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Korea, South 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Kuwait 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 2.387 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Laos 547 million kWh (2006 est.)
Latvia 1.676 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Lebanon 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Lesotho 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Liberia 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Libya 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Lithuania 7.217 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Luxembourg 2.887 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Macau 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Macedonia 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Madagascar 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Malawi 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Malaysia 2.524 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Maldives 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mali 0 kWh; note - recent hydropower developments may be providing electricity to Senegal and Mauritania (2007 est.)
Malta 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mauritania 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mauritius 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mexico 1.278 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 0 kWh (2002)
Moldova 229 million kWh (2006 est.)
Mongolia 10 million kWh (2007 est.)
Montenegro 0 kWh (2005)
Montserrat 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Morocco 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Mozambique 12.83 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Namibia 40 million kWh (2007 est.)
Nauru 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Nepal 165 million kWh (2007 est.)
Netherlands 5.565 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 0 kWh (2007 est.)
New Caledonia 0 kWh (2007 est.)
New Zealand 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Nicaragua 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Niger 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Nigeria 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Niue 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Norway 15.32 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Oman 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Pakistan 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Panama 124.9 million kWh (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Paraguay 64 billion kWh (2007)
Peru 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Philippines 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Poland 13.11 billion kWh (2007)
Portugal 2.153 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Qatar 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Romania 3.362 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Russia 15.81 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Rwanda 10 million kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Helena 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Lucia 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Samoa 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 0 kWh (2007)
Saudi Arabia 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Senegal 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Serbia 12.05 billion kWh (2004 est.)
Seychelles 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Singapore 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Slovakia 11.85 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Slovenia 5.894 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Somalia 0 kWh (2007 est.)
South Africa 13.77 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Spain 14.52 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Sudan 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Suriname 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Swaziland 0 kWh (2007)
Sweden 14.74 billion kWh (2007)
Switzerland 36.88 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Syria 986 million kWh (2006 est.)
Taiwan 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Tajikistan 4.259 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Tanzania 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Thailand 731 million kWh (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Togo 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Tonga 0 kWh (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Tunisia 135 million kWh (2006 est.)
Turkey 2.576 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan 1.34 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Uganda 180 million kWh (2006)
Ukraine 12.52 billion kWh (2006 est.)
United Arab Emirates 0 kWh (2007 est.)
United Kingdom 3.398 billion kWh (2007 est.)
United States 20.14 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Uruguay 995.4 million kWh (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan 11.52 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Vanuatu 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Venezuela 542 million kWh (2006 est.)
Vietnam 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Wallis and Futuna 0 kWh (2002)
Western Sahara 0 kWh (2007)
World 655.6 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Yemen 0 kWh (2007 est.)
Zambia 255 million kWh (2006)
Zimbabwe 34 million kWh (2006 est.)
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@2046 Population below poverty line (%)
Afghanistan 53% (2003)
Albania 25% (2004 est.)
Algeria 25% (2005 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra NA%
Angola 70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla 23% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda NA%
Argentina 23.4% (January-June 2007)
Armenia 26.5% (2006 est.)
Aruba NA%
Australia NA%
Austria 5.9% (2004)
Azerbaijan 24% (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The 9.3% (2004)
Bahrain NA%
Bangladesh 45% (2004 est.)
Barbados NA%
Belarus 27.1% (2003 est.)
Belgium 15.2% (2007 est.)
Belize 33.5% (2002 est.)
Benin 37.4% (2007 est.)
Bermuda 19% (2000)
Bhutan 31.7% (2003)
Bolivia 60% (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 25% (2004 est.)
Botswana 30.3% (2003)
Brazil 31% (2005)
British Virgin Islands NA%
Brunei NA%
Bulgaria 14.1% (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso 46.4% (2004)
Burma 32.7% (2007 est.)
Burundi 68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia 35% (2004)
Cameroon 48% (2000 est.)
