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Human Development Report 2009

MEconomy and inequality
Income/expenditure share of the richest 10% of the population (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 1992-2007 1 1992-2007 1
1 Norway 3.9 2 23.4 2
2 Australia 2.0 2 25.4 2
3 Iceland .. ..
4 Canada 2.6 2 24.8 2
5 Ireland 2.9 2 27.2 2
6 Netherlands 2.5 2 22.9 2
7 Sweden 3.6 2 22.2 2
8 France 2.8 2 25.1 2
9 Switzerland 2.9 2 25.9 2
10 Japan 4.8 2 21.7 2
11 Luxembourg 3.5 2 23.8 2
12 Finland 4.0 2 22.6 2
13 United States 1.9 2 29.9 2
14 Austria 3.3 2 23.0 2
15 Spain 2.6 2 26.6 2
16 Denmark 2.6 2 21.3 2
17 Belgium 3.4 2 28.1 2
18 Italy 2.3 2 26.8 2
19 Liechtenstein .. ..
20 New Zealand 2.2 2 27.8 2
21 United Kingdom 2.1 2 28.5 2
22 Germany 3.2 2 22.1 2
23 Singapore 1.9 2 32.8 2
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 2.0 2 34.9 2
25 Greece 2.5 2 26.0 2
26 Korea (Republic of) 2.9 2 22.5 2
27 Israel 2.1 2 28.8 2
28 Andorra .. ..
29 Slovenia 3.4 3 24.6 3
30 Brunei Darussalam .. ..
31 Kuwait .. ..
32 Cyprus .. ..
33 Qatar .. ..
34 Portugal 2.0 2 29.8 2
35 United Arab Emirates .. ..
36 Czech Republic 4.3 2 22.7 2
37 Barbados .. ..
38 Malta .. ..
39 Bahrain .. ..
40 Estonia 2.7 3 27.7 3
41 Poland 3.0 3 27.2 3
42 Slovakia 3.1 2 20.8 2
43 Hungary 3.5 3 24.1 3
44 Chile 1.6 2 41.7 2
45 Croatia 3.6 3 23.1 3
46 Lithuania 2.7 3 27.4 3
47 Antigua and Barbuda .. ..
48 Latvia 2.7 3 27.4 3
49 Argentina 1.2 2 37.3 2
50 Uruguay 1.7 2 34.8 2
51 Cuba .. ..
52 Bahamas .. ..
53 Mexico 1.8 3 37.9 3
54 Costa Rica 1.5 2 35.5 2
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya .. ..
56 Oman .. ..
57 Seychelles .. ..
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.7 2 32.7 2
59 Saudi Arabia .. ..
60 Panama 0.8 2 41.4 2
61 Bulgaria 3.5 3 23.8 3
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. ..
63 Romania 3.3 3 25.3 3
64 Trinidad and Tobago 2.1 2 29.9 2
65 Montenegro .. ..
66 Malaysia 2.6 2 28.5 2
67 Serbia .. ..
68 Belarus 3.6 3 22.0 3
69 Saint Lucia 2.0 2 32.5 2
70 Albania 3.2 3 25.9 3
71 Russian Federation 2.6 3 28.4 3
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 2.4 3 29.5 3
73 Dominica .. ..
74 Grenada .. ..
75 Brazil 1.1 2 43.0 2
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.8 3 27.4 3
77 Colombia 0.8 2 45.9 2
78 Peru 1.5 2 37.9 2
79 Turkey 1.9 3 33.2 3
80 Ecuador 1.2 2 43.3 2
81 Mauritius .. ..
82 Kazakhstan 3.1 3 25.9 3
83 Lebanon .. ..
84 Armenia 3.7 3 28.9 3
85 Ukraine 3.8 3 22.5 3
86 Azerbaijan 6.1 3 17.5 3
87 Thailand 2.6 3 33.7 3
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.6 3 29.6 3
89 Georgia 1.9 3 30.6 3
90 Dominican Republic 1.5 2 38.7 2
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. ..
92 China 2.4 3 31.4 3
93 Belize .. ..
94 Samoa .. ..
95 Maldives .. ..
96 Jordan 3.0 3 30.7 3
97 Suriname 1.0 2 40.0 2
98 Tunisia 2.4 3 31.6 3
99 Tonga .. ..
100 Jamaica 2.1 3 35.6 3
101 Paraguay 1.1 2 42.3 2
102 Sri Lanka 2.9 3 33.3 3
103 Gabon 2.5 3 32.7 3
104 Algeria 2.8 3 26.9 3
