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 Bolivia
45.40
2007
5 Colombia
45.00
2008
6 South Africa
44.70
2000
7 Angola
44.70
2000
8 Honduras
43.80
2007
9 Thailand
42.60
2009
10 Brazil
42.50
2009
11 Chile
42.50
2009
12 Guatemala
42.40
2006
13 Nicaragua
41.80
2005
14 Madagascar
41.50
2005
15 Mexico
41.40
2008
16 Paraguay
41.00
2008
17 Swaziland
40.70
2001
18 Cape Verde
40.60
2000
19 Nepal
40.60
2008
20 Panama
40.60
2009
21 Papua New Guinea
40.50
1996
22 Zimbabwe
40.40
1995
23 Taiwan
40.30
2010
24 Lesotho
39.40
2003
25 Costa Rica
39.40
2009
26 Zambia
38.80
2004
27 Rwanda
38.20
2000
28 Kenya
37.80
2005
29 Dominican Republic
37.80
2007
30 Bhutan
37.60
2003
31 Cambodia
37.30
2007
32 Congo, Republic of the
37.10
2005
33 Gambia, The
36.90
2003
34 Mozambique
36.70
2008
35 El Salvador
36.30
2007
36 Uganda
36.10
2009
37 Peru
35.90
2009
38 Qatar
35.90
NA
39 Jamaica
35.80
2004
40 Cameroon
35.40
2001
41 Ecuador
35.30
June 2010
42 Bulgaria
35.20
2007
43 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
34.70
2006
44 Malaysia
34.70
2009 est.
45 Macedonia
34.50
2008
46 Guyana
33.80
1999
47 Sierra Leone
33.60
2003
48 Russia
33.50
2008
49 Morocco
33.20
2007
50 Central African Republic
33.00
2003
51 Uruguay
32.90
2009
52 Sri Lanka
32.90
2007
53 Ghana
32.80
2006
54 Venezuela
32.70
2006
55 Gabon
32.70
2005
56 Nigeria
32.40
2004
57 Burma
32.40
1998
58 Burkina Faso
32.20
2004
59 Malawi
31.90
2004
60 Cote d'Ivoire
31.80
2008
61 Turkmenistan
31.70
1998
62 Tunisia
31.50
2000
63 Georgia
31.30
2008
64 Philippines
31.20
2006
65 India
31.10
2005
66 Djibouti
30.90
2002
67 Yemen
30.80
2005
68 Chad
30.80
2003
69 Jordan
30.70
2006
70 Mali
30.50
2006
71 Turkey
30.30
2008
72 Guinea
30.30
2007
73 Laos
30.30
2008
74 Vietnam
30.20
2008
75 Senegal
30.10
2005
76 Liberia
30.10
2007
77 United States
30.00
2007 est.
78 Indonesia
29.90
2009
79 Moldova
29.80
2008
80 Iran
29.60
2005
81 Tanzania
29.60
2007
82 Uzbekistan
29.60
2003
83 Mauritania
29.50
2000
84 Argentina
29.50
3rd Quarter, 2010
85 Lithuania
29.10
2008
86 Albania
29.00
2008
87 Benin
29.00
2003
88 Denmark
28.70
2007
89 United Kingdom
28.50
1999
90 Niger
28.50
2007
91 Belgium
28.40
2006
92 Mongolia
28.40
2008
93 Portugal
28.40
1995 est.
94 Guinea-Bissau
28.00
2002
95 Burundi
28.00
2006
96 Kyrgyzstan
27.90
2007
97 Estonia
27.70
2004
98 Latvia
27.60
2008
99 Egypt
27.60
2005
100 Croatia
27.50
2008 est.
101 Japan
27.50
2008
102 Azerbaijan
27.40
2008
103 Bosnia and Herzegovina
27.30
2007
104 Poland
27.20
2008
105 Ireland
27.20
2000
106 Togo
27.10
2006
107 Timor-Leste
27.00
2007
108 Bahamas, The
27.00
2000
109 Algeria
26.80
1995
110 Italy
26.80
2000
111 Bangladesh
26.60
2008 est.
112 Spain
26.60
2000
113 Pakistan
26.50
2005
114 Greece
26.00
2000 est.
115 Tajikistan
25.60
2007 est.
116 Ethiopia
25.60
2005
117 Armenia
25.40
2008
118 Australia
25.40
1994
119 Kazakhstan
25.20
2007 est.
120 European Union
25.20
2003 est.
121 Canada
24.80
2000
122 France
24.80
2004
123 Finland
24.70
2007
124 Slovenia
24.60
2004
125 Romania
24.50
2008
126 Israel
24.30
2008
127 Korea, South
24.20
2007
128 Montenegro
24.10
2008
129 Afghanistan
24.00
NA
130 Germany
24.00
2000
131 Luxembourg
23.80
2000
132 Singapore
23.20
2008
133 Netherlands
22.90
1999
134 Hungary
22.60
2009
135 Ukraine
22.60
2008
136 Sweden
22.20
2000
137 Austria
22.00
2007
138 Belarus
21.90
2008
139 Norway
21.00
2008
140 Slovakia
20.90
1996
141 Switzerland
19.00
2007
142 Seychelles
15.40
NA
143 China
15.00
2008
144 Switzerland
7.50
2007
145 Taiwan
6.40
2010
146 Seychelles
4.70
NA
147 Singapore
4.40
2008
148 Ethiopia
4.10
2005
149 Ukraine
4.10
2008
150 Burundi
4.10
2006
151 Kyrgyzstan
4.10
2007
152 Timor-Leste
4.00
2007
153 Austria
4.00
2007
154 Pakistan
3.90
2005
155 Norway
3.90
2008
156 Egypt
3.90
2005
157 Afghanistan
3.80
NA
158 Kazakhstan
3.80
2007 est.