Canada 10.8%; note - this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2005)
Cape Verde 30% (2000)
Cayman Islands NA%
Central African Republic NA%
Chad 80% (2001 est.)
Chile 18.2% (2005)
China 8% note: 21.5 million rural population live below the official "absolute poverty" line (approximately $90 per year); and an additional 35.5 million rural population above that but below the official "low income" line (approximately $125 per year) (2006 est.)
Colombia 49.2% (2005)
Comoros 60% (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the NA%
Congo, Republic of the NA%
Cook Islands NA%
Costa Rica 16% (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 42% (2006 est.)
Croatia 11% (2003)
Cuba NA%
Cyprus NA%
Czech Republic NA%
Denmark NA%
Djibouti 42% (2007 est.)
Dominica 30% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic 42.2% (2004)
Ecuador 38.3% (2006)
Egypt 20% (2005 est.)
El Salvador 30.7% (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea NA%
Eritrea 50% (2004 est.)
Estonia 5% (2003)
Ethiopia 38.7% (FY05/06 est.)
European Union note - see individual country entries of member states
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA%
Faroe Islands NA%
Fiji 25.5% (FY90/91)
Finland NA%
France 6.2% (2004)
French Polynesia NA%
Gabon NA%
Gambia, The NA%
Gaza Strip 80% (2007 est.)
Georgia 31% (2006)
Germany 11% (2001 est.)
Ghana 28.5% (2007 est.)
Gibraltar NA%
Greece NA%
Greenland NA%
Grenada 32% (2000)
Guam 23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala 56.2% (2004 est.)
Guernsey NA%
Guinea 47% (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau NA%
Guyana NA%
Haiti 80% (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA%
Honduras 50.7% (2004)
Hong Kong NA%
Hungary 8.6% (1993 est.)
Iceland NA%
India 25% (2007 est.)
Indonesia 17.8% (2006)
Iran 18% (2007 est.)
Iraq NA%
Ireland 7% (2005 est.)
Isle of Man NA%
Israel 21.6% note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005)
Italy NA%
Jamaica 14.8% (2003 est.)
Japan NA%
Jersey NA%
Jordan 14.2% (2002)
Kazakhstan 13.8% (2007)
Kenya 50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati NA%
Korea, North NA%
Korea, South 15% (2003 est.)
Kosovo 37% (2007 est.)
Kuwait NA%
Kyrgyzstan 40% (2004 est.)
Laos 30.7% (2005 est.)
Latvia NA%
Lebanon 28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho 49% (1999)
Liberia 80% (2000 est.)
Libya 7.4% (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein NA%
Lithuania 4% (2003)
Luxembourg NA%
Macau NA%
Macedonia 29.8% (2006)
Madagascar 50% (2004 est.)
Malawi 53% (2004)
Malaysia 5.1% (2002 est.)
Maldives 21% (2004)
Mali 36.1% (2005 est.)
Malta NA%
Marshall Islands NA%
Mauritania 40% (2004 est.)
Mauritius 8% (2006 est.)
Mayotte NA%
Mexico 13.8% using food-based definition of poverty; asset based poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of 26.7% (2000)
Moldova 29.5% (2005)
Monaco NA%
Mongolia 36.1% (2004)
Montenegro 7% (2007 est.)
Montserrat NA%
Morocco 15% (2007 est.)
Mozambique 70% (2001 est.)
Namibia the UNDP's 2005 Human Development Report indicated that 34.9% of the population live on $1 per day and 55.8% live on $2 per day
Nauru NA%
Nepal 30.9% (2004)
Netherlands 10.5% (2005)
Netherlands Antilles NA%
New Caledonia NA%
New Zealand NA%
Nicaragua 48% (2005)
Niger 63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria 70% (2007 est.)
Niue NA%
Northern Mariana Islands NA%
Norway NA%
Oman NA%
Pakistan 24% (FY05/06 est.)
Palau NA%
Panama 37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea 37% (2002 est.)
