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Income inequality

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

YearValueFootnotes
19932.6 
19983.2 
20014 
20053.8 

Population below $1 (PPP) per day, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
199332.51, 2, 3
199821.81, 2, 3
200119.41, 2, 3
200515.81, 2, 3

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

YearValueFootnotes
199314.91, 2, 3
19988.71, 2, 3
20016.71, 2, 3
20055.21, 2, 3

Proportion of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
199817.54
200115.85
200512.86

Footnotes:

  1. Based on nominal per capita income averages and distributions estimated from household survey data.
  2. Based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) dollars imputed using regression.
  3. Source: http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet
  4. National Household Survey on Living Standards Measurement, 1998
  5. National Household Survey on Living Standards Measurement, 2001
  6. National Household Survey on Living Standards Measurement, 2005

Source: United Nations Statistics Division

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