Table 11.09.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage Share of Income of Households by Decile Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household income groups

1995/96

2000

National

Rural

Urban

National

Rural

Urban

Total

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

Decile-1

 2.24

2.56 

1.92 

2.40

2.77

1.99

Decile-2

 3.47

3.93 

3.20 

3.75

4.32

3.05

Decile-3

 4.46

4.97 

4.06 

4.45

5.23

3.84

Decile-4

 5.37

5.97 

4.98 

5.23

5.95

4.65

Decile-5

 6.35

6.98 

5.97 

6.09

6.82

5.58

Decile-6

 7.53

8.16 

7.20 

7.08

7.85

6.67

Decile-7

 9.15

9.75 

8.98 

8.44

9.07

8.24

Decile-8

 11.35

11.87 

11.35 

10.35

10.91

10.40

Decile-9

 15.40

15.58 

16.29 

13.93

14.07

13.92

Decile-10

 34.68

30.23 

36.05 

38.14

32.95

41.62

Lowest 5%

 0.88

1.00 

0.74 

0.92

1.06

0.77

Top 5%

 23.62

19.73 

24.30 

28.66

24.12

32.40

Gini co-efficient

 0.432

0.384 

0.444 

0.417

0.366

0.452

Source: HIES, 2000 by BBS