Paraguay 32% (2005 est.)
Peru 44.5% (2006)
Philippines 30% (2003 est.)
Poland 17% (2003 est.)
Portugal 18% (2006)
Puerto Rico NA%
Qatar NA%
Romania 25% (2005 est.)
Russia 15.8% (November 2007)
Rwanda 60% (2001 est.)
Saint Helena NA%
Saint Kitts and Nevis NA%
Saint Lucia NA%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon NA%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NA%
Samoa NA%
San Marino NA%
Sao Tome and Principe 54% (2004 est.)
Saudi Arabia NA%
Senegal 54% (2001 est.)
Serbia 6.5% (2007 est.)
Seychelles NA%
Sierra Leone 70.2% (2004)
Singapore NA%
Slovakia 21% (2002)
Slovenia 12.9% (2004)
Solomon Islands NA%
Somalia NA%
South Africa 50% (2000 est.)
Spain 19.8% (2005)
Sri Lanka 22% (2002 est.)
Sudan 40% (2004 est.)
Suriname 70% (2002 est.)
Swaziland 69% (2006)
Sweden NA%
Switzerland NA%
Syria 11.9% (2006 est.)
Taiwan 0.95% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan 60% (2007 est.)
Tanzania 36% (2002 est.)
Thailand 10% (2004 est.)
Timor-Leste 42% (2003 est.)
Togo 32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga 24% (FY03/04)
Trinidad and Tobago 17% (2007 est.)
Tunisia 7.4% (2005 est.)
Turkey 20% (2002)
Turkmenistan 30% (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands NA%
Tuvalu NA%
Uganda 35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine 37.7% (2003)
United Arab Emirates 19.5% (2003)
United Kingdom 14% (2006 est.)
United States 12% (2004 est.)
Uruguay 27.4% of households (2006)
Uzbekistan 33% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu NA%
Venezuela 37.9% (end 2005 est.)
Vietnam 14.8% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands 28.9% (2002)
Wallis and Futuna NA%
West Bank 46% (2007 est.)
Western Sahara NA%
Yemen 45.2% (2003)
Zambia 86% (1993)
Zimbabwe 68% (2004)
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@2047 Household income or consumption by percentage share (%)
Afghanistan lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Albania lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 24.4% (2004)
Algeria lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 26.8% (1995)
American Samoa lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Andorra lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Angola lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Anguilla lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Antigua and Barbuda lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Argentina lowest 10%: 1% highest 10%: 35% (January-March 2007)
Armenia lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 41.3% (2004)
Aruba lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Australia lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 25.4% (1994)
Austria lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 22.5% (2004)
Azerbaijan lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 29.5% (2001)
Bahamas, The lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: 27% (2000)
Bahrain lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Bangladesh lowest 10%: 3.7% highest 10%: 27.9% (2000)
Barbados lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Belarus lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 23.5% (2002)
Belgium lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 28.4% (2006)
Belize lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Benin lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 29% (2003)
Bermuda lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Bhutan lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Bolivia lowest 10%: 0.3% highest 10%: 47.2% (2002)
Bosnia and Herzegovina lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 21.4% (2001)
Botswana lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Brazil lowest 10%: 0.9% highest 10%: 44.8% (2004)
British Virgin Islands lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Brunei lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Bulgaria lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 25.4% (2005)
Burkina Faso lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 32.2% (2004)
Burma lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)
Burundi lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 32.8% (1998)
Cambodia lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 34.8% (2004)
Cameroon lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 35.4% (2001)
Canada lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 24.8% (2000)
Cape Verde lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Cayman Islands lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Central African Republic lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 47.7% (1993)
Chad lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Chile lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 45% (2003)
China lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 34.9% (2004)
Colombia lowest 10%: 7.9% highest 10%: 34.3% (2004)
Comoros lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Congo, Republic of the lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Cook Islands lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Costa Rica lowest 10%: 1% highest 10%: 37.4% (2003)
Cote d'Ivoire lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 34% (2002)
Croatia lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 24.5% (2003 est.)
