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15Inequality in income or expenditure
Inequality measures, ratio of richest 20% to poorest 20%Excel

HDI Rank Country 1
1 Iceland ..
2 Norway 3.9
3 Australia 7.0
4 Canada 5.5
5 Ireland 5.6
6 Sweden 4.0
7 Switzerland 5.5
8 Japan 3.4
9 Netherlands 5.1
10 France 5.6
11 Finland 3.8
12 United States 8.4
13 Spain 6.0
14 Denmark 4.3
15 Austria 4.4
16 United Kingdom 7.2
17 Belgium 4.9
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand 6.8
20 Italy 6.5
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 9.7
22 Germany 4.3
23 Israel 7.9
24 Greece 6.2
25 Singapore 9.7
26 Korea (Republic of) 4.7
27 Slovenia 3.9
28 Cyprus ..
29 Portugal 8.0
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados ..
32 Czech Republic 3.5
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta ..
35 Qatar ..
36 Hungary 3.8
37 Poland 5.6
38 Argentina 17.8
39 United Arab Emirates ..
40 Chile 15.7
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia 4.0
43 Lithuania 6.3
44 Estonia 6.4
45 Latvia 6.8
46 Uruguay 10.2
47 Croatia 4.8
48 Costa Rica 15.6
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba ..
52 Mexico 12.8
53 Bulgaria 4.4
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman ..
59 Trinidad and Tobago 7.6
60 Romania 4.9
61 Saudi Arabia ..
62 Panama 23.9
63 Malaysia 12.4
64 Belarus 4.5
65 Mauritius ..
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.8
67 Russian Federation 7.6
68 Albania 4.8
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 7.5
70 Brazil 21.8
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia ..
73 Kazakhstan 5.6
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 16.0
75 Colombia 25.3
76 Ukraine 4.1
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand 7.7
79 Dominican Republic 14.3
80 Belize ..
81 China 12.2
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia 5.0
84 Turkey 9.3
85 Suriname ..
86 Jordan 6.9
87 Peru 15.2
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador 17.3
90 Philippines 9.3
91 Tunisia 7.9
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.7
95 Paraguay 25.7
96 Georgia 8.3
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan 6.0
99 Sri Lanka 6.9
100 Maldives ..
101 Jamaica 9.8
102 Cape Verde ..
103 El Salvador 20.9
104 Algeria 6.1
105 Viet Nam 4.9
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 5.2
108 Syrian Arab Republic ..
109 Turkmenistan 7.7
110 Nicaragua 8.8
111 Moldova 5.3
112 Egypt 5.1
113 Uzbekistan 6.2
114 Mongolia 5.4
115 Honduras 17.2
116 Kyrgyzstan 4.4
117 Bolivia 42.3
118 Guatemala 20.3
119 Gabon ..
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa 17.9
122 Tajikistan 5.2
123 Sao Tome and Principe ..
124 Botswana 20.4
125 Namibia 56.1
126 Morocco 7.2
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India 5.6
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.4
131 Cambodia 7.3
132 Myanmar ..
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros ..
135 Ghana 8.4
136 Pakistan 4.3
137 Mauritania 7.4
138 Lesotho 44.2
139 Congo ..
140 Bangladesh 4.9
141 Swaziland 13.0
142 Nepal 9.1
143 Madagascar 11.0
144 Cameroon 9.1
145 Papua New Guinea 12.6
146 Haiti 26.6
147 Sudan ..
148 Kenya 8.2
149 Djibouti ..
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe 12.0
152 Togo ..
153 Yemen 5.6
154 Uganda 9.2
155 Gambia 11.2
156 Senegal 7.4
157 Eritrea ..
158 Nigeria 9.7
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 5.8
160 Guinea 6.6
161 Rwanda 9.9
162 Angola ..
163 Benin 6.0
164 Malawi 6.7
165 Zambia 15.3
166 Côte d'Ivoire 9.7
167 Burundi 9.5
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
169 Ethiopia 4.3
170 Chad ..
171 Central African Republic 32.7
172 Mozambique 9.9
173 Mali 7.6
174 Niger 20.7
175 Guinea-Bissau 10.3
176 Burkina Faso 6.9
177 Sierra Leone 57.6

Notes :
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.

Source :
HDRO calculation based on data on income or expenditure from World Bank. 2007b. World Development Indicators 2007. CD-ROM. Washington, D.C.