Household income or consumption by percentage share
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) |
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) |
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) |
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% NA (2016) |
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) |
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 |
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%: NA (2009 est.) highest 10%: NA (2009 est.) |
Tanzania | lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 29.6% (2007) |
Thailand | lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 31.5% (2009 est.) |
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 | 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) |
Source: CIA Factbook