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Data on household income or consumption come from household surveys, with 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.

Afghanistan

lowest 10%: 3.8%

highest 10%: 24% (2008)

Albania

lowest 10%: 4.1%

highest 10%: 19.6% (2015 est.)

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%: 0.6%

highest 10%: 44.7% (2000)

Anguilla

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Antigua and Barbuda

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Argentina

lowest 10%: 1.8%

highest 10%: 31% (2017 est.)

Armenia

lowest 10%: 3.5%

highest 10%: 25.7% (2014)

Aruba

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Australia

lowest 10%: 2%

highest 10%: 25.4% (1994)

Austria

lowest 10%: 2.8%

highest 10%: 23.5% (2012 est.)

Azerbaijan

lowest 10%: 3.4%

highest 10%: 27.4% (2008)

Bahamas, The

lowest 10%: 1%

highest 10%: 22% (2007 est.)

Bahrain

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Bangladesh

lowest 10%: 4%

highest 10%: 27% (2010 est.)

Barbados

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Belarus

lowest 10%: 3.8%

highest 10%: 21.9% (2008)

Belgium

lowest 10%: 3.4%

highest 10%: 28.4% (2006)

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%: 2.8%

highest 10%: 30.6% (2012)

Bolivia

lowest 10%: 0.9%

highest 10%: 36.1% (2014 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

lowest 10%: 2.9%

highest 10%: 25.8% (2011 est.)

Botswana

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Brazil

lowest 10%: 0.8%

highest 10%: 43.4% (2016 est.)

British Virgin Islands

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Brunei

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Bulgaria

lowest 10%: 1.9%

highest 10%: 31.2% (2017)

Burkina Faso

lowest 10%: 2.9%

highest 10%: 32.2% (2009 est.)

Burma

lowest 10%: 2.8%

highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)

Burundi

lowest 10%: 4.1%

highest 10%: 28% (2006)

Cabo Verde

lowest 10%: 1.9%

highest 10%: 40.6% (2000)

Cambodia

lowest 10%: 2%

highest 10%: 28% (2013 est.)

Cameroon

lowest 10%: 37.5%

highest 10%: 35.4% (2001)

Canada

lowest 10%: 2.6%

highest 10%: 24.8% (2000)

Cayman Islands

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Central African Republic

lowest 10%: 2.1%

highest 10%: 33% (2003)

Chad

lowest 10%: 2.6%

highest 10%: 30.8% (2003)

Chile

lowest 10%: 1.7%

highest 10%: 41.5% (2013 est.)

China

lowest 10%: 2.1%

highest 10%: 31.4% (2012)

note: data are for urban households only

Colombia

lowest 10%: 1.2%

highest 10%: 39.6% (2015 est.)

Comoros

lowest 10%: 0.9%

highest 10%: 55.2% (2004)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

lowest 10%: 2.3%

highest 10%: 34.7% (2006)

Congo, Republic of the

lowest 10%: 2.1%

highest 10%: 37.1% (2005)

Cook Islands

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Costa Rica

lowest 10%: 1.5%

highest 10%: 36.9% (2014 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

lowest 10%: 2.2%

highest 10%: 31.8% (2008)

Croatia

lowest 10%: 2.7%

highest 10%: 23% (2015 est.)

Cuba

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Cyprus

lowest 10%: 3.3%

highest 10%: 28.8% (2014)

Czechia

lowest 10%: 4.1%

highest 10%: 21.7% (2015 est.)

Denmark

lowest 10%: 9%

highest 10%: 23.4% (2016 est.)

Djibouti

lowest 10%: 2.4%

highest 10%: 30.9% (2002)

Dominica

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Dominican Republic

lowest 10%: 1.9%

highest 10%: 37.4% (2013 est.)

Ecuador

lowest 10%: 1.4%

highest 10%: 35.4% (2012 est.)

note: data are for urban households only

Egypt

lowest 10%: 4%

highest 10%: 26.6% (2008)

El Salvador

lowest 10%: 2.2%

highest 10%: 32.3% (2014 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Eritrea

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Estonia

lowest 10%: 2.3%

highest 10%: 25.6% (2015)

Eswatini

lowest 10%: 1.7%

highest 10%: 40.1% (2010 est.)

Ethiopia

lowest 10%: 4.1%

highest 10%: 25.6% (2005)

European Union

lowest 10%: 2.8%

highest 10%: 23.8% (2016 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Faroe Islands

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Fiji

lowest 10%: 2.6%

highest 10%: 34.9% (2009 est.)

