Income Distribution By Country Data

Data have been revised for belgium and ireland income year 2017.

Income distribution by country data. Un world bank. On dividing all annual incomes and profits by the amount of the countrie s population it will show the average income per capita. National poverty and inequality data by national sub national level sedac. Countries with the lowest median income include libera burundi mali benin togo sierra leone and madagascar.

1 countries are classified each year on july 1 the start of the world bank fiscal year based on gni per capita data world bank atlas method for the previous calendar year. New data are available for finland norway sweden and the united kingdom income year 2018 the slovak republic income year 2017 and switzerland income years 2016 and 2017. New data are available for finland norway sweden and the united kingdom income year 2018 the slovak republic income year 2017 and switzerland income years 2016 and 2017. 2 country borders or names do not necessarily reflect the world bank group s official position.

The website of the cedlas contains data on poverty and income distribution in 25 latin american and caribbean countries. Data coverage differs by country for some countries data goes back to 1979 while coverage is shorter for some other countries. Data from the united nations development programme. In our comparison over 78 countries the usa comes 9th with an average income of 65 760 usd.

Income distribution can vary greatly from wealth distribution in a country see list of countries by distribution of wealth. Data have been revised for belgium and ireland income year 2017. The average income is calculated by gross national income and population. Income from black market economic activity is not included and is the subject of current economic research.

According to 2013 data from gallup the median household income worldwide is 9 733. Data are available here. The countries with the highest median incomes are. This data is based on self reported data that was gathered between 2006 and 2012.

Information on the distribution and growth of household income across countries.