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Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2023 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2023; 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%, 2023 compilation covers 80 countries on 2 measures. Romania is highest, at 15.290; Mozambique is lowest, at -4.255. The middle country reads 1.915. Against the 2022 compilation, 51 values changed (31 up, 20 down), 7 countries joined, 6 left.

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Income Growth of the Poorest 40% · Latest available · compiled 2023

HighestRomania

15.290

LowestMozambique

-4.255

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%, 2023 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 80 countries · select a heading to sort

Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2023 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income15.29014.228
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income13.3957.629
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income10.6618.982
BulgariaBGREastern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income10.1319.908
PolandPOLEastern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income8.8226.344
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income7.1176.175
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia · 2018 reading2013-2018income7.0771.844
HungaryHUNEastern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income6.8116.337
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income6.6275.559
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income6.0935.338
LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income5.9886.794
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income5.9324.525
ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2020 reading2015-2020consumption5.4234.010
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2020 reading2016-2020consumption4.6955.607
CyprusCYPWestern Asia · 2020 reading2015-2020income4.6373.258
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income4.5383.734
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income4.5043.862
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income4.4854.901
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe · 2019 reading2014-2019income4.4742.905
BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2021 reading2016-2021income4.4230.695
United StatesUSANorthern America · 2021 reading2016-2021income4.2712.983
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020income4.2042.755
UkraineUKREastern Europe · 2020 reading2015-2020consumption4.1304.116
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia · 2018 reading2015-2018income4.0474.397
IsraelISRWestern Asia · 2018 reading2013-2018income3.6892.826

02In Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2023 compilation

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Romania15.290
  2. Serbia13.395
  3. Lithuania10.661
  4. Bulgaria10.131
  5. Poland8.822

Lowest

  1. Mozambique-4.255
  2. Malawi-2.956
  3. Colombia-2.389
  4. Argentina-2.190
  5. Iran-1.875

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.915. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestRomania14.228

    LowestMalawi-6.107

    Middle country: 1.388

032022 → 2023

Since the 2022 compilation

  • +7 / −6countries joined / left
  • 51values changed, of 73 in both
  • 31 · 20rose · fell
  • 22unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Australia+ Dominican Republic+ Gambia+ Kenya+ Sri Lanka+ Mozambique+ Malaysia− Albania− Bhutan− Iceland− Myanmar− Mauritius− Kosovo

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 2023, from 2018 to 2022.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 80 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

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World Bank Group (2023). Income Growth of the Poorest 40%, 2023 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/bottom-40-income-growth/2023

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