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 29.8% (2002 est.) |
| Yemen | lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 25.9% (2003) |
| Zambia | lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 38.8% (2004) |
| Zimbabwe | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 40.4% (1995) |
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