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Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2015 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2015; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2015 compilation covers 85 countries on 2 measures. Vietnam is highest, at 12.220; Greece is lowest, at -10.025. The middle country reads 1.558. Against the 2014 compilation, 35 values changed (4 up, 31 down), 26 countries joined, 7 left.

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Income Growth of the Poorest 40% · Latest available · compiled 2015

HighestVietnam

12.220

LowestGreece

-10.025

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2015 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 85 countries · select a heading to sort

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2015 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2010 reading2004-2010consumption12.22013.3979
BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2012 reading2007-2012income9.8704.5045
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa · 2012 reading2004-2012consumption9.7819.8321
UruguayURYSouth America · 2012 reading2007-2012income8.5224.9179
PeruPERSouth America · 2012 reading2007-2012income8.4704.3192
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia · 2013 reading2009-2013consumption8.4217.7207
NepalNPLSouthern Asia · 2010 reading2003-2010consumption8.2834.6805
BelarusBLREastern Europe · 2011 reading2006-2011consumption7.5326.8664
ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2012 reading2007-2012income6.5953.7824
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia · 2012 reading2007-2012consumption6.5296.4680
EcuadorECUSouth America · 2012 reading2007-2012income6.5092.3252
ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2012 reading2008-2012income6.2333.4690
ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2012 reading2007-2012income6.1392.8426
RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2012 reading2007-2012consumption5.6984.4212
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa · 2010 reading2005-2010consumption5.5475.8803
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa · 2011 reading2007-2011consumption5.3463.3683
UgandaUGAEastern Africa · 2012 reading2009-2012consumption5.1682.9084
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe · 2013 reading2008-2013consumption4.9751.7938
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2012 reading2008-2012consumption4.7823.9541
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2012 reading2007-2012consumption4.3294.8105
PanamaPANCentral America · 2012 reading2008-2012income4.3063.5622
RwandaRWAEastern Africa · 2010 reading2005-2010consumption4.2791.2132
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia · 2012 reading2007-2012consumption4.2274.9350
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2014 reading2011-2014consumption4.1383.6311
ChileCHLSouth America · 2011 reading2006-2011income4.0012.9470

02In Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2015 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Vietnam12.220
  2. Bolivia9.870
  3. DR Congo9.781
  4. Uruguay8.522
  5. Peru8.470

Lowest

  1. Greece-10.025
  2. Montenegro-4.820
  3. Madagascar-4.133
  4. Ireland-3.938
  5. Iceland-3.856

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.558. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Annualized growth in real income or consumption per person, whole population (%)

    HighestVietnam13.3979

    LowestGreece-8.4033

    Middle country: 1.2132

032014 → 2015

Since the 2014 compilation

What changed between the 2014 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +26 / −7countries joined / left
  • 35values changed, of 59 in both
  • 4 · 31rose · fell
  • 24unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Austria+ Belgium+ Switzerland+ DR Congo+ Cyprus+ Germany+ Denmark+ Spain+ Ethiopia+ Finland+ France+ United Kingdom+ Greece+ Croatia+ Indonesia+ Ireland+ Iran+ Iceland+ Italy+ Luxembourg+ Mexico+ Mauritania+ Netherlands+ Norway+ Portugal+ Sweden− Brazil− Botswana− Mozambique− Namibia− Nicaragua− Palestine− Tajikistan

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • Readings from many years

    Each country’s newest reading as of 2015, from 2009 to 2014.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 85 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2015). Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2015 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/bottom-40-income-growth/2015

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07Questions

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2015 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest income growth of the poorest 40% in Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2015 compilation?

Vietnam, at 12.220, of the 85 countries in the file.

How many countries does Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2015 compilation cover?

85.

Where can I download Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2015 compilation?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2015 compilation the newest?

No. The newest held here is Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2024 compilation.

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