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2007/2008 Human Development Report
15Inequality in income or expenditure
Inequality measures, ratio of richest 10% to poorest 10% 
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Because the underlying household surveys differ in method and in the type of data collected, the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries.
| 1 - | Data show the ratio of the income or expenditure share of the richest group to that of the poorest. Because of rounding, results may differ from ratios calculated using the income or expenditure shares in columns 2-5. |
Sources :
HDRO calculation based on data on income or expenditure from World Bank. 2007b. World Development Indicators 2007. CD-ROM. Washington, D.C.
Symbols :
| .. | Data not available |
| (.) | Greater (or less) than zero but small enough to be rounded off to zero at the displayed number of decimal points |
| < | Less than |
| - | Not applicable |
| T | Total |
