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Post-tax national income share, bottom 50% by country 2024 | worldgovdata
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Post-tax national income share, bottom 50%
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210 countries · 1913–2024
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2024
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Iceland
0.36
2
Denmark
0.34
3
Sweden
0.33
4
Finland
0.33
5
Czechia
0.32
6
Switzerland
0.32
7
France
0.32
8
Belgium
0.31
9
Norway
0.31
10
Austria
0.3
11
Slovak Republic
0.3
12
United Kingdom
0.3
13
Ireland
0.29
14
Netherlands
0.29
15
Slovenia
0.29
16
Spain
0.28
17
Cyprus
0.28
18
Luxembourg
0.28
19
Italy
0.28
20
New Zealand
0.27
21
Hungary
0.27
22
Germany
0.27
23
Portugal
0.26
24
Canada
0.26
25
Ukraine
0.26
26
Greece
0.25
27
Poland
0.25
28
Belarus
0.25
29
Australia
0.24
30
Japan
0.23
31
Croatia
0.23
32
Gibraltar
0.23
33
Andorra
0.23
34
San Marino
0.23
35
Isle of Man
0.23
36
Monaco
0.23
37
Liechtenstein
0.23
38
Malta
0.23
39
North Macedonia
0.22
40
Korea, Rep.
0.22
41
Latvia
0.22
42
Azerbaijan
0.21
43
Brunei Darussalam
0.21
44
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.21
45
Seychelles
0.21
46
United States
0.21
47
Estonia
0.21
48
Malaysia
0.21
49
Serbia
0.2
50
Armenia
0.2
51
Albania
0.2
52
Timor-Leste
0.2
53
Moldova
0.2
54
New Caledonia
0.2
55
Tuvalu
0.2
56
Palau
0.2
57
Kiribati
0.2
58
Vanuatu
0.2
59
Samoa
0.2
60
Marshall Islands
0.2
61
Naoero
0.2
62
Greenland
0.2
63
French Polynesia
0.2
64
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.2
65
Bermuda
0.2
66
Solomon Islands
0.2
67
Maldives
0.2
68
Montenegro
0.19
69
Afghanistan
0.19
70
Guinea
0.19
71
Bulgaria
0.19
72
Romania
0.19
73
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.19
74
Georgia
0.19
75
Lithuania
0.19
76
Mauritania
0.19
77
Algeria
0.19
78
Uruguay
0.19
79
Kazakhstan
0.19
80
Kyrgyz Republic
0.18
81
Nepal
0.18
82
Eritrea
0.18
83
Pakistan
0.18
84
Macao SAR, China
0.18
85
Ethiopia
0.18
86
Singapore
0.18
87
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.18
88
Libya
0.18
89
Bangladesh
0.18
90
Mongolia
0.18
91
Turks and Caicos Islands
0.17
92
Puerto Rico (US)
0.17
93
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0.17
94
St. Lucia
0.17
95
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.17
96
Grenada
0.17
97
Dominica
0.17
98
Cayman Islands
0.17
99
Curacao
0.17
100
Uzbekistan
0.17
101
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.17
102
British Virgin Islands
0.17
103
Antigua and Barbuda
0.17
104
Aruba
0.17
105
Tonga
0.17
106
Israel
0.17
107
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.17
108
Lesotho
0.17
109
Mauritius
0.17
110
Morocco
0.17
111
Cuba
0.17
112
Guinea-Bissau
0.17
113
Ecuador
0.17
114
Fiji
0.17
115
Benin
0.17
116
Niger
0.17
117
Russian Federation
0.17
118
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.17
119
Argentina
0.17
120
Kuwait
0.16
121
Nigeria
0.16
122
Myanmar
0.16
123
Mali
0.16
124
Chad
0.16
125
Philippines
0.16
126
Burundi
0.16
127
Cote d'Ivoire
0.16
128
Sudan
0.16
129
Liberia
0.16
130
Tajikistan
0.16
131
Viet Nam
0.16
132
Sierra Leone
0.16
133
Bhutan
0.16
134
Senegal
0.16
135
China
0.16
136
Malawi
0.16
137
Jordan
0.15
138
Madagascar
0.15
139
Gabon
0.15
140
Barbados
0.15
141
Cambodia
0.15
142
Equatorial Guinea
0.15
143
Sri Lanka
0.15
144
Kenya
0.15
145
Togo
0.15
146
Gambia, The
0.15
147
Burkina Faso
0.15
148
Rwanda
0.15
149
Tunisia
0.14
150
Papua New Guinea
0.14
151
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.14
152
India
0.14
153
Trinidad and Tobago
0.14
154
Turkiye
0.14
155
Cabo Verde
0.14
156
El Salvador
0.14
157
Taiwan
0.14
158
Turkmenistan
0.14
159
Tanzania
0.14
160
Jamaica
0.14
161
Djibouti
0.14
162
Venezuela, RB
0.14
163
United Arab Emirates
0.14
164
Indonesia
0.14
165
Sao Tome and Principe
0.14
166
Chile
0.13
167
Mozambique
0.13
168
Ghana
0.13
169
Suriname
0.13
170
Dominican Republic
0.13
171
Central African Republic
0.13
172
Lebanon
0.13
173
Uganda
0.13
174
Lao PDR
0.13
175
Cameroon
0.13
176
Thailand
0.13
177
West Bank and Gaza
0.13
178
Namibia
0.13
179
Panama
0.13
180
Botswana
0.12
181
Costa Rica
0.12
182
Brazil
0.12
183
Nicaragua
0.12
184
Paraguay
0.12
185
Belize
0.12
186
South Sudan
0.12
187
Guyana
0.12
188
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.12
189
Comoros
0.12
190
Colombia
0.12
191
Bahamas, The
0.12
192
Syrian Arab Republic
0.12
193
Bolivia
0.12
194
Honduras
0.12
195
South Africa
0.12
196
Saudi Arabia
0.12
197
Guatemala
0.11
198
Bahrain
0.11
199
Peru
0.11
200
Congo, Rep.
0.11
201
Qatar
0.11
202
Eswatini
0.11
203
Zambia
0.11
204
Yemen, Rep.
0.1
205
Haiti
0.1
206
Zimbabwe
0.1
207
Iraq
0.1
208
Oman
0.1
209
Angola
0.1
210
Mexico
0.1
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