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Pre-tax national income share, bottom 50%
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210 countries · 1820–2024
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League table
2024
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East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Iceland
0.26
2
Czechia
0.25
3
Slovak Republic
0.24
4
Sweden
0.24
5
Norway
0.24
6
Austria
0.23
7
Switzerland
0.23
8
Slovenia
0.23
9
Finland
0.23
10
Ukraine
0.23
11
Belarus
0.23
12
Hungary
0.22
13
Denmark
0.22
14
Italy
0.22
15
Spain
0.21
16
Cyprus
0.21
17
Greece
0.21
18
Netherlands
0.21
19
North Macedonia
0.21
20
Luxembourg
0.2
21
New Zealand
0.2
22
United Kingdom
0.2
23
Portugal
0.2
24
Azerbaijan
0.2
25
Belgium
0.2
26
France
0.2
27
Malta
0.2
28
Ireland
0.2
29
Poland
0.19
30
Brunei Darussalam
0.19
31
Malaysia
0.19
32
Croatia
0.19
33
Germany
0.19
34
Armenia
0.19
35
Andorra
0.18
36
Isle of Man
0.18
37
San Marino
0.18
38
Monaco
0.18
39
Gibraltar
0.18
40
Liechtenstein
0.18
41
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.18
42
Japan
0.18
43
Guinea
0.18
44
Maldives
0.18
45
Afghanistan
0.18
46
Albania
0.18
47
Korea, Rep.
0.18
48
Latvia
0.18
49
Seychelles
0.17
50
Ethiopia
0.17
51
Eritrea
0.17
52
Pakistan
0.17
53
Moldova
0.17
54
Australia
0.17
55
Bangladesh
0.17
56
Mauritania
0.17
57
Serbia
0.17
58
Canada
0.17
59
Kyrgyz Republic
0.17
60
Timor-Leste
0.17
61
Lithuania
0.17
62
Nepal
0.17
63
Singapore
0.17
64
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.17
65
Kazakhstan
0.16
66
Kuwait
0.16
67
Estonia
0.16
68
Niger
0.16
69
Nigeria
0.16
70
Guinea-Bissau
0.16
71
Bulgaria
0.16
72
Myanmar
0.16
73
Montenegro
0.16
74
Solomon Islands
0.16
75
Tonga
0.16
76
French Polynesia
0.16
77
New Caledonia
0.16
78
Greenland
0.16
79
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.16
80
Marshall Islands
0.16
81
Kiribati
0.16
82
Tuvalu
0.16
83
Fiji
0.16
84
Naoero
0.16
85
Palau
0.16
86
Samoa
0.16
87
Vanuatu
0.16
88
Bermuda
0.16
89
Algeria
0.16
90
Sudan
0.16
91
Benin
0.16
92
Russian Federation
0.16
93
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.16
94
Tajikistan
0.15
95
Liberia
0.15
96
Romania
0.15
97
Cote d'Ivoire
0.15
98
Libya
0.15
99
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.15
100
Mali
0.15
101
Bhutan
0.15
102
Senegal
0.15
103
Sierra Leone
0.15
104
Mongolia
0.15
105
Mauritius
0.15
106
Madagascar
0.15
107
Viet Nam
0.15
108
Uzbekistan
0.15
109
Chad
0.15
110
Uruguay
0.14
111
Gabon
0.14
112
Jordan
0.14
113
Burundi
0.14
114
Morocco
0.14
115
Burkina Faso
0.14
116
Macao SAR, China
0.14
117
Philippines
0.14
118
Togo
0.14
119
Kenya
0.14
120
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.14
121
Grenada
0.14
122
Dominica
0.14
123
Turks and Caicos Islands
0.14
124
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0.14
125
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.14
126
Curacao
0.14
127
St. Lucia
0.14
128
British Virgin Islands
0.14
129
Cayman Islands
0.14
130
Sri Lanka
0.14
131
Puerto Rico (US)
0.14
132
Barbados
0.14
133
Antigua and Barbuda
0.14
134
Aruba
0.14
135
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.14
136
Equatorial Guinea
0.14
137
Malawi
0.14
138
Cambodia
0.14
139
Georgia
0.14
140
Gambia, The
0.14
141
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.14
142
China
0.14
143
United States
0.13
144
Rwanda
0.13
145
Turkiye
0.13
146
Israel
0.13
147
India
0.13
148
Djibouti
0.13
149
Sao Tome and Principe
0.13
150
Tanzania
0.13
151
Papua New Guinea
0.13
152
United Arab Emirates
0.13
153
Lao PDR
0.13
154
Cuba
0.13
155
Indonesia
0.12
156
Tunisia
0.12
157
Cabo Verde
0.12
158
Cameroon
0.12
159
Ghana
0.12
160
Argentina
0.12
161
Uganda
0.12
162
Central African Republic
0.12
163
Turkmenistan
0.12
164
South Sudan
0.12
165
Taiwan
0.12
166
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.12
167
Dominican Republic
0.11
168
Comoros
0.11
169
Lebanon
0.11
170
Lesotho
0.11
171
Ecuador
0.11
172
Thailand
0.11
173
Syrian Arab Republic
0.11
174
Saudi Arabia
0.11
175
El Salvador
0.11
176
Bahrain
0.1
177
West Bank and Gaza
0.1
178
Trinidad and Tobago
0.1
179
Guatemala
0.1
180
Jamaica
0.1
181
Paraguay
0.1
182
Suriname
0.1
183
Guyana
0.1
184
Venezuela, RB
0.1
185
Honduras
0.1
186
Nicaragua
0.1
187
Panama
0.1
188
Haiti
0.1
189
Bolivia
0.1
190
Bahamas, The
0.1
191
Belize
0.1
192
Congo, Rep.
0.1
193
Mozambique
0.1
194
Qatar
0.1
195
Peru
0.1
196
Yemen, Rep.
0.09
197
Brazil
0.09
198
Zimbabwe
0.09
199
Oman
0.09
200
Angola
0.09
201
Costa Rica
0.09
202
Zambia
0.09
203
Chile
0.08
204
Eswatini
0.08
205
Mexico
0.08
206
Botswana
0.08
207
Colombia
0.07
208
Namibia
0.07
209
Iraq
0.07
210
South Africa
0.05
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