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Palma Ratio, 2004 compilation

Name: Palma Ratio, 2004 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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Each country’s newest reading as of 2004; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Palma Ratio, 2004 compilation covers 75 countries on 2 measures. Honduras is highest, at 5.4368; Denmark is lowest, at 0.8437. The middle country reads 1.3727. Against the 2003 compilation, 53 values changed (27 up, 26 down), 22 countries joined, 16 left.

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Palma Ratio · Latest available · compiled 2004

HighestHonduras

5.4368

LowestDenmark

0.8437

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

75countries
2measures per country
2004compiled · readings from many years
74distinct 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, 2004 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, 2004 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2004 reading	5.4368	23.3808	income	2004
2	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2004 reading	4.7682	17.2994	income	2004
3	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2004 reading	4.4485	21.5552	income	2004
4	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2004 reading	4.2723	16.9081	income	2004
5	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa · 2004 reading	4.2612	8.6143	consumption	2004
6	Colombia`COL`South America · 2004 reading	4.1886	12.4407	income	2004
7	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4.0861	12.0688	consumption	2004.67
8	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2004 reading	4.0281	15.8686	income	2004
9	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2004 reading	3.5786	11.0018	income	2004
10	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2004 reading	3.5715	10.5972	income	2004
11	Peru`PER`South America · 2004 reading	3.2513	12.5709	income	2004
12	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2004 reading	3.2263	11.5211	income	2004
13	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2004 reading	3.0225	14.4798	income	2004
14	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2004 reading	2.9370	13.1070	income	2004
15	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2004 reading	2.8500	15.1604	income	2004
16	Venezuela`VEN`South America · 2004 reading	2.8038	19.5324	income	2004
17	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean · 2004 reading	2.4585	7.6716	consumption	2004
18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2004 reading	2.1307	6.1140	consumption	2004
19	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.0277	6.2049	consumption	2004.89
20	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2004 reading	2.0138	9.6491	income	2004
21	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2004 reading	1.9993	7.9450	consumption	2004
22	United States`USA`Northern America · 2004 reading	1.9077	8.8560	income	2004
23	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1.8928	5.6698	consumption	2004.55
24	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2004 reading	1.8777	7.0231	consumption	2004
25	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.8605	5.0696	consumption	2004.23
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2004 reading	1.7569	6.5460	income	2004
27	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2004 reading	1.7097	6.6067	consumption	2004
28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2004 reading	1.6672	8.0921	income	2004
29	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2004 reading	1.6624	4.5759	consumption	2004
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2004 reading	1.5695	7.9825	income	2004
31	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia · 2004 reading	1.5605	5.4010	consumption	2004
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2004 reading	1.5179	6.8869	income	2004
33	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2004 reading	1.5012	6.9715	consumption	2004
34	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2004 reading	1.4684	5.1806	consumption	2004
35	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2004 reading	1.4428	5.0698	consumption	2004
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2004 reading	1.4204	5.1840	income	2004
37	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2004 reading	1.4091	4.9336	consumption	2004
38	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2004 reading	1.3727	6.1958	income	2004
39	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia · 2004 reading	1.3546	5.0910	consumption	2004
40	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe · 2004 reading	1.3527	5.2498	consumption	2004
=41	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2004 reading	1.3352	4.8863	income	2004
=41	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia · 2004 reading	1.3352	4.7570	consumption	2004
43	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2004 reading	1.3263	5.8827	income	2004
44	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2004 reading	1.3177	5.7939	income	2004
45	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2004 reading	1.3011	6.0829	income	2004
46	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2004 reading	1.2820	6.3120	income	2004
47	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand · 2004 reading	1.2725	5.1843	income	2004
48	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.2638	3.6058	consumption	2004.49
49	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2004 reading	1.2303	3.8451	income	2004
50	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2004 reading	1.2143	4.4179	consumption	2004
51	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.1899	3.6235	consumption	2004.5
52	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2004 reading	1.1713	4.7407	income	2004
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2004 reading	1.1529	3.6981	consumption	2004
54	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2004 reading	1.1499	4.1647	income	2004
55	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2004 reading	1.1470	4.2780	income	2004
56	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.1434	3.3608	consumption	2004.5
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2004 reading	1.1159	4.0144	income	2004
58	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2004 reading	1.1100	4.2528	income	2004
59	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2004 reading	1.1070	4.3630	income	2004
60	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2004 reading	1.1054	4.4930	income	2004
61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2004 reading	1.1017	4.3985	consumption	2004
62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2004 reading	1.0937	4.2847	income	2004
63	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2004 reading	1.0882	4.5044	income	2004
64	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe · 2004 reading	1.0821	4.2188	consumption	2004
65	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2004 reading	1.0429	4.0960	consumption	2004
66	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.0180	3.1735	consumption	2004.5
67	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2004 reading	1.0145	3.6682	income	2004
68	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2004 reading	1.0012	3.6450	income	2004
69	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2004 reading	0.9898	3.8740	income	2004
70	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia · 2004 reading	0.9860	2.8045	consumption	2004
71	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2004 reading	0.9575	4.1479	income	2004
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2004 reading	0.9139	3.7907	consumption	2004
73	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2004 reading	0.8919	3.9227	income	2004
74	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2004 reading	0.8440	3.5553	income	2004
75	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2004 reading	0.8437	3.5538	income	2004

02In Palma Ratio, 2004 compilation

At either end

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

Highest

1Honduras5.4368
2Brazil4.7682
3Panama4.4485
4Bolivia4.2723
5Comoros4.2612

Lowest

75Denmark0.8437
74Slovenia0.8440
73Sweden0.8919
72Belarus0.9139
71Slovakia0.9575

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.3727. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

90/10 ratio (90th ÷ 10th percentile of income or consumption)
HighestHonduras23.3808
LowestAzerbaijan2.8045
Middle country: 5.1843

032003 → 2004

Since the 2003 compilation

What changed between the 2003 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+22 / −16countries joined / left
53values changed, of 53 in both
27 · 26rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kyrgyzstan1.0317 → 1.4091+0.3774
Armenia1.3354 → 1.6624+0.3270
Colombia3.9069 → 4.1886+0.2817
Poland1.4182 → 1.6672+0.2490
Norway0.9938 → 1.2303+0.2365

Fell most

Paraguay4.2021 → 3.5715−0.6306
Peru3.8419 → 3.2513−0.5906
El Salvador3.3999 → 2.8500−0.5499
Argentina3.4773 → 3.0225−0.4548
Brazil5.1336 → 4.7682−0.3654

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Bolivia

+ Switzerland

+ DR Congo

+ Comoros

+ Cyprus

+ Czechia

+ Egypt

+ Ethiopia

+ Croatia

+ India

+ Jamaica

+ Mexico

+ Mauritania

+ Malawi

+ Netherlands

+ Pakistan

+ Palestine

+ Slovakia

+ Thailand

+ Vietnam

+ Zambia

− Benin

− Burkina Faso

− Bulgaria

− Bhutan

− Chile

− Gambia

− Malaysia

− Namibia

− Nigeria

− Nepal

− Philippines

− Sierra Leone

− Syria

− Chad

− Uzbekistan

− Kosovo

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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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 2004, from 2004 to 2004.
74 distinct values among 75
Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 1.3352. 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 75 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2004). Palma Ratio, 2004 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/palma-ratio/2004

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