Cuba lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Cyprus lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Czech Republic lowest 10%: 4.3% highest 10%: 22.4% (1996)
Denmark lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 24% (2000 est.)
Djibouti lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Dominica lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Dominican Republic lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 41.1% (2004)
Ecuador lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 35% note: data for urban households only (October 2006)
Egypt lowest 10%: 3.7% highest 10%: 29.5% (2000)
El Salvador lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 38.8% (2002)
Equatorial Guinea lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Eritrea lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Estonia lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 27.6% (2003)
Ethiopia lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 25.5% (2000)
European Union lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 25.2% (2001 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Faroe Islands lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Fiji lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Finland lowest 10%: 4% highest 10%: 22.6% (2000)
France lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 24.8% (2004)
French Polynesia lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Gabon lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Gambia, The lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 37% (1998)
Gaza Strip lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Georgia lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 27% (2005)
Germany lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 22.1% (2000)
Ghana lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 30.1% (1999)
Gibraltar lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Greece lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 26% (2000 est.)
Greenland lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Grenada lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Guam lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Guatemala lowest 10%: 0.9% highest 10%: 43.4% (2002)
Guernsey lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Guinea lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 41% (2006)
Guinea-Bissau lowest 10%: 0.5% highest 10%: 42.4% (1991)
Guyana lowest 10%: 1.3% highest 10%: 33.8% (1999)
Haiti lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 47.7% (2001)
Honduras lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 42.2% (2003)
Hong Kong lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Hungary lowest 10%: 4% highest 10%: 22.2% (2002)
Iceland lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
India lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 31.1% (2004)
Indonesia lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 28.5% (2002)
Iran lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 33.7% (1998)
Iraq lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Ireland lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 27.2% (2000)
Isle of Man lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Israel lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 28.3% (2005)
Italy lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 26.8% (2000)
Jamaica lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 35.8% (2004)
Japan lowest 10%: 4.8% highest 10%: 21.7% (1993)
Jersey lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Jordan lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 30.6% (2003)
Kazakhstan lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 26.5% (2004 est.)
Kenya lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 37.2% (2000)
Kiribati lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Korea, North lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Korea, South lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 25% (2005 est.)
Kuwait lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Kyrgyzstan lowest 10%: 3.8% highest 10%: 24.3% (2003)
Laos lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 28.5% (2002)
Latvia lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 29.1% (2003)
Lebanon lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Lesotho lowest 10%: 0.9% highest 10%: 43.4% (2002 est.)
Liberia lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Libya lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Liechtenstein lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Lithuania lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 27.7% (2003)
Luxembourg lowest 10%: 3.5% highest 10%: 23.8% (2000)
Macau lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Macedonia lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 29.6% (2003)
Madagascar lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 36.6% (2001)
Malawi lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 31.8% (2004)
Malaysia lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 39.2% (2003 est.)
Maldives lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Mali lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 30.2% (2001)
Malta lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Marshall Islands lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Mauritania lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 29.5% (2000)
Mauritius lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Mayotte lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Mexico lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 37% (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Moldova lowest 10%: 3.2% highest 10%: 26.4% (2003)
Monaco lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Mongolia lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 24.6% (2002)
Montserrat lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Morocco lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 30.9% (1999)
Mozambique lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 39.4% (2002)
Namibia lowest 10%: 0.5% highest 10%: 64.5% (2003)
Nauru lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Nepal lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 40.6% (2004)
Netherlands lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 22.9% (1999)
Netherlands Antilles lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
New Caledonia lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
New Zealand lowest 10%: %NA highest 10%: %NA
Nicaragua lowest 10%: 2.2% highest 10%: 33.8% (2001)
Niger lowest 10%: 0.8% highest 10%: 35.4% (1995)
Nigeria lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 33.2% (2003)
Niue lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Northern Mariana Islands lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Norway lowest 10%: 3.9% highest 10%: 23.4% (2000)
Oman lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Pakistan lowest 10%: 4% highest 10%: 26.3% (2002)
Palau lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Panama lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 43% (2003)
Papua New Guinea lowest 10%: 1.7% highest 10%: 40.5% (1996)
Paraguay lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 46.1% (2003)
Peru lowest 10%: 1.3% highest 10%: 40.9% (2003)
Philippines lowest 10%: 2.4% highest 10%: 31.2% (2006)
Poland lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 27% (2002)
Portugal lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 28.4% (1995 est.)
