Income share held by lowest 20% - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - 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 20% - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Ethiopia (2005)9.28
2Burundi (2006)8.96
3Egypt (2005)8.96
4Togo (2006)7.62
5Tanzania (2000)7.33
6Guinea-Bissau (2002)7.23
7Malawi (2004)7.01
8Burkina Faso (2003)6.96
9Algeria (1995)6.93
10Benin (2003)6.91
11Morocco (2007)6.52
12Mali (2006)6.52
13Liberia (2007)6.44
14Chad (2003)6.26
15Senegal (2005)6.22
16Mauritania (2000)6.18
17Madagascar (2005)6.15
18Sierra Leone (2003)6.09
19Uganda (2005)6.08
20Gabon (2005)6.07
21Djibouti (2002)6.03
22Tunisia (2000)5.93
23Niger (2005)5.85
24Guinea (2003)5.75
25Cameroon (2001)5.62
26Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)5.47
27Mozambique (2003)5.43
28Rwanda (2000)5.26
29Ghana (2006)5.24
30Central African Republic (2003)5.21
31Nigeria (2004)5.13
32Ivory Coast (2002)5
33Republic of the Congo (2005)4.96
34Gambia (2003)4.79
35Kenya (2005)4.7
36Zimbabwe (1995)4.63
37Cape Verde (2001)4.54
38Swaziland (2001)4.45
39Zambia (2004)3.63
40Botswana (1995)3.13
41South Africa (2000)3.06
42Lesotho (2003)2.97
43Comoros (2004)2.55
44Angola (2000)2
45Namibia (1993)1.48
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