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Pre-tax national income share, bottom 50% by country 2024 | worldgovdata
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Pre-tax national income share, bottom 50%
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210 countries · 1820–2024
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League table
2024
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Iceland
0.26
2
Czechia
0.25
3
Slovak Republic
0.24
4
Sweden
0.24
5
Norway
0.24
6
Austria
0.23
7
Switzerland
0.23
8
Slovenia
0.23
9
Finland
0.23
10
Ukraine
0.23
11
Belarus
0.23
12
Hungary
0.22
13
Denmark
0.22
14
Italy
0.22
15
Spain
0.21
16
Cyprus
0.21
17
Greece
0.21
18
Netherlands
0.21
19
North Macedonia
0.21
20
Luxembourg
0.2
21
New Zealand
0.2
22
United Kingdom
0.2
23
Portugal
0.2
24
Belgium
0.2
25
Azerbaijan
0.2
26
France
0.2
27
Malta
0.2
28
Ireland
0.2
29
Poland
0.19
30
Brunei Darussalam
0.19
31
Malaysia
0.19
32
Croatia
0.19
33
Germany
0.19
34
Armenia
0.19
35
Andorra
0.18
36
San Marino
0.18
37
Isle of Man
0.18
38
Monaco
0.18
39
Gibraltar
0.18
40
Liechtenstein
0.18
41
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.18
42
Japan
0.18
43
Guinea
0.18
44
Maldives
0.18
45
Afghanistan
0.18
46
Albania
0.18
47
Korea, Rep.
0.18
48
Latvia
0.18
49
Seychelles
0.17
50
Eritrea
0.17
51
Ethiopia
0.17
52
Pakistan
0.17
53
Moldova
0.17
54
Australia
0.17
55
Bangladesh
0.17
56
Mauritania
0.17
57
Serbia
0.17
58
Canada
0.17
59
Kyrgyz Republic
0.17
60
Timor-Leste
0.17
61
Lithuania
0.17
62
Nepal
0.17
63
Singapore
0.17
64
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.17
65
Kazakhstan
0.16
66
Kuwait
0.16
67
Estonia
0.16
68
Niger
0.16
69
Nigeria
0.16
70
Bulgaria
0.16
71
Guinea-Bissau
0.16
72
Myanmar
0.16
73
Montenegro
0.16
74
Samoa
0.16
75
Vanuatu
0.16
76
Fiji
0.16
77
Palau
0.16
78
French Polynesia
0.16
79
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.16
80
Tuvalu
0.16
81
Bermuda
0.16
82
Naoero
0.16
83
Solomon Islands
0.16
84
Marshall Islands
0.16
85
Tonga
0.16
86
Greenland
0.16
87
New Caledonia
0.16
88
Kiribati
0.16
89
Algeria
0.16
90
Sudan
0.16
91
Benin
0.16
92
Russian Federation
0.16
93
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.16
94
Tajikistan
0.15
95
Liberia
0.15
96
Romania
0.15
97
Cote d'Ivoire
0.15
98
Libya
0.15
99
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.15
100
Mali
0.15
101
Bhutan
0.15
102
Senegal
0.15
103
Sierra Leone
0.15
104
Mongolia
0.15
105
Mauritius
0.15
106
Madagascar
0.15
107
Viet Nam
0.15
108
Uzbekistan
0.15
109
Chad
0.15
110
Uruguay
0.14
111
Gabon
0.14
112
Jordan
0.14
113
Burundi
0.14
114
Morocco
0.14
115
Burkina Faso
0.14
116
Macao SAR, China
0.14
117
Philippines
0.14
118
Togo
0.14
119
Kenya
0.14
120
Sri Lanka
0.14
121
British Virgin Islands
0.14
122
Antigua and Barbuda
0.14
123
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.14
124
St. Lucia
0.14
125
Grenada
0.14
126
Barbados
0.14
127
Puerto Rico (US)
0.14
128
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.14
129
Turks and Caicos Islands
0.14
130
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0.14
131
Dominica
0.14
132
Cayman Islands
0.14
133
Curacao
0.14
134
Aruba
0.14
135
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.14
136
Equatorial Guinea
0.14
137
Cambodia
0.14
138
Malawi
0.14
139
Georgia
0.14
140
Gambia, The
0.14
141
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.14
142
China
0.14
143
United States
0.13
144
Rwanda
0.13
145
Turkiye
0.13
146
Israel
0.13
147
India
0.13
148
Djibouti
0.13
149
Sao Tome and Principe
0.13
150
Tanzania
0.13
151
United Arab Emirates
0.13
152
Papua New Guinea
0.13
153
Lao PDR
0.13
154
Cuba
0.13
155
Indonesia
0.12
156
Tunisia
0.12
157
Cabo Verde
0.12
158
Cameroon
0.12
159
Ghana
0.12
160
Argentina
0.12
161
Uganda
0.12
162
Central African Republic
0.12
163
Turkmenistan
0.12
164
South Sudan
0.12
165
Taiwan
0.12
166
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.12
167
Dominican Republic
0.11
168
Comoros
0.11
169
Lebanon
0.11
170
Lesotho
0.11
171
Ecuador
0.11
172
Syrian Arab Republic
0.11
173
Saudi Arabia
0.11
174
Thailand
0.11
175
El Salvador
0.11
176
Bahrain
0.1
177
West Bank and Gaza
0.1
178
Belize
0.1
179
Jamaica
0.1
180
Honduras
0.1
181
Paraguay
0.1
182
Suriname
0.1
183
Venezuela, RB
0.1
184
Bahamas, The
0.1
185
Guyana
0.1
186
Nicaragua
0.1
187
Guatemala
0.1
188
Panama
0.1
189
Bolivia
0.1
190
Trinidad and Tobago
0.1
191
Haiti
0.1
192
Congo, Rep.
0.1
193
Mozambique
0.1
194
Qatar
0.1
195
Peru
0.1
196
Yemen, Rep.
0.09
197
Brazil
0.09
198
Zimbabwe
0.09
199
Oman
0.09
200
Angola
0.09
201
Costa Rica
0.09
202
Zambia
0.09
203
Chile
0.08
204
Eswatini
0.08
205
Mexico
0.08
206
Botswana
0.08
207
Colombia
0.07
208
Namibia
0.07
209
Iraq
0.07
210
South Africa
0.05
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