Puerto Rico lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Qatar lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Romania lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 20.8% (2006)
Russia lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 30.4% (September 2007)
Rwanda lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 38.2% (2000)
Saint Helena lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Saint Kitts and Nevis lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Saint Lucia lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Samoa lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
San Marino lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Sao Tome and Principe lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Saudi Arabia lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Senegal lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 33.4% (2001)
Seychelles lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Sierra Leone lowest 10%: 0.5% highest 10%: 43.6% (1989)
Singapore lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 32.8% (1998)
Slovakia lowest 10%: 3.1% highest 10%: 20.9% (1996)
Slovenia lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 21.4% (1998)
Solomon Islands lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Somalia lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
South Africa lowest 10%: 1.4% highest 10%: 44.7% (2000)
Spain lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 26.6% (2000)
Sri Lanka lowest 10%: 1.1% highest 10%: 39.7% (FY03/04)
Sudan lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Suriname lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Swaziland lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 40.7% (2001)
Sweden lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 22.2% (2000)
Switzerland lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 25.9% (2000)
Syria lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Taiwan lowest 10%: 6.7% highest 10%: 41.1% (2002 est.)
Tajikistan lowest 10%: 3.3% highest 10%: 25.6% (2007 est.)
Tanzania lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 26.9% (2000)
Thailand lowest 10%: 2.7% highest 10%: 33.4% (2002)
Timor-Leste lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Togo lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Tonga lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Trinidad and Tobago lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Tunisia lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 31.5% (2000)
Turkey lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 34.1% (2003)
Turkmenistan lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 31.7% (1998)
Turks and Caicos Islands lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Tuvalu lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Uganda lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 37.7% (2002)
Ukraine lowest 10%: 3.4% highest 10%: 25.7% (2006)
United Arab Emirates lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
United Kingdom lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 28.5% (1999)
United States lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 30% (2007 est.)
Uruguay lowest 10%: 1.9% highest 10%: 34% (2003)
Uzbekistan lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 29.6% (2003)
Vanuatu lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Venezuela lowest 10%: 0.7% highest 10%: 35.2% (2003)
Vietnam lowest 10%: 2.9% highest 10%: 28.9% (2004)
Virgin Islands lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Wallis and Futuna lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
West Bank lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Western Sahara lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
World lowest 10%: 2.5% highest 10%: 29.8% (2002 est.)
Yemen lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 25.9% (2003)
Zambia lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 38.8% (2004)
Zimbabwe lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 40.4% (1995)
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008
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@2048 Labor force - by occupation (%)
Afghanistan agriculture: 80% industry: 10% services: 10% (2004 est.)
Albania agriculture: 58% industry: 15% services: 27% (September 2006 est.)
Algeria agriculture 14%, industry 13.4%, construction and public works 10%, trade 14.6%, government 32%, other 16% (2003 est.)
American Samoa agriculture: 34% industry: 33% services: 33% (1990)
Andorra agriculture: 0.3% industry: 20.3% services: 79.4% (2005)
Angola agriculture: 85% industry and services: 15% (2003 est.)
Anguilla agriculture/fishing/forestry/mining 4%, manufacturing 3%, construction 18%, transportation and utilities 10%, commerce 36%, services 29% (2000 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda agriculture: 7% industry: 11% services: 82% (1983)