Finland

lowest 10%: 6.7%

highest 10%: 45.2% (2013)

France

lowest 10%: 3.6%

highest 10%: 25.4% (2013)

French Polynesia

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Gabon

lowest 10%: 2.5%

highest 10%: 32.7% (2005)

Gambia, The

lowest 10%: 2%

highest 10%: 36.9% (2003)

Georgia

lowest 10%: 2%

highest 10%: 31.3% (2008)

Germany

lowest 10%: 3.6%

highest 10%: 24% (2000)

Ghana

lowest 10%: 2%

highest 10%: 32.8% (2006)

Gibraltar

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Greece

lowest 10%: 1.7%

highest 10%: 26.7% (2015 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%: 1.6%

highest 10%: 38.4% (2014)

Guernsey

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Guinea

lowest 10%: 2.7%

highest 10%: 30.3% (2007)

Guinea-Bissau

lowest 10%: 2.9%

highest 10%: 28% (2002)

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%: 38.4% (2014)

Hong Kong

lowest 10%: 1.8% NA

highest 10%: 38.1% (2016) NA

Hungary

lowest 10%: 3.3%

highest 10%: 22.4% (2015)

Iceland

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

India

lowest 10%: 3.6%

highest 10%: 29.8% (2011)

Indonesia

lowest 10%: 3.4%

highest 10%: 28.2% (2010)

Iran

lowest 10%: 2.6%

highest 10%: 29.6% (2005)

Iraq

lowest 10%: 3.6%

highest 10%: 25.7% (2007 est.)

Ireland

lowest 10%: 2.9%

highest 10%: 27.2% (2000)

Isle of Man

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Israel

lowest 10%: 1.7%

highest 10%: 31.3% (2010)

Italy

lowest 10%: 2.3%

highest 10%: 26.8% (2000)

Jamaica

lowest 10%: 2.6%

highest 10%: 29.3% (2015)

Japan

lowest 10%: 2.7%

highest 10%: 24.8% (2008)

Jersey

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Jordan

lowest 10%: 3.4%

highest 10%: 28.7% (2010 est.)

Kazakhstan

lowest 10%: 4.2%

highest 10%: 23.3% (2016)

Kenya

lowest 10%: 1.8%

highest 10%: 37.8% (2005)

Kiribati

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Korea, North

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Korea, South

lowest 10%: 6.8%

highest 10%: 48.5% (2015 est.)

Kosovo

lowest 10%: 3.8%

highest 10%: 22% (2015 est.)

Kuwait

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Kyrgyzstan

lowest 10%: 4.4%

highest 10%: 22.9% (2014 est.)

Laos

lowest 10%: 3.3%

highest 10%: 30.3% (2008)

Latvia

lowest 10%: 2.2%

highest 10%: 26.3% (2015)

Lebanon

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Lesotho

lowest 10%: 1%

highest 10%: 39.4% (2003)

Liberia

lowest 10%: 2.4%

highest 10%: 30.1% (2007)

Libya

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Liechtenstein

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Lithuania

lowest 10%: 2.2%

highest 10%: 28.8% (2015)

Luxembourg

lowest 10%: 3.5%

highest 10%: 23.8% (2000)

Macau

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Madagascar

lowest 10%: 2.2%

highest 10%: 34.7% (2010 est.)

Malawi

lowest 10%: 2.2%

highest 10%: 37.5% (2010 est.)

Malaysia

lowest 10%: 1.8%

highest 10%: 34.7% (2009 est.)

Maldives

lowest 10%: 1.2%

highest 10%: 33.3% (FY09/10)

Mali

lowest 10%: 3.5%

highest 10%: 25.8% (2010 est.)

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

Mexico

lowest 10%: 2%

highest 10%: 40% (2014)

Micronesia, Federated States of

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Moldova

lowest 10%: 4.2%

highest 10%: 22.1% (2014 est.)

Monaco

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Mongolia

lowest 10%: 13.7%

highest 10%: 5.7% (2017)

Montenegro

lowest 10%: 3.5%

highest 10%: 25.7% (2014 est.)

Montserrat

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Morocco

lowest 10%: 2.7%

highest 10%: 33.2% (2007)

Mozambique

lowest 10%: 1.9%

highest 10%: 36.7% (2008)

Namibia

lowest 10%: 2.4%

highest 10%: 42% (2010)

Nauru

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Nepal

lowest 10%: 3.2%

highest 10%: 29.5% (2011)

Netherlands

lowest 10%: 2.3%

highest 10%: 24.9% (2014 est.)

New Caledonia

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

New Zealand

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Nicaragua

lowest 10%: 1.8%

highest 10%: 47.1% (2014)

Niger

lowest 10%: 3.2%

highest 10%: 26.8% (2014)

Nigeria

lowest 10%: 1.8%

highest 10%: 38.2% (2010 est.)

