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Where the Poorest Earn the Least?

Income Share Held by Lowest 10% (%), 2021 or latest

Society | December 1, 2022

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Based on a comparison of 58 countries in 2021, Belarus ranked the highest in income share held by lowest 10% with 4.40% followed by Armenia and Ukraine. On the other end of the scale was Colombia with 0.700%, Honduras with 1.20% and Panama with 1.20%.

Data for more countries are available at Income Share Held by Lowest 10% indicator page.

Income Share Held by Lowest 10%	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Albania	%	...	...		...			...	...		...	...	...		...	2.90%	3.20%	3.00%	3.10%	3.20%		...
Armenia	%	...														3.50%	3.40%	3.30%	3.50%	3.30%
Belarus	%															3.90%	4.10%	4.20%	4.20%	4.30%
Belgium	%		...	...												3.40%	3.40%	3.40%	3.40%	3.50%		...
Cyprus	%	...	...	...	...											3.00%	3.20%	3.40%	3.40%	3.50%		...
Czechia	%	...	...		...											3.90%	3.90%	4.00%	4.20%	4.20%		...
Denmark	%		...	...												3.40%	3.70%	3.70%	3.70%	3.70%		...
Fiji	%	...	...		...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...	...		...
Finland	%		...	...												3.90%	3.80%	3.90%	3.80%	3.80%		...
Kyrgyzstan	%															4.40%	4.10%	4.40%	4.30%	4.30%
Maldives	%	...	...		...		...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...	...	...	3.40%	...	...		...
Moldova	%															4.20%	4.10%	4.30%	4.30%	4.40%		...
Slovakia	%	...	...	...	...											2.90%	3.00%	2.90%	3.50%	3.20%		...
Slovenia	%	...	...													3.80%	3.90%	4.00%	4.10%	4.20%		...
Ukraine	%	...	...													4.50%	4.20%	4.30%	4.10%	4.20%