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Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2019 compilation

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Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2019 compilation covers 93 countries on 2 measures. China is highest, at 9.0461; Greece is lowest, at -8.3494. The middle country reads 1.3199. Against the 2018 compilation, 26 values changed (9 up, 17 down), 11 countries joined, 2 left.

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Income Growth of the Poorest 40% · Latest available · compiled 2019

HighestChina

9.0461

LowestGreece

-8.3494

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%, 2019 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 93 countries · select a heading to sort

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2019 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2015 reading2013-2015consumption9.04617.388
LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2015 reading2010-2015income7.51896.474
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia · 2015 reading2011-2015income7.01174.974
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2015 reading2010-2015income6.65418.105
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2015 reading2010-2015income6.45282.919
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe · 2015 reading2010-2015income6.14846.625
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa · 2014 reading2009-2014consumption5.83992.929
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa · 2015 reading2009-2015consumption5.73486.643
NicaraguaNICCentral America · 2014 reading2009-2014income5.63986.521
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa · 2015 reading2010-2015consumption5.35653.384
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2016 reading2012-2016consumption5.28625.151
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2016 reading2011-2016income5.19194.252
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2015 reading2012-2015income5.18422.866
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2017 reading2015-2017consumption4.93814.910
ChileCHLSouth America · 2017 reading2013-2017income4.92193.834
PanamaPANCentral America · 2017 reading2012-2017income4.64693.506
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2017 reading2012-2017consumption4.48053.757
El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2017 reading2012-2017income4.16002.308
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia · 2016 reading2012-2016consumption3.65074.119
HondurasHNDCentral America · 2017 reading2012-2017income3.61090.914
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe · 2015 reading2010-2015income3.56643.479
ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2017 reading2012-2017income3.55882.849
ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2017 reading2012-2017income3.36831.035
UruguayURYSouth America · 2017 reading2012-2017income3.21272.573
MalawiMWIEastern Africa · 2016 reading2010-2016consumption3.05171.569

02In Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2019 compilation

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China9.0461
  2. Latvia7.5189
  3. Malaysia7.0117
  4. Lithuania6.6541
  5. North Macedonia6.4528

Lowest

  1. Greece-8.3494
  2. Cyprus-4.3422
  3. Serbia-4.1076
  4. Montenegro-2.7284
  5. Luxembourg-2.4455

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.3199. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestLithuania8.105

    LowestGreece-6.976

    Middle country: 1.170

032018 → 2019

Since the 2018 compilation

What changed between the 2018 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +11 / −2countries joined / left
  • 26values changed, of 82 in both
  • 9 · 17rose · fell
  • 56unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Kazakhstan3.9969 → -0.0004−3.9973
  • Rwanda4.2339 → 0.3061−3.9278
  • Iran0.7323 → -1.9841−2.7164
  • Egypt3.1966 → 0.4967−2.6999
  • Thailand5.0285 → 2.5054−2.5231
+ Brazil+ Botswana+ Canada+ China+ Germany+ Ghana+ Malawi+ Malaysia+ Tonga+ Tunisia+ United States− Côte d’Ivoire− Mauritania

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 2019, from 2013 to 2017.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 93 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 (2019). Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2019 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/bottom-40-income-growth/2019

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07Questions

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2019 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest income growth of the poorest 40% in Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2019 compilation?

China, at 9.0461, of the 93 countries in the file.

How many countries does Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2019 compilation cover?

93.

Where can I download Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2019 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%, 2019 compilation the newest?

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

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