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

YearValueFootnotes
19913.4 
19953.1 
19962.9 
19982.5 
19992.7 
20002.6 
20032.4 
20062.5 

Population below $1 (PPP) per day, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
19918.3123
199511.213
199613.513
199816.113
199916.513
200016.813
200315.413
20061613

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

YearValueFootnotes
19912.6123
19954.113
19965.413
19986.713
19996.813
20006.913
20036.113
20065.713

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

YearValueFootnotes
200312.24

Footnotes:

  1. Based on nominal per capita income averages and distributions estimated from household survey data.
  2. Covers urban areas only.
  3. Source: http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet
  4. Quality of Life Survey, 2003

Source: United Nations Statistics Division

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