Niue

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

North Macedonia

lowest 10%: 1.7%

highest 10%: 25% (2015 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Norway

lowest 10%: 3.8%

highest 10%: 21.2% (2014)

Oman

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Pakistan

lowest 10%: 4%

highest 10%: 26.1% (FY2013)

Palau

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Panama

lowest 10%: 1.1%

highest 10%: 38.9% (2014 est.)

Papua New Guinea

lowest 10%: 1.7%

highest 10%: 40.5% (1996)

Paraguay

lowest 10%: 1.5%

highest 10%: 37.6% (2013 est.)

Peru

lowest 10%: 1.4%

highest 10%: 36.1% (2010 est.)

Philippines

lowest 10%: 3.2%

highest 10%: 29.5% (2015 est.)

Poland

lowest 10%: 3%

highest 10%: 23.9% (2015 est.)

Portugal

lowest 10%: 2.6%

highest 10%: 25.9% (2015 est.)

Puerto Rico

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Qatar

lowest 10%: 1.3%

highest 10%: 35.9% (2007)

Romania

lowest 10%: 15.3%

highest 10%: 7.6% (2014 est.)

Russia

lowest 10%: 2.3%

highest 10%: 32.2% (2012 est.)

Rwanda

lowest 10%: 2.1%

highest 10%: 43.2% (2011 est.)

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%: 2.5%

highest 10%: 31.1% (2011)

Serbia

lowest 10%: 2.2%

highest 10%: 23.8% (2011)

Seychelles

lowest 10%: 4.7%

highest 10%: 15.4% (2007)

Sierra Leone

lowest 10%: 2.6%

highest 10%: 33.6% (2003)

Singapore

lowest 10%: 1.6%

highest 10%: 27.5% (2017)

Slovakia

lowest 10%: 3.3%

highest 10%: 19.3% (2015 est.)

Slovenia

lowest 10%: 3.8%

highest 10%: 20.1% (2016)

Solomon Islands

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Somalia

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

South Africa

lowest 10%: 1.2%

highest 10%: 51.3% (2011 est.)

Spain

lowest 10%: 2.5%

highest 10%: 24% (2011)

Sri Lanka

lowest 10%: 3%

highest 10%: 32.2% (2012 est.)

Sudan

lowest 10%: 2.7%

highest 10%: 26.7% (2009 est.)

Suriname

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Sweden

lowest 10%: 3.4%

highest 10%: 24% (2012)

Switzerland

lowest 10%: 7.5%

highest 10%: 19% (2007)

Syria

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Taiwan

lowest 10%: 6.4% (2010)

highest 10%: 40.3% (2010)

Tajikistan

lowest 10%: (2009 est.) NA

highest 10%: (2009 est.) NA

Tanzania

lowest 10%: 2.8%

highest 10%: 29.6% (2007)

Thailand

lowest 10%: 2.8%

highest 10%: 31.5% (2009 est.)

Timor-Leste

lowest 10%: 4%

highest 10%: 27% (2007)

Togo

lowest 10%: 3.3%

highest 10%: 27.1% (2006)

Tonga

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Trinidad and Tobago

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Tunisia

lowest 10%: 2.6%

highest 10%: 27% (2010 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye)

lowest 10%: 2.1%

highest 10%: 30.3% (2008)

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%: 2.4%

highest 10%: 36.1% (2009 est.)

Ukraine

lowest 10%: 4.2%

highest 10%: 21.6% (2015 est.)

United Arab Emirates

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

United Kingdom

lowest 10%: 1.7%

highest 10%: 31.1% (2012)

United States

lowest 10%: 2%

highest 10%: 30% (2007 est.)

Uruguay

lowest 10%: 1.9%

highest 10%: 30.8% (2014 est.)

Uzbekistan

lowest 10%: 2.8%

highest 10%: 29.6% (2003)

Vanuatu

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Venezuela

lowest 10%: 1.7%

highest 10%: 32.7% (2006)

Vietnam

lowest 10%: 2.7%

highest 10%: 26.8% (2014)

Virgin Islands

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

Wallis and Futuna

lowest 10%: NA

highest 10%: NA

West Bank

lowest 10%: 3.2%

highest 10%: 28.2% (2009 est.)

note: includes Gaza Strip

World

lowest 10%: 2.6%

highest 10%: 30.2% (2008 est.)

Yemen

lowest 10%: 2.6%

highest 10%: 30.3% (2008 est.)

Zambia

lowest 10%: 1.5%

highest 10%: 47.4% (2010)

Zimbabwe

lowest 10%: 2%

highest 10%: 40.4% (1995)