World Development Indicators

Distribution of income or consumption
Gini index	Percentage share of income or consumption
	Fourth 20%	Highest 10%	Highest 20%	Lowest 10%	Lowest 20%	Second 20%	Third 20%

Survey year

Afghanistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Albania	2012	29	23	23	38	4	9	13	17
Algeria	1995	35	23	27	43	3	7	12	16
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	2009	43	22	32	49	2	5	10	15
Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argentina	2011	44	22	32	49	2	5	10	15
Armenia	2012	30	22	25	39	4	9	13	17
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	2003	34	23	25	41	2	7	12	17
Austria	2004	30	22	24	39	3	8	13	17
Azerbaijan	2008	33	22	27	41	3	8	12	16
Bahamas, The	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bahrain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bangladesh	2010	32	21	27	41	4	9	12	16
Barbados	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Belarus	2011	26	23	21	36	4	9	14	18
Belgium	2000	33	21	28	42	3	8	13	16
Belize	1999	53	19	42	58	1	3	8	12
Benin	2012	44	20	35	50	3	6	9	14
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	2012	39	21	31	46	3	7	11	15
Bolivia	2012	47	23	34	50	1	3	9	15
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2007	33	23	25	41	3	7	12	17
Botswana	2009	60	17	50	65	1	3	6	10
Brazil	2012	53	19	42	57	1	3	8	12
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	2011	34	23	26	41	2	6	13	17
Burkina Faso	2009	40	21	32	47	3	7	11	15
Burundi	2006	33	21	28	43	4	9	12	15
Cambodia	2011	32	21	27	41	4	9	12	16
Cameroon	2007	41	21	32	48	3	6	10	15
Canada	2010	34	23	26	41	3	7	12	17
Cabo Verde	2008	44	21	35	50	2	6	9	14
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	2008	56	18	46	61	1	3	7	11
Chad	2011	43	22	33	49	2	5	10	15
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	2011	51	18	42	57	2	5	8	12
China	2011	37	23	30	47	2	5	10	15
Colombia	2012	54	20	42	58	1	3	7	12
Comoros	2004	64	15	55	68	1	3	5	9
Congo, Dem. Rep.	2006	44	21	35	51	2	5	9	14
Congo, Rep.	2011	40	23	30	46	2	6	10	15
Costa Rica	2012	49	21	37	54	1	4	8	13
Cote d'Ivoire	2008	43	22	33	49	2	5	10	15
Croatia	2008	34	21	28	42	3	8	12	16
Cuba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Czech Republic	2011	26	22	22	36	4	9	15	18
Denmark	2010	27	22	22	36	3	9	14	18
Djibouti	2002	40	22	31	46	2	6	11	15
Dominica	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	2012	46	21	36	52	2	5	9	14
Ecuador	2012	47	21	35	52	1	4	9	14
Egypt, Arab Rep.	2008	31	21	27	40	4	9	13	16
El Salvador	2012	42	21	32	48	2	6	10	15
Equatorial Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	2011	33	23	25	40	2	7	13	17
Ethiopia	2011	34	22	28	42	3	8	12	16
Faeroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	2009	43	20	35	50	3	6	10	14
Finland	2010	28	23	23	37	4	9	14	17
France	2005	32	23	25	40	3	8	13	17
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	2005	42	21	33	49	2	6	10	14
Gambia, The	2003	47	21	37	53	2	5	9	13
Georgia	2012	41	22	31	47	2	5	10	15
Germany	2010	31	22	24	39	3	8	13	17
Ghana	2006	43	22	33	49	2	5	10	15
Greece	2010	35	23	26	41	2	6	12	17
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	2011	52	19	42	57	1	4	8	12
Guinea	2012	34	22	26	42	3	8	12	17
Guinea-Bissau	2002	36	22	28	43	3	7	12	16
Guyana	1998	45	22	34	50	1	4	10	15
Haiti	2001	59	18	48	63	1	2	6	10
Honduras	2011	57	19	46	61	1	3	7	11
Hong Kong SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hungary	2011	29	23	23	37	3	8	14	18
Iceland	2010	26	22	22	36	4	10	14	18
India	2012	34	21	29	43	4	9	12	16
Indonesia	2011	38	22	28	44	3	8	11	16
Iran, Islamic Rep.	2005	38	22	30	45	3	6	11	16
Iraq	2012	30	23	24	39	4	9	13	17
Ireland	2010	32	23	25	40	3	8	13	17
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	2010	43	23	31	47	2	5	10	15
Italy	2010	36	23	26	42	2	6	12	17
Jamaica	2004	46	21	36	52	2	5	9	13
Japan	2008	32	23	25	40	3	7	13	17
Jordan	2010	34	22	28	42	4	8	12	16
Kazakhstan	2010	29	22	24	38	4	9	13	17
Kenya	2005	48	20	38	53	2	5	9	13
Kiribati	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Dem. Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kyrgyz Republic	2011	33	22	26	41	3	8	12	16
Lao PDR	2012	36	21	30	44	3	8	11	15
Latvia	2011	36	22	27	43	2	6	12	16
Lebanon	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lesotho	2010	54	20	41	58	1	3	7	12
