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Income inequality

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

YearValueFootnotes
19911.9 
19952.1 
19962.2 
19973.4 
20002.4 
20012.2 
20022.4 
20042.5 
20062.5 
20093.6 

Population below $1 (PPP) per day, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
199116.91, 2, 3
199511.51, 2, 3
199612.41, 2, 3
19977.21, 2, 3
200011.51, 2, 3
200113.81, 2, 3
200210.81, 2, 3
20049.21, 2, 3
20069.51, 2, 3

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

YearValueFootnotes
19917.81, 2, 3
19954.51, 2, 3
199651, 2, 3
19971.91, 2, 3
20004.31, 2, 3
200161, 2, 3
20023.51, 2, 3
20042.71, 2, 3
20063.11, 2, 3

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

YearValueFootnotes
19974.84

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. Living Standards Survey, 1997

Source: United Nations Statistics Division

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