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Income inequality

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

YearValueFootnotes
19953.7 
19963.3 
19973.6 
19983.3 
20002.8 
20022.6 
20033.1 
20053.3 
20074.3 

Population below $1 (PPP) per day, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
199512.7123
199615123
199713.1123
199813.5123
200012.8123
200214.2123
200314.3123
200511123
20085.1123

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

YearValueFootnotes
19954.8123
19965.6123
19974.3123
19984.2123
20005.7123
20026.5123
20036.7123
20054.8123
20081.1123

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

Source: United Nations Statistics Division

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