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Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2022 compilation

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Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2022 compilation covers 79 countries on 2 measures. Romania is highest, at 14.738; Argentina is lowest, at -5.660. The middle country reads 2.141. Against the 2021 compilation, 48 values changed (24 up, 24 down), 2 countries joined, 10 left.

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Income Growth of the Poorest 40% · Latest available · compiled 2022

HighestRomania

14.738

LowestArgentina

-5.660

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%, 2022 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%, 2022 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income14.73813.4282
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income9.8898.1970
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia · 2017 reading2015-2017consumption9.4601.2782
BulgariaBGREastern Europe · 2019 reading2015-2019income8.9549.2492
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe · 2017 reading2014-2017consumption8.8096.9646
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income8.0836.2113
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income8.0256.0994
ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2019 reading2014-2019consumption7.1956.2776
LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income7.1916.7138
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia · 2018 reading2013-2018income7.0771.8443
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2018 reading2013-2018income7.0284.9315
PolandPOLEastern Europe · 2018 reading2013-2018income6.8675.0063
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe · 2018 reading2013-2018income6.7634.7005
HungaryHUNEastern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income6.7556.1225
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2018 reading2015-2018income6.0373.3141
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income5.9414.1646
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2018 reading2014-2018consumption5.7536.4633
IcelandISLNorthern Europe · 2017 reading2012-2017income5.6555.2635
El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2019 reading2014-2019income5.5454.0240
CyprusCYPWestern Asia · 2019 reading2014-2019income5.1713.1097
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income5.0803.0442
PanamaPANCentral America · 2019 reading2014-2019income4.9704.4750
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2019 reading2015-2019consumption4.7813.9137
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income4.4742.9045
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income4.3984.1252

02In Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2022 compilation

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Romania14.738
  2. Lithuania9.889
  3. Myanmar9.460
  4. Bulgaria8.954
  5. Albania8.809

Lowest

  1. Argentina-5.660
  2. Colombia-4.648
  3. Peru-3.858
  4. Mongolia-3.699
  5. Ecuador-3.492

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2.141. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestRomania13.4282

    LowestMalawi-6.1074

    Middle country: 1.5849

032021 → 2022

Since the 2021 compilation

What changed between the 2021 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −10countries joined / left
  • 48values changed, of 77 in both
  • 24 · 24rose · fell
  • 29unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Mexico+ Myanmar− Dominican Republic− Ghana− South Korea− Sri Lanka− Malaysia− Palestine− Rwanda− Sierra Leone− Taiwan− Zimbabwe

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 2022, from 2017 to 2020.

  • 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.

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2022). Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2022 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/bottom-40-income-growth/2022

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07Questions

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2022 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest income growth of the poorest 40% in Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2022 compilation?

Romania, at 14.738, of the 79 countries in the file.

How many countries does Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2022 compilation cover?

79.

Where can I download Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2022 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%, 2022 compilation the newest?

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

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