159 Belarus
3.80
2008
160 Armenia
3.70
2008
161 Niger
3.70
2007
162 Sweden
3.60
2000
163 Finland
3.60
2007
164 Germany
3.60
2000
165 Montenegro
3.60
2008
166 India
3.60
2005
167 Luxembourg
3.50
2000
168 Albania
3.50
2008
169 China
3.50
2008
170 Azerbaijan
3.40
2008
171 Belgium
3.40
2006
172 Slovenia
3.40
2004
173 Croatia
3.30
2008 est.
174 Tajikistan
3.30
2007 est.
175 Indonesia
3.30
2009
176 Romania
3.30
2008
177 Laos
3.30
2008
178 Togo
3.30
2006
179 Vietnam
3.20
2008
180 Poland
3.20
2008
181 Portugal
3.10
1995 est.
182 Slovakia
3.10
1996
183 Hungary
3.10
2009
184 Sri Lanka
3.10
2007
185 Benin
3.10
2003
186 Jordan
3.00
2006
187 France
3.00
2004
188 Cambodia
3.00
2007
189 Mongolia
3.00
2008
190 Malawi
3.00
2004
191 Moldova
2.90
2008
192 Yemen
2.90
2005
193 Guinea-Bissau
2.90
2002
194 Ireland
2.90
2000
195 Burma
2.80
1998
196 Uzbekistan
2.80
2003
197 European Union
2.80
2003 est.
198 Tanzania
2.80
2007
199 Algeria
2.80
1995
200 Burkina Faso
2.80
2004
201 Guinea
2.70
2007
202 Latvia
2.70
2008
203 Korea, South
2.70
2007
204 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.70
2007
205 Estonia
2.70
2004
206 Morocco
2.70
2007
207 Mali
2.70
2006
208 Madagascar
2.60
2005
209 Lithuania
2.60
2008
210 Turkmenistan
2.60
1998
211 Sierra Leone
2.60
2003
212 Iran
2.60
2005
213 Chad
2.60
2003
214 Canada
2.60
2000
215 Spain
2.60
2000
216 Russia
2.60
2008
217 Netherlands
2.50
1999
218 Gabon
2.50
2005
219 Greece
2.50
2000 est.
220 Mauritania
2.50
2000
221 Israel
2.50
2008
222 Senegal
2.50
2005
223 Uganda
2.40
2009
224 Djibouti
2.40
2002
225 Liberia
2.40
2007
226 Philippines
2.40
2006
227 Italy
2.30
2000
228 Bhutan
2.30
2003
229 Tunisia
2.30
2000
230 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
2.30
2006
231 Uruguay
2.30
2009
232 Cameroon
2.30
2001
233 Cote d'Ivoire
2.20
2008
234 Macedonia
2.20
2008
235 Jamaica
2.10
2004
236 Rwanda
2.10
2000
237 Central African Republic
2.10
2003
238 Congo, Republic of the
2.10
2005
239 Turkey
2.10
2008
240 United Kingdom
2.10
1999
241 Georgia
2.00
2008
242 Ghana
2.00
2006
243 Zimbabwe
2.00
1995
244 Nigeria
2.00
2004
245 Australia
2.00
1994
246 Gambia, The
2.00
2003
247 Bulgaria
2.00
2007
248 United States
2.00
2007 est.
249 Denmark
1.90
2007
250 Cape Verde
1.90
2000
251 Mozambique
1.90
2008
252 Japan
1.90
2008
253 Malaysia
1.80
2009 est.
254 Kenya
1.80
2005
255 Dominican Republic
1.70
2007
256 Costa Rica
1.70
2009
257 Argentina
1.70
3rd Quarter, 2010
258 Papua New Guinea
1.70
1996
259 Venezuela
1.70
2006
260 Swaziland
1.60
2001
261 El Salvador
1.60
2007
262 Thailand
1.60
2009
263 Mexico
1.50
2008
264 Chile
1.50
2009
265 Czech Republic
1.50
2009
266 Nicaragua
1.40
2005
267 Paraguay
1.40
2008
268 Peru
1.40
2009
269 South Africa
1.30
2000
270 Guyana
1.30
1999
271 Panama
1.30
2009
272 Qatar
1.30
NA
273 Guatemala
1.30
2006
274 Zambia
1.20
2004
275 Brazil
1.20
2009
276 Namibia
1.10
2008
277 Lesotho
1.00
2003
278 Ecuador
1.00
June 2010
279 Bolivia
1.00
2007
280 Comoros
0.90
2004
281 Colombia
0.80
2008
282 Haiti
0.70
2001
283 Honduras
0.60
2007
284 Angola
0.60
2000