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Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2021 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2021; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

This measures how fast the incomes of each country's poorest 40% grew — the annual growth in their real consumption or income per person between two household surveys about five years apart. It is the World Bank's measure of shared prosperity: whether growth is reaching the people at the bottom.

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2021 compilation covers 87 countries on 2 measures. Romania is highest, at 13.777; Zimbabwe is lowest, at -3.749. The middle country reads 2.519. Against the 2020 compilation, 56 values changed (35 up, 21 down), 6 countries joined, 10 left.

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Income Growth of the Poorest 40% · Latest available · compiled 2021

HighestRomania

13.777

LowestZimbabwe

-3.749

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2021 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 87 countries · select a heading to sort

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2021 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2018 reading2013-2018income13.77712.488
BulgariaBGREastern Europe · 2018 reading2015-2018income10.36911.305
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe · 2017 reading2014-2017consumption8.8096.965
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe · 2018 reading2013-2018income8.6276.608
ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2016 reading2013-2016consumption8.3787.121
LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2018 reading2013-2018income8.0977.881
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2018 reading2013-2018income7.7388.017
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe · 2018 reading2013-2018income7.6346.096
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia · 2018 reading2013-2018income7.0771.844
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2018 reading2013-2018income7.0284.931
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia · 2015 reading2011-2015income7.0124.974
PolandPOLEastern Europe · 2018 reading2013-2018income6.8675.006
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe · 2016 reading2012-2016income6.3063.156
HungaryHUNEastern Europe · 2018 reading2013-2018income6.2745.309
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2018 reading2015-2018income6.0373.314
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2018 reading2014-2018consumption5.7536.463
IcelandISLNorthern Europe · 2017 reading2012-2017income5.6555.263
El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2019 reading2014-2019income5.5454.024
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe · 2017 reading2012-2017income5.5424.162
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2016 reading2011-2016income5.1924.252
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe · 2018 reading2013-2018income5.0713.151
PanamaPANCentral America · 2019 reading2014-2019income4.9704.475
ChileCHLSouth America · 2017 reading2013-2017income4.9223.834
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2019 reading2015-2019consumption4.7813.914
IsraelISRWestern Asia · 2016 reading2012-2016income4.4792.455

02In Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2021 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Romania13.777
  2. Bulgaria10.369
  3. Albania8.809
  4. Estonia8.627
  5. China8.378

Lowest

  1. Zimbabwe-3.749
  2. Egypt-2.504
  3. Uganda-2.151
  4. Argentina-1.432
  5. Brazil-1.404

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2.519. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Annualized growth in real income or consumption per person, whole population (%)

    HighestRomania12.488

    LowestZimbabwe-3.500

    Middle country: 1.660

032020 → 2021

Since the 2020 compilation

  • +6 / −10countries joined / left
  • 56values changed, of 81 in both
  • 35 · 21rose · fell
  • 25unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ United Arab Emirates+ Bulgaria+ South Korea+ Laos+ Seychelles+ Taiwan− Benin− Bangladesh− Botswana− Ethiopia− Namibia− Eswatini− Togo− Tunisia− Tanzania− Zambia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • Readings from many years

    Each country’s newest reading as of 2021, from 2015 to 2019.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 87 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2021). Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2021 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/bottom-40-income-growth/2021

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