Income share held by lowest 10% - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators

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Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding. Source: World Bank staff estimates based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp).
Income share held by lowest 10% - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Burundi (2006)4.14
2Ethiopia (2005)4.07
3Egypt (2005)3.85
4Togo (2006)3.27
5Tanzania (2000)3.05
6Malawi (2004)3.02
7Burkina Faso (2003)3.01
8Guinea-Bissau (2002)2.93
9Benin (2003)2.87
10Algeria (1995)2.8
11Mali (2006)2.73
12Morocco (2007)2.66
13Sierra Leone (2003)2.63
14Madagascar (2005)2.62
15Chad (2003)2.61
16Uganda (2005)2.59
17Mauritania (2000)2.54
18Senegal (2005)2.54
19Gabon (2005)2.46
20Djibouti (2002)2.42
21Guinea (2003)2.39
22Cameroon (2001)2.37
23Tunisia (2000)2.37
24Liberia (2007)2.35
25Niger (2005)2.33
26Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)2.29
27Mozambique (2003)2.12
28Central African Republic (2003)2.1
29Rwanda (2000)2.09
30Republic of the Congo (2005)2.08
31Ghana (2006)2.03
32Nigeria (2004)1.99
33Ivory Coast (2002)1.96
34Gambia (2003)1.95
35Cape Verde (2001)1.88
36Zimbabwe (1995)1.83
37Swaziland (2001)1.82
38Kenya (2005)1.77
39Zambia (2004)1.32
40Botswana (1995)1.28
41South Africa (2000)1.28
42Lesotho (2003)0.99
43Comoros (2004)0.91
44Namibia (1993)0.61
45Angola (2000)0.6
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