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Income inequality

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Poorest quintile's share in national income or consumption, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
19929.3 
19978 
20028.5 
20087.6 

Population below $1 (PPP) per day, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
199255.712
199749.312
20024412
200833.912

Poverty gap ratio at $1 a day (PPP), percentage

YearValueFootnotes
199216.212
199714.912
200212.112
2008912

Footnotes:

  1. Source: http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet
  2. Based on nominal per capita consumption averages and distributions estimated from household survey data.

Source: United Nations Statistics Division

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