105 Philippines 2.4 3 33.9 3
106 El Salvador 1.0 2 37.0 2
107 Syrian Arab Republic .. ..
108 Fiji .. ..
109 Turkmenistan 2.5 3 31.8 3
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories .. ..
111 Indonesia 3.0 3 32.3 3
112 Honduras 0.7 2 42.2 2
113 Bolivia 0.5 3 44.1 3
114 Guyana 1.3 2 34.0 2
115 Mongolia 2.9 3 24.9 3
116 Viet Nam 3.1 3 29.8 3
117 Moldova 3.0 3 28.2 3
118 Equatorial Guinea .. ..
119 Uzbekistan 2.9 3 29.5 3
120 Kyrgyzstan 3.6 3 25.9 3
121 Cape Verde 1.9 3 40.6 3
122 Guatemala 1.3 2 42.4 2
123 Egypt 3.9 3 27.6 3
124 Nicaragua 1.4 2 41.8 2
125 Botswana 1.3 3 51.2 3
126 Vanuatu .. ..
127 Tajikistan 3.2 3 26.4 3
128 Namibia 0.6 2 65.0 2
129 South Africa 1.3 3 44.9 3
130 Morocco 2.7 3 33.2 3
131 Sao Tome and Principe .. ..
132 Bhutan 2.3 3 37.6 3
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.7 3 27.0 3
134 India 3.6 3 31.1 3
135 Solomon Islands .. ..
136 Congo 2.1 3 37.1 3
137 Cambodia 3.0 3 34.2 3
138 Myanmar .. ..
139 Comoros 0.9 3 55.2 3
140 Yemen 2.9 3 30.8 3
141 Pakistan 3.9 3 26.5 3
142 Swaziland 1.8 3 40.8 3
143 Angola 0.6 3 44.7 3
144 Nepal 2.7 3 40.4 3
145 Madagascar 2.6 3 41.5 3
146 Bangladesh 4.3 3 26.6 3
147 Kenya 1.8 3 37.8 3
148 Papua New Guinea 1.9 3 40.9 3
149 Haiti 0.9 2 47.8 2
150 Sudan .. ..
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 3.1 3 27.0 3
152 Ghana 2.0 3 32.8 3
153 Cameroon 2.4 3 35.5 3
154 Mauritania 2.5 3 29.6 3
155 Djibouti 2.4 3 30.9 3
156 Lesotho 1.0 3 39.4 3
157 Uganda 2.6 3 34.1 3
158 Nigeria 2.0 3 32.4 3
159 Togo 3.3 3 27.1 3
160 Malawi 3.0 3 31.9 3
161 Benin 2.9 3 31.0 3
162 Timor-Leste 2.9 3 31.3 3
163 Côte d'Ivoire 2.0 3 39.6 3
164 Zambia 1.3 3 38.9 3
165 Eritrea .. ..
166 Senegal 2.5 3 30.1 3
167 Rwanda 2.1 3 37.8 3
168 Gambia 2.0 3 36.9 3
169 Liberia 2.4 3 30.1 3
170 Guinea 2.4 3 34.4 3
171 Ethiopia 4.1 3 25.6 3
172 Mozambique 2.1 3 39.2 3
173 Guinea-Bissau 2.9 3 28.0 3
174 Burundi 4.1 3 28.0 3
175 Chad 2.6 3 30.8 3
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2.3 3 34.7 3
177 Burkina Faso 3.0 3 32.4 3
178 Mali 2.7 3 30.5 3
179 Central African Republic 2.1 3 33.0 3
180 Sierra Leone 2.6 3 33.6 3
181 Afghanistan .. ..
182 Niger 2.3 3 35.7 3
Other UN member states
Iraq .. ..
Kiribati .. ..
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) .. ..
Marshall Islands .. ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) .. ..
Monaco .. ..
Nauru .. ..
Palau .. ..
San Marino .. ..
Somalia .. ..
Tuvalu .. ..
Zimbabwe 1.8 3 40.3 3

Notes :
1 - Because the underlying household surveys differ in method and type of data collected, cross-country comparisons should be made with caution as the the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries.
2 - Data refer to income shares by percentiles of the population, ranked by per capita income.
3 - Data refer to expenditure shares by percentiles of the population, ranked by per capita expenditure.

Sources :
World Bank (2009d). "World Development Indicators". Washington DC: World Bank.
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