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2007/2008 Human Development Report

15Inequality in income or expenditure

HDI Rank Country 1
1 Iceland ..
2 Norway 25.8
3 Australia 35.2
4 Canada 32.6
5 Ireland 34.3
6 Sweden 25.0
7 Switzerland 33.7
8 Japan 24.9
9 Netherlands 30.9
10 France 32.7
11 Finland 26.9
12 United States 40.8
13 Spain 34.7
14 Denmark 24.7
15 Austria 29.1
16 United Kingdom 36.0
17 Belgium 33.0
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand 36.2
20 Italy 36.0
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 43.4
22 Germany 28.3
23 Israel 39.2
24 Greece 34.3
25 Singapore 42.5
26 Korea (Republic of) 31.6
27 Slovenia 28.4
28 Cyprus ..
29 Portugal 38.5
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados ..
32 Czech Republic 25.4
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta ..
35 Qatar ..
36 Hungary 26.9
37 Poland 34.5
38 Argentina 51.3
39 United Arab Emirates ..
40 Chile 54.9
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia 25.8
43 Lithuania 36.0
44 Estonia 35.8
45 Latvia 37.7
46 Uruguay 44.9
47 Croatia 29.0
48 Costa Rica 49.8
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba ..
52 Mexico 46.1
53 Bulgaria 29.2
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman ..
59 Trinidad and Tobago 38.9
60 Romania 31.0
61 Saudi Arabia ..
62 Panama 56.1
63 Malaysia 49.2
64 Belarus 29.7
65 Mauritius ..
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26.2
67 Russian Federation 39.9
68 Albania 31.1
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 39.0
70 Brazil 57.0
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia ..
73 Kazakhstan 33.9
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 48.2
75 Colombia 58.6
76 Ukraine 28.1
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand 42.0
79 Dominican Republic 51.6
80 Belize ..
81 China 46.9
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia 33.8
84 Turkey 43.6
85 Suriname ..
86 Jordan 38.8
87 Peru 52.0
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador 53.6
90 Philippines 44.5
91 Tunisia 39.8
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 43.0
95 Paraguay 58.4
96 Georgia 40.4
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan 36.5
99 Sri Lanka 40.2
100 Maldives ..
101 Jamaica 45.5
102 Cape Verde ..
103 El Salvador 52.4
104 Algeria 35.3
105 Viet Nam 34.4
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 34.3
108 Syrian Arab Republic ..
109 Turkmenistan 40.8
110 Nicaragua 43.1
111 Moldova 33.2
112 Egypt 34.4
113 Uzbekistan 36.8
114 Mongolia 32.8
115 Honduras 53.8
116 Kyrgyzstan 30.3
117 Bolivia 60.1
118 Guatemala 55.1
119 Gabon ..
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa 57.8
122 Tajikistan 32.6
123 Sao Tome and Principe ..
124 Botswana 60.5
125 Namibia 74.3
126 Morocco 39.5
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India 36.8
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 34.6
131 Cambodia 41.7
132 Myanmar ..
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros ..
135 Ghana 40.8
136 Pakistan 30.6
137 Mauritania 39.0
138 Lesotho 63.2
139 Congo ..
140 Bangladesh 33.4
141 Swaziland 50.4
142 Nepal 47.2
143 Madagascar 47.5
144 Cameroon 44.6
145 Papua New Guinea 50.9
146 Haiti 59.2
147 Sudan ..
148 Kenya 42.5
149 Djibouti ..
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe 50.1
152 Togo ..
153 Yemen 33.4
154 Uganda 45.7
155 Gambia 50.2
156 Senegal 41.3
157 Eritrea ..
158 Nigeria 43.7
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 34.6
160 Guinea 38.6
161 Rwanda 46.8
162 Angola ..
163 Benin 36.5
164 Malawi 39.0
165 Zambia 50.8
166 Côte d'Ivoire 44.6
167 Burundi 42.4
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
169 Ethiopia 30.0
170 Chad ..
171 Central African Republic 61.3
172 Mozambique 47.3
173 Mali 40.1
174 Niger 50.5
175 Guinea-Bissau 47.0
176 Burkina Faso 39.5
177 Sierra Leone 62.9


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 - A value of 0 represents absolute equality, and a value of 100 absolute inequality.


Sources :
World Bank. 2007b. World Development Indicators 2007. CD-ROM. Washington, D.C.


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