Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2005 compilation

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Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2005 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 · 2005 reading	10.78	consumption	2005
2	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe · 2005 reading	9.90	income	2005
3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe · 2005 reading	9.85	income	2005
4	FinlandFINNorthern Europe · 2005 reading	9.46	income	2005
5	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	9.31	consumption	2005.5
6	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe · 2005 reading	9.28	income	2005
=7	IcelandISLNorthern Europe · 2005 reading	9.17	income	2005
=7	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2005 reading	9.17	consumption	2005
9	NorwayNORNorthern Europe · 2005 reading	8.96	income	2005
10	CyprusCYPWestern Asia · 2005 reading	8.94	income	2005
11	BelarusBLREastern Europe · 2005 reading	8.87	consumption	2005
12	UkraineUKREastern Europe · 2005 reading	8.81	consumption	2005
=13	AustriaAUTWestern Europe · 2005 reading	8.76	income	2005
=13	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia · 2005 reading	8.76	consumption	2005
=15	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe · 2005 reading	8.72	income	2005
=15	SwedenSWENorthern Europe · 2005 reading	8.72	income	2005
17	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe · 2005 reading	8.71	income	2005
18	BelgiumBELWestern Europe · 2005 reading	8.65	income	2005
19	FranceFRAWestern Europe · 2005 reading	8.57	income	2005
20	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe · 2005 reading	8.54	consumption	2005
21	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe · 2005 reading	8.43	consumption	2005
22	RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2005 reading	8.38	consumption	2005
23	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2005 reading	8.36	consumption	2005
24	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe · 2005 reading	8.19	income	2005
=25	GermanyDEUWestern Europe · 2005 reading	8.18	income	2005

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6.73. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

• +22 / −16countries joined / left
• 59values changed, of 59 in both
• 33 · 26rose · fell
• 0unchanged

+ Albania+ Bangladesh+ China+ Republic of the Congo+ Micronesia+ Gabon+ Ghana+ Iran+ Kenya+ Madagascar+ Montenegro+ Niger+ Nicaragua+ Rwanda+ Senegal+ Solomon Islands+ Tunisia+ Taiwan+ Uganda+ Kosovo+ Yemen+ South Africa− Australia− Bosnia and Herzegovina− Switzerland− DR Congo− Comoros− Egypt− Ethiopia− Croatia− India− Jamaica− Mauritania− Malawi− Thailand− Tajikistan− Vietnam− 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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