Latest available · compiled 2002

Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2002 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2002; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2002 compilation covers 68 countries. Azerbaijan is highest, at 10.93; Bolivia is lowest, at 1.71. The middle country reads 6.74.

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Income Share Held by Lowest 20% · Latest available · compiled 2002

HighestAzerbaijan

10.93

LowestBolivia

1.71

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

68countries
1measure
2002compiled · readings from many years
65distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2002 compilation, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2002 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia · 2002 reading	10.93	consumption	2002
=2	HungaryHUNEastern Europe · 2002 reading	9.51	consumption	2002
=2	SwedenSWENorthern Europe · 2002 reading	9.51	income	2002
4	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe · 2002 reading	9.49	income	2002
5	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2002 reading	9.47	consumption	2002
6	UkraineUKREastern Europe · 2002 reading	8.77	consumption	2002
7	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe · 2002 reading	8.67	consumption	2002
8	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2002 reading	8.65	consumption	2002
9	GermanyDEUWestern Europe · 2002 reading	8.60	income	2002
10	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	8.58	consumption	2002.25
11	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe · 2002 reading	8.49	income	2002
12	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe · 2002 reading	8.37	consumption	2002
13	BelarusBLREastern Europe · 2002 reading	8.28	consumption	2002
14	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia · 2002 reading	8.24	consumption	2002
15	RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2002 reading	8.18	consumption	2002
16	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe · 2002 reading	8.07	income	2002
17	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia · 2002 reading	8.05	consumption	2002
18	FranceFRAWestern Europe · 2002 reading	7.99	income	2002
19	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2002 reading	7.98	consumption	2002
20	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2002 reading	7.82	consumption	2002
21	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe · 2002 reading	7.61	income	2002
22	PolandPOLEastern Europe · 2002 reading	7.60	consumption	2002
23	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2002 reading	7.52	consumption	2002
24	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	7.49	consumption	2002.15
25	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia · 2002 reading	7.30	consumption	2002
26	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa · 2002 reading	7.26	consumption	2002
27	JordanJORWestern Asia	7.23	consumption	2002.5
28	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe · 2002 reading	7.22	income	2002
29	LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2002 reading	7.12	consumption	2002
30	CanadaCANNorthern America · 2002 reading	7.08	income	2002
31	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia · 2002 reading	6.99	consumption	2002
32	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe · 2002 reading	6.98	consumption	2002
33	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe · 2002 reading	6.91	consumption	2002
34	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	6.78	consumption	2002.5
=35	FijiFJIMelanesia	6.69	consumption	2002.5
=35	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe · 2002 reading	6.69	income	2002
37	RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2002 reading	6.64	consumption	2002
38	ItalyITASouthern Europe · 2002 reading	6.35	income	2002
39	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2002 reading	6.33	consumption	2002
40	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2002 reading	6.28	consumption	2002
41	SamoaWSMPolynesia · 2002 reading	6.27	consumption	2002
=42	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2002 reading	6.13	consumption	2002
=42	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	6.13	consumption	2002.83
44	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa · 2002 reading	6.06	consumption	2002
45	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa · 2002 reading	6.02	consumption	2002
46	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	5.88	consumption	2002.36
47	GuineaGINWestern Africa	5.80	consumption	2002.25
48	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2002 reading	5.76	consumption	2002
49	ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2002 reading	5.68	consumption	2002
50	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	5.49	consumption	2002.5
51	IsraelISRWestern Asia · 2002 reading	5.46	income	2002
52	United StatesUSANorthern America · 2002 reading	5.33	income	2002
53	JamaicaJAMCaribbean · 2002 reading	4.78	consumption	2002
54	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2002 reading	4.02	income	2002
55	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2002 reading	3.79	income	2002
56	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2002 reading	3.55	income	2002
57	VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2002 reading	3.38	income	2002
58	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	3.27	consumption	2002.75
59	PeruPERSouth America · 2002 reading	3.21	income	2002
60	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2002 reading	3.20	income	2002
61	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2002 reading	3.00	income	2002
62	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2002 reading	2.90	income	2002
63	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2002 reading	2.78	income	2002
64	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	2.69	consumption	2002.53
65	BrazilBRASouth America · 2002 reading	2.64	income	2002
66	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2002 reading	2.63	income	2002
67	PanamaPANCentral America · 2002 reading	2.50	income	2002
68	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2002 reading	1.71	income	2002

02In Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2002 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Azerbaijan10.93
2Hungaryshared9.51
2Swedenshared9.51
4Czechia9.49
5Indonesia9.47

Lowest

68Bolivia1.71
67Panama2.50
66Honduras2.63
65Brazil2.64
64Botswana2.69

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6.74. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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Readings from many years
Each country’s newest reading as of 2002, from 2002 to 2002.
65 distinct values among 68
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 9.51. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 68 countries has every column.

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