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	2008	28	22	23	37	4	9	14	17
Albania	2008	35	21	29	43	4	8	12	16
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	2010	44	22	32	49	1	4	9	15
Armenia	2010	31	21	26	40	4	9	13	17
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	1994	35	24	25	41	2	6	12	17
Austria	2000	29	23	23	38	3	9	13	17
Azerbaijan	2008	34	22	27	42	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	41	3	9	13	16
Belize	1999	53	19	42	58	1	3	9	11
Benin	2003	39	21	31	46	3	7	11	15
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	2012	39	21	31	46	3	7	11	15
Bolivia	2008	56	20	43	59	0	2	7	12
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2007	36	23	27	43	3	7	11	16
Botswana	1994	61	16	51	65	1	3	6	10
Brazil	2009	55	19	43	59	1	3	7	12
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	2007	28	23	22	37	3	9	14	18
Burkina Faso	2009	40	21	32	47	3	7	11	15
Burundi	2006	33	21	28	43	4	9	12	15
Cambodia	2009	36	21	30	44	4	8	11	15
Cameroon	2007	39	22	30	46	3	7	10	15
Canada	2000	33	23	25	40	3	7	13	17
Cape Verde	2002	51	19	41	56	2	5	8	12
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Central African Republic	2008	56	18	46	61	1	3	7	11
Chad	2003	40	22	31	47	3	6	10	15
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	2009	52	18	43	58	2	4	8	12
China	2009	42	23	30	47	2	5	10	15
Colombia	2010	56	19	44	60	1	3	7	11
Comoros	2004	64	15	55	68	1	3	5	9
Congo, Dem. Rep.	2006	44	21	35	51	2	5	9	14
Congo, Rep.	2005	47	20	37	53	2	5	8	13
Costa Rica	2009	51	20	40	56	1	4	8	12
Cote d'Ivoire	2008	42	22	32	48	2	6	10	15
Croatia	2008	34	22	27	42	3	8	12	16
Cuba	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Czech Republic	1996	26	22	23	36	4	10	14	18
Denmark	1997	25	23	21	36	3	8	15	18
Djibouti	2002	40	22	31	46	2	6	11	15
Dominica	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	2010	47	21	36	53	2	5	9	13
Ecuador	2010	49	21	38	54	1	4	8	13
Egypt, Arab Rep.	2008	31	21	27	40	4	9	13	16
El Salvador	2009	48	21	37	53	1	4	9	14
Equatorial Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	2004	36	22	28	43	3	7	12	16
Ethiopia	2011	34	22	28	42	3	8	12	16
Faeroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	2009	43	20	35	50	3	6	10	14
Finland	2000	27	22	23	37	4	10	14	17
France	1995	33	23	25	40	3	7	13	17
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	2005	41	21	33	48	3	6	10	15
Gambia, The	2003	47	21	37	53	2	5	9	13
Georgia	2010	42	22	31	48	2	5	10	15
Germany	2000	28	23	22	37	3	9	14	18
Ghana	2006	43	22	33	49	2	5	10	15
Greece	2000	34	23	26	41	3	7	12	17
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	2006	56	18	45	60	1	3	7	11
Guinea	2007	39	22	30	46	3	6	10	15
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	2009	57	21	42	60	0	2	6	11
Hong Kong SAR, China	1996	43	21	35	51	2	5	9	14
Hungary	2007	31	22	25	40	4	8	13	17
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
India	2010	34	21	29	43	4	9	12	16
Indonesia	2011	38	21	31	46	3	7	11	15
Iran, Islamic Rep.	2005	38	22	30	45	3	6	11	16
Iraq	2007	31	22	25	40	4	9	13	17
Ireland	2000	34	22	27	42	3	7	12	16
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	2001	39	23	29	45	2	6	10	16
Italy	2000	36	23	27	42	2	7	12	17
Jamaica	2004	46	21	36	52	2	5	9	13
Japan	1993	25	22	22	36	5	11	14	18
Jordan	2010	35	21	29	44	3	8	12	16
Kazakhstan	2009	29	22	24	38	4	9	13	17
Kenya	2005	48	20	38	53	2	5	9	13
Kiribati	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Dem. Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	1998	32	23	22	37	3	8	14	18
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kyrgyz Republic	2011	33	22	26	41	3	8	12	17
Lao PDR	2008	37	21	30	45	3	8	11	15
Latvia	2009	35	23	27	42	3	7	12	16
