Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2003 compilation

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Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2003 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Positionderived	Country	Share of national income held by the poorest fifth (%)	Survey measures	Survey year
1	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia · 2003 reading	10.20	consumption	2003
2	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe · 2003 reading	9.83	income	2003
3	IcelandISLNorthern Europe · 2003 reading	9.49	income	2003
4	NorwayNORNorthern Europe · 2003 reading	9.47	income	2003
5	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2003 reading	9.42	consumption	2003
6	FinlandFINNorthern Europe · 2003 reading	9.37	income	2003
7	SwedenSWENorthern Europe · 2003 reading	9.36	income	2003
8	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2003 reading	9.28	consumption	2003
9	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe · 2003 reading	9.12	consumption	2003
10	UkraineUKREastern Europe · 2003 reading	9.09	consumption	2003
11	BulgariaBGREastern Europe · 2003 reading	8.75	consumption	2003
12	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia · 2003 reading	8.67	consumption	2003
13	GermanyDEUWestern Europe · 2003 reading	8.57	income	2003
14	BelarusBLREastern Europe · 2003 reading	8.56	consumption	2003
15	BelgiumBELWestern Europe · 2003 reading	8.55	income	2003
16	AustriaAUTWestern Europe · 2003 reading	8.47	income	2003
17	RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2003 reading	8.40	consumption	2003
18	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe · 2003 reading	8.28	income	2003
19	FranceFRAWestern Europe · 2003 reading	8.25	income	2003
20	HungaryHUNEastern Europe · 2003 reading	8.22	consumption	2003
21	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe · 2003 reading	8.17	consumption	2003
22	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia · 2003 reading	7.92	consumption	2003
23	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2003 reading	7.82	consumption	2003
24	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe · 2003 reading	7.68	income	2003
25	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe · 2003 reading	7.60	consumption	2003

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6.99. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

• +26 / −25countries joined / left
• 42values changed, of 43 in both
• 19 · 23rose · fell
• 1unchanged

+ Australia+ Austria+ Belgium+ Benin+ Burkina Faso+ Bulgaria+ Bhutan+ Chile+ Denmark+ Ecuador+ Spain+ Finland+ Gambia+ Iceland+ Malaysia+ Namibia+ Nigeria+ Norway+ Nepal+ Philippines+ Portugal+ Sierra Leone+ Syria+ Chad+ Tajikistan+ Kosovo− Albania− Bolivia− Botswana− Switzerland− China− Côte d’Ivoire− Czechia− Djibouti− Fiji− Guinea− Guinea-Bissau− Jamaica− Jordan− Laos− Sri Lanka− Lesotho− Maldives− Mexico− Mongolia− Mozambique− Thailand− Uganda− Vietnam− Samoa− Zambia

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.

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