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Table 28. Income distribution
Percentage share of household income, by percentile groups of households'
Lowest Second Third Fourth Highest Highest
Year 20 percent quintile quintile quintile 20 percent 10 percent
Low-income economies
Chinand India
Other low-income
Sub-Saharan Africa
1 Ethiopia
2 Bangladesh 1976-77 6.2 10.9 15.0 21.0 46.9 32.0
3 Mali
4 Nepal 1976-77 4.6 8.0 11.7 16.5 59.2 46.5
5 Zaire
6 Burkina
7 Burma
8 Malawi
9 Uiganda
1967-68 10.4 11.1 13.1 14.8 50.6 40.1
10 Burundi
11 Niger
12 Tanzania 1969 5.8 10.2 13.9 19.7 50.4 35.6
13 Somalia
14 India 1975-76 7.0 9.2 13.9 20.5 49.4 33.6
15 Rwanda
16 Central African Rep. . .
17 Togo
18 Benin
19 China
20 Guinea
21 Haiti
22 Gnana
23 Madagascar
24 S erra Leone
25 Sri Lanka
1967-69
1969-70
5.6
7.5
9.5
11.7
12.8
15.7
19.6
21.7
52.5
43.4
37.8
28.2
26 Kenya 1976 2.6 6.3 11.5 19.2 60.4 45.8
27 Pakistan
28 Sudan 1967-68 4.0 8.9 16.6 20.7 49.8 34.6
29 Afghanistan
30 Bhutan
31 Chad
32 Kampuchea, Dem.
33 Lao PDR
34 Mozambique
35 Viet Nam
Middle-income economies
Oil exporters
Oil importers
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle-income
36 Senegal
37 Lesotho
38 Liberia
39 Mauritania
40 Boi;via
41 Yemen, PDR
42 Yemen Arab Rep.
43 Indonesia 1976 6.6 7.8 12.6 23.6 49.4 34.0
44 Zamnbia
45 Honduras
1976 3.4 7.4 11.2 16.9 61.1 46.3
46 Egypt, Arab Rep.
47 El Salvador
1974
1976-77
5.8
5.5
10.7
10.0
14.7
14.8
20.8
22.4
48.0
47.3
33.2
29.5
48 Ivory Coast . ..
49 Zimobabwe
50 Morocco
51 Papua New Guinea . .
52 Philippines 1970-71 5.2 9.0 12.8 19.0 54.0 38.5
53 Nigeria
54 Cameroon
55 Thailand 1975-76 5.6 9.6 13.9 21.1 49.8 34.1
56 Nicaragua
57 Costa Rica
58 Peru
1971
1972
3.3
1.9
8.7
5.1
13.3
11.0
19.9
21.0
54.8
61.0
39.5
42.9
59 Guatemala ... .
60 Congo, Peopie's Rep.... .
61 Turkey 1973 3.5 8.0 12.5 19.5 56.5 40.7
62 Tunisia
63 Jamaica
64 Domninican Rep.
Note: For data comparability and coverage see the technical notes.
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