Liberia	2007	38	22	30	45	2	6	11	16
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	2011	33	23	25	40	3	7	13	17
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Macao SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Macedonia, FYR	2008	44	21	34	50	2	5	9	14
Madagascar	2010	41	20	33	48	3	7	11	15
Malawi	2010	46	20	37	52	2	5	9	13
Malaysia	2009	46	22	35	51	2	5	9	14
Maldives	2004	37	23	28	44	3	7	11	16
Mali	2010	33	22	26	41	3	8	12	16
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Marshall Islands	..	..	13	65	75	0	1	4	7
Mauritania	2008	40	22	32	47	2	6	10	15
Mauritius	2012	36	22	29	44	3	7	12	16
Mexico	2012	48	19	39	54	2	5	9	13
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	2000	61	19	47	64	0	2	5	10
Moldova	2011	31	22	25	39	4	8	13	17
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	2008	37	22	28	44	3	7	11	16
Montenegro	2011	31	22	25	39	3	8	13	17
Morocco	2007	41	21	33	48	3	7	10	15
Mozambique	2009	46	20	37	51	2	5	9	14
Myanmar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Namibia	2010	61	16	52	66	1	3	6	9
Nepal	2010	33	22	27	41	4	8	12	16
Netherlands	2010	29	23	23	37	3	8	14	18
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nicaragua	2009	46	21	35	51	2	5	9	14
Niger	2011	31	21	26	40	4	9	13	16
Nigeria	2010	43	22	33	49	2	5	10	14
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	2010	27	23	22	36	3	9	14	18
Oman	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pakistan	2011	30	21	26	39	4	10	13	17
Palau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Panama	2012	52	20	40	56	1	3	8	13
Papua New Guinea	1996	51	19	41	56	2	5	8	12
Paraguay	2012	48	21	37	53	1	4	9	14
Peru	2012	45	22	34	50	1	4	9	15
Philippines	2012	43	21	33	50	3	6	9	14
Poland	2011	33	22	26	41	3	8	12	17
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Qatar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Romania	2012	27	23	21	36	4	9	14	18
Russian Federation	2009	40	21	31	47	3	6	11	15
Rwanda	2011	51	18	43	57	2	5	8	12
Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
San Marino	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	2010	34	23	26	42	3	7	12	16
Saudi Arabia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Senegal	2011	40	22	31	47	2	6	10	15
Serbia	2010	30	23	23	38	3	8	13	17
Seychelles	2007	66	13	60	70	2	4	6	8
Sierra Leone	2011	35	21	29	44	3	8	12	16
Singapore	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	2011	27	23	21	35	3	9	14	18
Slovenia	2011	25	23	21	35	4	10	15	18
Solomon Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Somalia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Africa	2011	65	16	54	70	1	2	4	8
South Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Spain	2010	36	24	25	41	1	5	12	17
Sri Lanka	2010	36	21	30	45	3	8	11	15
St. Kitts and Nevis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Lucia	1995	43	22	32	48	2	5	10	15
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sudan	2009	35	23	27	42	3	7	12	16
Suriname	1999	53	20	41	57	1	3	7	12
Swaziland	2010	51	20	40	57	2	4	7	12
Sweden	2005	26	23	21	36	4	10	14	18
Switzerland	2004	32	23	24	40	3	8	12	17
Syrian Arab Republic	2004	36	21	29	44	3	8	11	16
Tajikistan	2009	31	23	24	39	3	8	13	17
Tanzania	2012	38	21	31	46	3	7	11	15
Thailand	2010	39	21	31	47	3	7	11	15
Timor-Leste	2007	30	22	25	40	4	9	13	17
Togo	2011	46	21	35	52	2	5	9	14
Tonga	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tunisia	2010	36	23	27	43	3	7	12	16
Turkey	2011	40	22	31	46	2	6	11	15
Turkmenistan	1998	41	22	32	47	3	6	10	15
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	2009	44	20	36	51	2	6	10	14
Ukraine	2010	25	22	21	35	4	10	14	18
United Arab Emirates	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
United Kingdom	2010	38	23	29	44	2	6	11	16
United States	2010	41	23	30	46	1	5	10	16
Uruguay	2012	41	23	30	47	2	5	10	15
Uzbekistan	2003	35	21	28	43	3	7	12	16
Vanuatu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Venezuela, RB	2006	45	22	33	50	1	4	10	15
Vietnam	2012	36	22	28	43	3	7	12	16
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	2009	34	22	27	43	3	8	12	16
Yemen, Rep.	2005	36	21	30	44	3	8	12	15
Zambia	2010	57	18	47	62	1	4	6	10
Zimbabwe	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

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