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Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2020 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2020; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2020 compilation covers 91 countries on 2 measures. Romania is highest, at 10.016; Benin is lowest, at -5.190. The middle country reads 1.801. Against the 2019 compilation, 61 values changed (34 up, 27 down), 8 countries joined, 10 left.

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Income Growth of the Poorest 40% · Latest available · compiled 2020

HighestRomania

10.016

LowestBenin

-5.190

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%, 2020 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 91 countries · select a heading to sort

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2020 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2017 reading2012-2017income10.0169.961
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe · 2017 reading2014-2017consumption8.8096.965
ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2016 reading2013-2016consumption8.3787.121
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe · 2017 reading2012-2017income7.9807.197
LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2017 reading2012-2017income7.9068.232
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2017 reading2012-2017income7.0594.312
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia · 2015 reading2011-2015income7.0124.974
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2017 reading2012-2017income6.3307.430
PolandPOLEastern Europe · 2017 reading2012-2017income6.0144.018
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa · 2015 reading2009-2015consumption5.7356.643
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe · 2017 reading2012-2017income5.4704.277
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa · 2015 reading2010-2015consumption5.3563.384
PanamaPANCentral America · 2018 reading2013-2018income5.2863.870
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2018 reading2014-2018consumption5.1984.995
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2016 reading2011-2016income5.1924.252
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2015 reading2012-2015income5.1842.866
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2018 reading2012-2018consumption5.1515.258
ChileCHLSouth America · 2017 reading2013-2017income4.9223.834
HungaryHUNEastern Europe · 2017 reading2012-2017income4.8384.601
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe · 2015 reading2012-2015income4.7231.350
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa · 2016 reading2009-2016consumption4.6656.138
IsraelISRWestern Asia · 2016 reading2010-2016income4.1802.553
El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2018 reading2013-2018income3.9261.792
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2017 reading2013-2017income3.8931.483
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe · 2017 reading2012-2017income3.7963.739

02In Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2020 compilation

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Romania10.016
  2. Albania8.809
  3. China8.378
  4. Estonia7.980
  5. Latvia7.906

Lowest

  1. Benin-5.190
  2. Zimbabwe-3.749
  3. Egypt-2.504
  4. Uganda-2.151
  5. Zambia-1.977

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.801. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestRomania9.961

    LowestZimbabwe-3.500

    Middle country: 1.522

032019 → 2020

Since the 2019 compilation

What changed between the 2019 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +8 / −10countries joined / left
  • 61values changed, of 83 in both
  • 34 · 27rose · fell
  • 22unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Albania+ Benin+ Israel+ Mauritius+ Sierra Leone+ Eswatini+ Tanzania+ Zimbabwe− Burkina Faso− Bulgaria− Fiji− Mexico− Mozambique− Niger− Nicaragua− Tajikistan− Tonga− 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 2020, from 2015 to 2018.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 91 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 (2020). Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2020 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/bottom-40-income-growth/2020

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07Questions

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2020 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest income growth of the poorest 40% in Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2020 compilation?

Romania, at 10.016, of the 91 countries in the file.

How many countries does Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2020 compilation cover?

91.

Where can I download Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2020 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%, 2020 compilation the newest?

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

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