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    This document shows the percentage share of household income in India for 2005 divided into decile groups for national, rural, and urban populations. The lowest 5% of households nationally had 0.77% of income while the top 5% had 26.93% of income. The Gini coefficient, a measure of income inequality, was 0.47 nationally with lower inequality in rural (0.43) versus urban (0.50) areas.

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    This document shows the percentage share of household income in India for 2005 divided into decile groups for national, rural, and urban populations. The lowest 5% of households nationally had 0.77% of income while the top 5% had 26.93% of income. The Gini coefficient, a measure of income inequality, was 0.47 nationally with lower inequality in rural (0.43) versus urban (0.50) areas.

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    This document shows the percentage share of household income in India for 2005 divided into decile groups for national, rural, and urban populations. The lowest 5% of households nationally had 0.77% of income while the top 5% had 26.93% of income. The Gini coefficient, a measure of income inequality, was 0.47 nationally with lower inequality in rural (0.43) versus urban (0.50) areas.

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    Percentage share of income of households by decile group and Gini Co-efficient

    Year : 2005

    Household income group

    National

    Total

    Rural

    Urban

    100.00

    100.00

    100.00

    Lower 5%

    0.77

    0.88

    0.67

    Decile-1

    2.00

    2.25

    1.80

    Decile-2

    3.26

    3.63

    3.02

    Decile-3

    4.10

    4.54

    3.87

    Decile-4

    5.00

    5.42

    4.61

    Decile-5

    5.96

    6.43

    5.66

    Decile-6

    7.17

    7.63

    6.78

    Decile-7

    8.73

    9.27

    8.53

    Decile-8

    11.06

    11.49

    10.18

    Decile-9

    15.07

    15.43

    14.48

    Decile-10

    37.64

    33.92

    41.08

    Top 5%

    26.93

    23.03

    30.37

    0.47

    0.43

    0.50

    Income Gini Co-efficient


    Source: HIES

    Date:6/26/2010

    www.bbs.gov.bd

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