Palma Ratio, 2013 compilation

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Palma Ratio, 2013 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Positionderived	Country	Palma ratio (richest 10% share ÷ poorest 40% share)	90/10 ratio (90th ÷ 10th percentile of income or consumption)	Survey measures	Survey year
1	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2013 reading	3.994	15.7060	income	2013
2	BrazilBRASouth America · 2013 reading	3.793	13.4548	income	2013
3	PanamaPANCentral America · 2013 reading	3.579	14.6304	income	2013
4	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2013 reading	3.285	14.7847	income	2013
5	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2013 reading	3.027	12.0593	income	2013
6	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2013 reading	2.862	9.9009	income	2013
7	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2013 reading	2.853	16.5221	income	2013
8	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2013 reading	2.807	8.4273	income	2013
9	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2013 reading	2.688	10.1744	income	2013
10	ChileCHLSouth America · 2013 reading	2.654	7.3784	income	2013
11	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa · 2013 reading	2.621	6.9074	income	2013
12	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	2.429	5.9155	consumption	2013.75
13	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa · 2013 reading	2.323	9.1776	consumption	2013
14	PeruPERSouth America · 2013 reading	2.313	10.3630	income	2013
15	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2013 reading	2.224	7.2820	income	2013
16	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia · 2013 reading	1.994	6.9146	income	2013
17	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2013 reading	1.968	9.4668	income	2013
18	RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2013 reading	1.950	6.0700	consumption	2013
19	United StatesUSANorthern America · 2013 reading	1.937	8.8988	income	2013
20	UruguayURYSouth America · 2013 reading	1.895	7.8557	income	2013
21	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2013 reading	1.872	7.2205	consumption	2013
22	IsraelISRWestern Asia · 2013 reading	1.838	9.0538	income	2013
23	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia · 2013 reading	1.833	8.6969	consumption	2013
24	ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2013 reading	1.828	6.3306	consumption	2013
25	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	1.827	5.5963	consumption	2013.5

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.484. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• 90/10 ratio (90th ÷ 10th percentile of income or consumption)

  HighestBolivia16.5221

  LowestUkraine3.1839

  Middle country: 6.0557

• +12 / −21countries joined / left
• 66values changed, of 66 in both
• 38 · 28rose · fell
• 0unchanged

+ United Arab Emirates+ Burundi+ Chile+ Fiji+ Micronesia+ Morocco+ Malaysia+ Pakistan+ Rwanda+ Seychelles+ Taiwan+ Samoa− Albania− Bhutan− DR Congo− Egypt− Ghana− Guinea− Haiti− Iraq− South Korea− Laos− Sri Lanka− Madagascar− Mexico− Mongolia− Mauritius− Nigeria− Nauru− Philippines− Solomon Islands− Uganda− Vietnam

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.

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