Lebanon	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lesotho	2003	53	21	39	56	1	3	7	13
Liberia	2007	38	22	30	45	2	6	11	16
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	2008	38	22	29	44	3	7	11	16
Luxembourg	2000	31	23	24	39	4	8	13	17
Macao SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Macedonia, FYR	2010	44	22	32	49	2	5	9	14
Madagascar	2010	44	21	35	50	2	5	9	14
Malawi	2010	44	21	35	50	2	6	10	14
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	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mexico	2010	47	20	38	53	2	5	9	13
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	2000	61	19	47	64	0	2	5	10
Moldova	2010	33	22	26	41	3	8	12	17
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	2008	37	22	28	44	3	7	11	16
Montenegro	2010	29	23	23	37	4	9	13	18
Morocco	2007	41	21	33	48	3	7	10	15
Mozambique	2008	46	20	37	51	2	5	9	14
Myanmar	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Namibia	2004	64	15	55	69	1	3	5	8
Nepal	2010	33	22	27	41	4	8	12	16
Netherlands	1999	31	23	23	39	2	8	13	17
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	1997	36	23	28	44	2	6	11	16
Nicaragua	2005	40	22	32	47	3	6	10	15
Niger	2008	35	21	29	43	4	8	12	16
Nigeria	2010	49	20	38	54	2	4	8	13
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	2000	26	22	23	37	4	10	14	17
Oman	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pakistan	2008	30	21	26	40	4	10	13	16
Palau	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Panama	2010	52	20	40	56	1	3	8	13
Papua New Guinea	1996	51	19	41	56	2	5	8	12
Paraguay	2010	52	20	41	56	1	3	8	13
Peru	2010	48	22	36	53	1	4	8	14
Philippines	2009	43	21	34	50	3	6	9	14
Poland	2011	33	22	26	41	3	8	12	17
Portugal	1997	38	22	30	46	2	6	11	15
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Qatar	2007	41	..	36	52	1	4	..	..
Romania	2011	27	23	21	36	4	9	14	18
Russian Federation	2009	40	21	32	47	3	6	10	15
Rwanda	2011	51	18	43	57	2	5	8	12
Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
San Marino	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	2001	51	18	44	56	2	5	9	12
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	1998	42	22	33	49	2	5	9	15
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	2009	26	22	22	36	4	10	14	18
Slovenia	2004	31	23	25	39	3	8	13	17
Solomon Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Somalia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Africa	2009	63	16	52	68	1	3	5	8
South Sudan	2009	46	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Spain	2000	35	23	27	42	3	7	12	16
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	2000	25	23	22	37	4	9	14	18
Switzerland	2000	34	23	26	41	3	8	12	16
Syrian Arab Republic	2004	36	21	29	44	3	8	11	16
Tajikistan	2009	31	23	24	39	4	8	13	17
Tanzania	2007	38	22	30	45	3	7	11	16
Thailand	2010	39	21	31	47	3	7	11	15
Timor-Leste	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Togo	2011	39	22	29	46	2	6	10	15
Tonga	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tunisia	2010	36	23	28	43	3	7	12	16
Turkey	2010	40	22	30	46	2	6	11	16
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	26	22	22	36	4	10	14	18
United Arab Emirates	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
United Kingdom	1999	36	22	28	44	2	6	11	16
United States	2000	41	22	30	46	2	5	11	16
Uruguay	2010	45	21	34	51	2	5	9	14
Uzbekistan	2003	37	21	29	44	3	7	12	16
Vanuatu	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Venezuela, RB	2006	45	22	33	49	1	4	10	15
Vietnam	2008	36	22	28	43	3	7	12	16
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	2009	36	22	28	43	3	7	12	16
Yemen, Rep.	2005	38	21	31	45	3	7	11	15
Zambia	2010	57	18	47	62	1	4	6	10
Zimbabwe	1995	50	19	40	56	2	5	8	12

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