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Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2006 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2006; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2006 compilation covers 82 countries. Slovenia is highest, at 9.97; Honduras is lowest, at 2.13. The middle country reads 6.93. Against the 2005 compilation, 59 values changed (35 up, 24 down), 23 countries joined, 22 left.

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Income Share Held by Lowest 20% · Latest available · compiled 2006

HighestSlovenia

9.97

LowestHonduras

2.13

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

82countries
1measure
2006compiled · readings from many years
75distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2006 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%, 2006 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe · 2006 reading	9.97	income	2006
2	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe · 2006 reading	9.84	income	2006
3	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe · 2006 reading	9.32	income	2006
4	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe · 2006 reading	9.31	income	2006
5	IraqIRQWestern Asia	9.27	consumption	2006.85
6	FinlandFINNorthern Europe · 2006 reading	9.25	income	2006
7	SwedenSWENorthern Europe · 2006 reading	9.19	income	2006
8	NorwayNORNorthern Europe · 2006 reading	9.16	income	2006
=9	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia · 2006 reading	8.93	consumption	2006
=9	BurundiBDIEastern Africa · 2006 reading	8.93	consumption	2006
=9	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia · 2006 reading	8.93	consumption	2006
12	IcelandISLNorthern Europe · 2006 reading	8.90	income	2006
13	CyprusCYPWestern Asia · 2006 reading	8.82	income	2006
14	UkraineUKREastern Europe · 2006 reading	8.79	consumption	2006
15	BelarusBLREastern Europe · 2006 reading	8.76	consumption	2006
16	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe · 2006 reading	8.71	income	2006
17	BelgiumBELWestern Europe · 2006 reading	8.70	income	2006
18	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	8.69	consumption	2006
19	HungaryHUNEastern Europe · 2006 reading	8.67	income	2006
20	AustriaAUTWestern Europe · 2006 reading	8.60	income	2006
21	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe · 2006 reading	8.59	income	2006
22	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2006 reading	8.54	consumption	2006
23	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe · 2006 reading	8.52	consumption	2006
24	FranceFRAWestern Europe · 2006 reading	8.45	income	2006
25	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe · 2006 reading	8.40	consumption	2006
26	GermanyDEUWestern Europe · 2006 reading	8.34	income	2006
27	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe · 2006 reading	8.20	income	2006
28	JordanJORWestern Asia	8.03	consumption	2006.14
29	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe · 2006 reading	7.87	income	2006
30	PalestinePSEWestern Asia · 2006 reading	7.84	consumption	2006
31	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	7.59	consumption	2006.5
32	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe · 2006 reading	7.55	income	2006
33	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe · 2006 reading	7.42	income	2006
34	South KoreaKOREastern Asia · 2006 reading	7.30	income	2006
35	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2006 reading	7.27	consumption	2006
36	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	7.17	consumption	2006
37	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe · 2006 reading	7.09	consumption	2006
38	CanadaCANNorthern America · 2006 reading	7.07	income	2006
39	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe · 2006 reading	7.05	income	2006
40	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	7.04	consumption	2006.5
=41	ItalyITASouthern Europe · 2006 reading	6.93	income	2006
=41	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2006 reading	6.93	income	2006
=43	LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2006 reading	6.84	income	2006
=43	PolandPOLEastern Europe · 2006 reading	6.84	income	2006
45	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe · 2006 reading	6.73	income	2006
=46	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe · 2006 reading	6.70	income	2006
=46	SpainESPSouthern Europe · 2006 reading	6.70	income	2006
48	KiribatiKIRMicronesia · 2006 reading	6.59	consumption	2006
49	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	6.54	consumption	2006.91
50	MaliMLIWestern Africa	6.45	consumption	2006.25
51	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2006 reading	6.33	consumption	2006
52	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	6.14	consumption	2006.83
53	TogoTGOWestern Africa · 2006 reading	6.06	consumption	2006
54	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	6.03	consumption	2006
55	RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2006 reading	5.90	consumption	2006
56	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	5.84	consumption	2006.43
57	BulgariaBGREastern Europe · 2006 reading	5.66	income	2006
58	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2006 reading	5.61	consumption	2006
59	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2006 reading	5.23	consumption	2006
60	United StatesUSANorthern America · 2006 reading	5.17	income	2006
=61	IranIRNSouthern Asia	5.04	consumption	2006.23
=61	RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2006 reading	5.04	income	2006
63	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	5.03	income	2006
64	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia · 2006 reading	5.02	income	2006
65	UruguayURYSouth America · 2006 reading	4.89	income	2006
66	ChileCHLSouth America · 2006 reading	4.88	income	2006
67	IsraelISRWestern Asia · 2006 reading	4.80	income	2006
68	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2006 reading	4.79	income	2006
69	VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2006 reading	4.28	income	2006
70	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2006 reading	4.24	income	2006
71	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2006 reading	4.11	income	2006
72	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2006 reading	3.95	income	2006
73	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2006 reading	3.91	income	2006
74	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2006 reading	3.68	income	2006
=75	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2006 reading	3.57	income	2006
=75	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	3.57	consumption	2006.5
77	PeruPERSouth America · 2006 reading	3.46	income	2006
78	GuatemalaGTMCentral America · 2006 reading	3.13	income	2006
79	BrazilBRASouth America · 2006 reading	3.03	income	2006
80	PanamaPANCentral America · 2006 reading	2.53	income	2006
81	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2006 reading	2.26	income	2006
82	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2006 reading	2.13	income	2006

02In Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2006 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Slovenia9.97
2Denmark9.84
3Czechia9.32
4Slovakia9.31
5Iraq9.27

Lowest

82Honduras2.13
81Bolivia2.26
80Panama2.53
79Brazil3.03
78Guatemala3.13

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6.93. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since the 2005 compilation

What changed between the 2005 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+23 / −22countries joined / left
59values changed, of 59 in both
35 · 24rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kazakhstan5.95 → 8.93+2.98
Serbia6.86 → 8.54+1.68
Hungary7.07 → 8.67+1.60
Venezuela2.89 → 4.28+1.39
El Salvador3.85 → 4.79+0.94

Fell most

Romania8.38 → 5.04−3.34
Kyrgyzstan8.36 → 7.27−1.09
North Macedonia5.79 → 5.23−0.56
Indonesia9.17 → 8.69−0.48
Spain7.03 → 6.70−0.33

+ Burundi

+ Bulgaria

+ Switzerland

+ Chile

+ Guatemala

+ Iraq

+ Jordan

+ Kiribati

+ South Korea

+ Sri Lanka

+ Morocco

+ Mali

+ Malta

+ Mauritius

+ Malaysia

+ Philippines

+ Seychelles

+ Syria

+ Togo

+ Thailand

+ Uruguay

+ Vietnam

+ Zambia

− Albania

− Azerbaijan

− Bangladesh

− China

− Republic of the Congo

− Colombia

− Micronesia

− Gabon

− Ghana

− Kenya

− Madagascar

− Niger

− Nicaragua

− Pakistan

− Rwanda

− Senegal

− Solomon Islands

− Tunisia

− Taiwan

− Uganda

− Yemen

− South Africa

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

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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 2006, from 2006 to 2006.
75 distinct values among 82
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 8.93. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
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 82 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2006). Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, 2006 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/income-share-lowest-20/2006

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