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Latest available · compiled 2002
Palma Ratio, 2002 compilation
Each country’s newest reading as of 2002; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten
Palma Ratio, 2002 compilation covers 68 countries on 2 measures. Botswana is highest, at 6.232; Sweden is lowest, at 0.899. The middle country reads 1.594.
Palma Ratio · Latest available · compiled 2002
HighestBotswana
6.232
LowestSweden
0.899Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Palma Ratio, 2002 compilation, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 68 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 6.232 | 16.815 | consumption | 2002.53 |
| 2 |  BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2002 reading | 6.000 | 39.536 | income | 2002 |
| 3 |  BrazilBRASouth America · 2002 reading | 5.296 | 18.814 | income | 2002 |
| 4 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2002 reading | 4.853 | 15.590 | income | 2002 |
| 5 |  PanamaPANCentral America · 2002 reading | 4.834 | 21.669 | income | 2002 |
| 6 |  HondurasHNDCentral America · 2002 reading | 4.671 | 20.094 | income | 2002 |
| 7 |  ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2002 reading | 4.499 | 14.190 | income | 2002 |
| 8 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2002 reading | 4.165 | 19.276 | income | 2002 |
| 9 |  PeruPERSouth America · 2002 reading | 4.013 | 14.534 | income | 2002 |
| 10 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2002 reading | 3.648 | 19.517 | income | 2002 |
| 11 |  Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2002 reading | 3.561 | 14.640 | income | 2002 |
| 12 |  LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 3.556 | 14.148 | consumption | 2002.75 |
| 13 |  MexicoMEXCentral America · 2002 reading | 3.312 | 10.990 | income | 2002 |
| 14 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2002 reading | 3.182 | 12.601 | income | 2002 |
| 15 |  VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2002 reading | 3.056 | 18.773 | income | 2002 |
| 16 |  JamaicaJAMCaribbean · 2002 reading | 2.876 | 8.860 | consumption | 2002 |
| 17 |  MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | 2.664 | 6.569 | consumption | 2002.5 |
| 18 |  UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 2.425 | 6.184 | consumption | 2002.36 |
| 19 |  GuineaGINWestern Africa | 2.182 | 6.702 | consumption | 2002.25 |
| 20 |  ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 2.067 | 6.234 | consumption | 2002.83 |
| 21 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2002 reading | 2.054 | 5.985 | consumption | 2002 |
| 22 |  ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2002 reading | 2.053 | 7.125 | consumption | 2002 |
| 23 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2002 reading | 2.008 | 6.952 | consumption | 2002 |
| 24 |  MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia | 1.989 | 5.189 | consumption | 2002.5 |
| 25 |  SamoaWSMPolynesia · 2002 reading | 1.927 | 6.136 | consumption | 2002 |
| 26 |  United StatesUSANorthern America · 2002 reading | 1.888 | 8.706 | income | 2002 |
| 27 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia · 2002 reading | 1.874 | 5.163 | consumption | 2002 |
| 28 |  DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa · 2002 reading | 1.853 | 6.805 | consumption | 2002 |
| =29 |  Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa · 2002 reading | 1.818 | 7.439 | consumption | 2002 |
| =29 |  IsraelISRWestern Asia · 2002 reading | 1.818 | 7.923 | income | 2002 |
| 31 |  North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.715 | 6.680 | consumption | 2002 |
| 32 |  FijiFJIMelanesia | 1.677 | 5.811 | consumption | 2002.5 |
| 33 |  GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2002 reading | 1.600 | 6.715 | consumption | 2002 |
| 34 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 1.594 | 5.149 | consumption | 2002.5 |
| 35 |  VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2002 reading | 1.593 | 4.895 | consumption | 2002 |
| 36 |  RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.589 | 6.114 | consumption | 2002 |
| 37 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.493 | 5.469 | consumption | 2002 |
| 38 |  Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa · 2002 reading | 1.472 | 5.142 | consumption | 2002 |
| 39 |  EstoniaESTNorthern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.471 | 5.827 | consumption | 2002 |
| 40 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.466 | 6.227 | income | 2002 |
| 41 |  United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.449 | 5.317 | income | 2002 |
| 42 |  ArmeniaARMWestern Asia · 2002 reading | 1.444 | 4.347 | consumption | 2002 |
| 43 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.440 | 5.416 | consumption | 2002 |
| 44 |  KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia · 2002 reading | 1.409 | 5.259 | consumption | 2002 |
| 45 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.384 | 7.176 | income | 2002 |
| 46 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.363 | 4.879 | consumption | 2002 |
| 47 |  UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia · 2002 reading | 1.313 | 4.393 | consumption | 2002 |
| 48 |  CanadaCANNorthern America · 2002 reading | 1.312 | 5.763 | income | 2002 |
| 49 |  LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 1.291 | 3.987 | consumption | 2002.25 |
| 50 |  SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.280 | 4.587 | consumption | 2002 |
| 51 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 1.252 | 5.286 | consumption | 2002.15 |
| 52 |  IrelandIRLNorthern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.227 | 5.261 | income | 2002 |
| 53 |  LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.215 | 4.795 | consumption | 2002 |
| 54 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.210 | 4.653 | income | 2002 |
| 55 |  AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.209 | 4.257 | consumption | 2002 |
| 56 |  SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.183 | 4.685 | income | 2002 |
| 57 |  LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.178 | 4.171 | income | 2002 |
| 58 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2002 reading | 1.154 | 3.418 | consumption | 2002 |
| 59 |  BelarusBLREastern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.123 | 4.406 | consumption | 2002 |
| 60 |  RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.114 | 4.509 | consumption | 2002 |
| 61 |  KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2002 reading | 1.111 | 4.203 | consumption | 2002 |
| 62 |  GermanyDEUWestern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.091 | 4.348 | income | 2002 |
| 63 |  UkraineUKREastern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.049 | 4.086 | consumption | 2002 |
| 64 |  SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe · 2002 reading | 1.045 | 4.152 | consumption | 2002 |
| 65 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe · 2002 reading | 0.947 | 3.547 | consumption | 2002 |
| 66 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe · 2002 reading | 0.945 | 3.532 | income | 2002 |
| 67 |  AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia · 2002 reading | 0.917 | 2.788 | consumption | 2002 |
| 68 | SwedenSWENorthern Europe · 2002 reading | 0.899 | 3.755 | income | 2002 |
02In Palma Ratio, 2002 compilation
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Lowest
- 68Sweden0.899
- 67Azerbaijan0.917
- 66Czechia0.945
- 65Hungary0.947
- 64Slovenia1.045
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.594. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
90/10 ratio (90th ÷ 10th percentile of income or consumption)
Highest
Bolivia39.536Lowest
Azerbaijan2.788Middle country: 5.819
03Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
Readings from many years
Each country’s newest reading as of 2002, from 2002 to 2002.
67 distinct values among 68
Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 1.818. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 68 countries has every column.
04The files
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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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World Bank Group (2002). Palma Ratio, 2002 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/palma-ratio/2002
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06Questions
Palma Ratio, 2002 compilation: questions and answers
Which country has the highest palma ratio in Palma Ratio, 2002 compilation?
Botswana, at 6.232, of the 68 countries in the file.
How many countries does Palma Ratio, 2002 compilation cover?
68.
Where can I download Palma Ratio, 2002 compilation?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Palma Ratio, 2002 compilation the newest?
No. The newest held here is Palma Ratio, 2023 compilation.