Latest available · compiled 2002

Palma Ratio, 2002 compilation

Name: Palma Ratio, 2002 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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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.

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Palma Ratio · Latest available · compiled 2002

HighestBotswana

6.232

LowestSweden

0.899

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

68countries
2measures per country
2002compiled · readings from many years
67distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

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.

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Palma Ratio, 2002 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	6.232	16.815	consumption	2002.53
2	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2002 reading	6.000	39.536	income	2002
3	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2002 reading	5.296	18.814	income	2002
4	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2002 reading	4.853	15.590	income	2002
5	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2002 reading	4.834	21.669	income	2002
6	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2002 reading	4.671	20.094	income	2002
7	Colombia`COL`South America · 2002 reading	4.499	14.190	income	2002
8	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2002 reading	4.165	19.276	income	2002
9	Peru`PER`South America · 2002 reading	4.013	14.534	income	2002
10	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2002 reading	3.648	19.517	income	2002
11	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2002 reading	3.561	14.640	income	2002
12	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.556	14.148	consumption	2002.75
13	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2002 reading	3.312	10.990	income	2002
14	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2002 reading	3.182	12.601	income	2002
15	Venezuela`VEN`South America · 2002 reading	3.056	18.773	income	2002
16	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean · 2002 reading	2.876	8.860	consumption	2002
17	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.664	6.569	consumption	2002.5
18	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.425	6.184	consumption	2002.36
19	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.182	6.702	consumption	2002.25
20	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.067	6.234	consumption	2002.83
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2002 reading	2.054	5.985	consumption	2002
22	China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2002 reading	2.053	7.125	consumption	2002
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2002 reading	2.008	6.952	consumption	2002
24	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.989	5.189	consumption	2002.5
25	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia · 2002 reading	1.927	6.136	consumption	2002
26	United States`USA`Northern America · 2002 reading	1.888	8.706	income	2002
27	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia · 2002 reading	1.874	5.163	consumption	2002
28	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa · 2002 reading	1.853	6.805	consumption	2002
=29	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa · 2002 reading	1.818	7.439	consumption	2002
=29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2002 reading	1.818	7.923	income	2002
31	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2002 reading	1.715	6.680	consumption	2002
32	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.677	5.811	consumption	2002.5
33	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2002 reading	1.600	6.715	consumption	2002
34	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1.594	5.149	consumption	2002.5
35	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia · 2002 reading	1.593	4.895	consumption	2002
36	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	1.589	6.114	consumption	2002
37	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	1.493	5.469	consumption	2002
38	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa · 2002 reading	1.472	5.142	consumption	2002
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2002 reading	1.471	5.827	consumption	2002
40	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2002 reading	1.466	6.227	income	2002
41	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2002 reading	1.449	5.317	income	2002
42	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2002 reading	1.444	4.347	consumption	2002
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2002 reading	1.440	5.416	consumption	2002
44	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2002 reading	1.409	5.259	consumption	2002
45	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2002 reading	1.384	7.176	income	2002
46	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	1.363	4.879	consumption	2002
47	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia · 2002 reading	1.313	4.393	consumption	2002
48	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2002 reading	1.312	5.763	income	2002
49	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.291	3.987	consumption	2002.25
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2002 reading	1.280	4.587	consumption	2002
51	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.252	5.286	consumption	2002.15
52	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2002 reading	1.227	5.261	income	2002
53	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2002 reading	1.215	4.795	consumption	2002
54	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2002 reading	1.210	4.653	income	2002
55	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe · 2002 reading	1.209	4.257	consumption	2002
56	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2002 reading	1.183	4.685	income	2002
57	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2002 reading	1.178	4.171	income	2002
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2002 reading	1.154	3.418	consumption	2002
59	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	1.123	4.406	consumption	2002
60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	1.114	4.509	consumption	2002
61	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2002 reading	1.111	4.203	consumption	2002
62	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2002 reading	1.091	4.348	income	2002
63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	1.049	4.086	consumption	2002
64	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2002 reading	1.045	4.152	consumption	2002
65	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	0.947	3.547	consumption	2002
66	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	0.945	3.532	income	2002
67	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia · 2002 reading	0.917	2.788	consumption	2002
68	Sweden`SWE`Northern 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.

Highest

1Botswana6.232
2Bolivia6.000
3Brazil5.296
4Paraguay4.853
5Panama4.834

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)
HighestBolivia39.536
LowestAzerbaijan2.788
Middle country: 5.819

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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 is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 68 countries has every column.

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