Country

Survey Year First Quintile Second Quintile Third Quintile Fourth Quintile Fifth Quintile

United States

2020

Germany

2016

3.0%

7.6%

8.1%

12.8%

14.0%

17.1%

22.6%

22.8%

52.2%

39.6%

TABLE 15.7 Income Distribution in Select Countries (Source: U.S. data from U.S. Census Bureau Table H-1. Other

data from The World Bank Poverty and Inequality Data Base, https://datatopics.worldbank.org/world-development-
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Country

Survey Year First Quintile Second Quintile Third Quintile Fourth Quintile Fifth Quintile

Brazil

Mexico

China

India

Russia

Nigeria

2019

2018

2016

2011

2018

2018

3.1%

5.4%

6.5%

8.1%

7.1%

7.1%

7.4%

9.5%

10.7%

11.7%

11.2%

11.6%

12.3%

13.5%

15.3%

15.2%

15.2%

16.2%

19.4%

20.0%

22.2%

20.5%

21.4%

22.7%

57.8%

51.7%

45.3%

44.4%

45.1%

42.4%

TABLE 15.7 Income Distribution in Select Countries (Source: U.S. data from U.S. Census Bureau Table H-1. Other
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