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Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2024 compilation

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Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2024 compilation covers 89 countries on 2 measures. Romania is highest, at 14.513; Mozambique is lowest, at -4.185. The middle country reads 1.841. Against the 2023 compilation, 74 values changed (43 up, 31 down), 15 countries joined, 6 left.

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Income Growth of the Poorest 40% · Latest available · compiled 2024

HighestRomania

14.513

LowestMozambique

-4.185

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%, 2024 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 89 countries · select a heading to sort

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2024 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income14.51313.4636
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income12.8687.8283
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income9.6538.1087
HungaryHUNEastern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income7.1586.1540
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income7.1205.8131
PolandPOLEastern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income6.9195.5555
LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income6.8486.6818
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income6.6926.9045
BulgariaBGREastern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income6.6315.7733
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income5.7655.2492
ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2020 reading2015-2020consumption5.4234.0101
South KoreaKOREastern Asia · 2021 reading2016-2021income5.1123.7124
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income5.1003.7950
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income5.0153.5494
BeninBENWestern Africa · 2021 reading2018-2021consumption4.8362.3123
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income4.5724.1850
BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2021 reading2016-2021income4.4190.6941
UkraineUKREastern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020consumption4.1304.1161
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe · 2020 reading2018-2020consumption3.9592.3590
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income3.8423.3220
CyprusCYPWestern Asia · 2021 reading2016-2021income3.8393.1100
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia · 2021 reading2016-2021consumption3.7164.2161
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income3.6864.5468
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe · 2021 reading2016-2021income3.6741.3064
MexicoMEXCentral America · 2022 reading2016-2022income3.6411.9522

02In Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2024 compilation

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Romania14.513
  2. Serbia12.868
  3. Lithuania9.653
  4. Hungary7.158
  5. Croatia7.120

Lowest

  1. Mozambique-4.185
  2. Argentina-3.981
  3. Mali-3.327
  4. Jamaica-3.302
  5. Malawi-2.956

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.841. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestRomania13.4636

    LowestMalawi-6.1073

    Middle country: 1.1213

032023 → 2024

Since the 2023 compilation

What changed between the 2023 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +15 / −6countries joined / left
  • 74values changed, of 74 in both
  • 43 · 31rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Albania+ Benin+ Burkina Faso+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Guinea-Bissau+ Jamaica+ South Korea+ Mali+ Mauritania+ Niger+ Senegal+ Chad+ Togo+ Tunisia+ Zambia− United Arab Emirates− Armenia− Laos− Mongolia− Pakistan− Seychelles

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 2024, from 2018 to 2023.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 89 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 (2024). Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2024 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/bottom-40-income-growth/2024

0611 held

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07Questions

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2024 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest income growth of the poorest 40% in Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2024 compilation?

Romania, at 14.513, of the 89 countries in the file.

How many countries does Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2024 compilation cover?

89.

Where can I download Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2024 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%, 2024 compilation the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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