Table 1.

Quintile specific HDI by country

Country	Q = 1	Q = 2	Q = 3	Q = 4	Q = 5	All	Ratio Q5/Q1	Rank all	Rank Q = 1	Rank Q = 5
Developing countries
Mozambique (2002/2003)	0.272	0.333	0.357	0.400	0.503	0.366	1.846	175	179	153
Burkina Faso (2003/2003)	0.269	0.320	0.361	0.394	0.520	0.369	1.929	174	179	150
Ethopia (2000/2000)	0.288	0.323	0.376	0.416	0.546	0.384	1.895	171	179	142
Guinea (1995/1999)	0.278	0.394	0.466	0.577	0.690	0.424	2.481	167	179	124
Cote d’Ivoire (1998/1999)	0.349	0.414	0.430	0.525	0.558	0.432	1.601	165	179	140
Zambia (2002/2002)	0.343	0.414	0.458	0.504	0.612	0.452	1.786	164	179	132
Cameroon (2001/2004)	0.410	0.473	0.518	0.554	0.630	0.515	1.539	150	168	129
Ghana (1998/1998)	0.412	0.506	0.559	0.606	0.727	0.533	1.764	144	168	109
Madagascar (2001/1997)	0.379	0.506	0.544	0.614	0.749	0.533	1.975	145	173	101
India (1999/1997)	0.495	0.573	0.642	0.703	0.812	0.609	1.642	132	156	68
South Africa (2000/1998)	0.539	0.622	0.678	0.721	0.789	0.671	1.465	125	143	79
Kyrgyz Republic (1997/1998)	0.622	0.681	0.716	0.728	0.844	0.694	1.358	122	130	51
Guatemala (1995/2000)	0.575	0.666	0.747	0.831	0.901	0.706	1.566	119	136	32
Nicaragua (2001/2001)	0.570	0.665	0.709	0.760	0.893	0.706	1.567	118	138	37
Vietnam (2004/2002)	0.626	0.688	0.741	0.764	0.834	0.719	1.332	113	130	55
Bolivia (2002/2003)	0.577	0.676	0.732	0.788	0.897	0.722	1.555	111	136	34
Indonesia (2000/2003)	0.613	0.687	0.726	0.783	0.880	0.725	1.435	109	131	38
Paraguay (1990/1998)	0.644	0.713	0.756	0.846	0.898	0.752	1.395	99	128	34
Colombia (2003/2005)	0.662	0.743	0.785	0.839	0.932	0.787	1.408	81	126	24
Peru (2000/1994)	0.578	0.717	0.85	0.898	0.945	0.788	1.636	80	136	19
Brazil (1996/1997)	0.610	0.768	0.874	0.941	0.997	0.807	1.635	70	132	1
Industrialized countries
Poland (1999)	0.790	0.834	0.861	0.894	0.945	0.875	1.197	39	79	19
Germany (2000)	0.866	0.902	0.936	0.962	0.979	0.941	1.131	23	44	1
Italy (2000)	0.858	0.895	0.927	0.961	0.989	0.945	1.152	19	49	1
Spain (2000)	0.848	0.888	0.926	0.959	0.989	0.948	1.166	17	50	1
USA (2000)	0.834	0.900	0.940	0.974	0.982	0.951	1.178	15	55	1
Finnland (2000)	0.891	0.917	0.942	0.970	0.981	0.954	1.101	12	37	1
France (2000)	0.878	0.915	0.940	0.968	0.989	0.955	1.126	11	38	1
Netherlands (1999)	0.886	0.923	0.947	0.974	0.983	0.959	1.109	6	37	1
Sweden (2000)	0.898	0.927	0.947	0.974	0.984	0.959	1.096	7	34	1
Canada (2000)	0.888	0.926	0.954	0.982	0.989	0.967	1.114	4	37	1
Australia (2001)	0.891	0.932	0.960	0.985	0.992	0.969	1.113	2	37	1

Note: For developing countries the years in brackets refer to the respective survey years. The first year refers to the HIS data set, the second to the DHS data set. All indices are rescaled to UNDP’s reported HDI value of the year 2008

Source: Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Household Income Survey (HIS), and Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) (see Table 5 in Appendix); calculations by the authors