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Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2016 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2016; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2016 compilation covers 79 countries on 2 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 9.781; Greece is lowest, at -10.025. The middle country reads 1.558. Against the 2015 compilation, 32 values changed (13 up, 19 down), 4 countries joined, 10 left.

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Income Growth of the Poorest 40% · Latest available · compiled 2016

HighestDR Congo

9.781

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%, 2016 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 79 countries · select a heading to sort

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2016 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa · 2012 reading2004-2012consumption9.7819.8321
BelarusBLREastern Europe · 2014 reading2009-2014consumption8.8698.4845
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia · 2014 reading2010-2014consumption8.1677.1935
ChileCHLSouth America · 2013 reading2009-2013income7.8356.7823
EcuadorECUSouth America · 2014 reading2009-2014income7.4514.9740
ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2014 reading2009-2014income7.1357.2613
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2014 reading2010-2014income7.1022.4412
UruguayURYSouth America · 2014 reading2009-2014income6.6543.4577
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia · 2012 reading2007-2012consumption6.5296.4680
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia · 2013 reading2008-2013consumption6.4005.8510
BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2014 reading2009-2014income6.0244.5031
ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2014 reading2009-2014income5.9524.5534
RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2012 reading2007-2012consumption5.6984.4212
NicaraguaNICCentral America · 2014 reading2009-2014income5.6406.5214
PeruPERSouth America · 2014 reading2009-2014income5.6182.9838
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa · 2011 reading2007-2011consumption5.3463.3683
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2014 reading2009-2014consumption5.3074.8602
UgandaUGAEastern Africa · 2012 reading2009-2012consumption5.1682.9084
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2013 reading2008-2013consumption4.8903.4766
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe · 2014 reading2009-2014consumption4.8241.3116
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2014 reading2010-2014consumption4.6622.1460
RwandaRWAEastern Africa · 2013 reading2010-2013consumption4.2342.2092
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia · 2012 reading2007-2012consumption4.2274.9350
PanamaPANCentral America · 2014 reading2009-2014income4.1483.6072
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2014 reading2011-2014consumption4.1383.6311

02In Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2016 compilation

At either end

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

Highest

  1. DR Congo9.781
  2. Belarus8.869
  3. Mongolia8.167
  4. Chile7.835
  5. Ecuador7.451

Lowest

  1. Greece-10.025
  2. Croatia-5.400
  3. Ireland-3.938
  4. Iceland-3.856
  5. Spain-3.754

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 (%)

    HighestDR Congo9.8321

    LowestGreece-8.4033

    Middle country: 1.3684

032015 → 2016

Since the 2015 compilation

What changed between the 2015 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −10countries joined / left
  • 32values changed, of 75 in both
  • 13 · 19rose · fell
  • 43unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Cameroon+ North Macedonia+ Mongolia+ Nicaragua− Bangladesh− Ethiopia− Jordan− Madagascar− Mali− Mauritania− Malawi− Nepal− Tunisia− South Africa

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 2016, from 2011 to 2015.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 79 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 (2016). Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2016 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/bottom-40-income-growth/2016

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07Questions

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2016 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest income growth of the poorest 40% in Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2016 compilation?

DR Congo, at 9.781, of the 79 countries in the file.

How many countries does Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2016 compilation cover?

79.

Where can I download Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2016 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%, 2016 compilation the newest?

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

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