Mass Poverty
According to the World Inequality Report 2018, inequality within world regions varies greatly. In 2016, the share of total national income accounted for by just that nation’s top 10% earners (top 10% income share) was 37% in Europe, 41% in China, 46% in Russia, 47% in US-Canada, and around 55% in sub-Saharan Africa, Brazil, and India. In the Middle East, the world’s most unequal region according to our estimates, the top 10% capture 61% of national income.
Million People in the U.S.
U.S. Economic Inequality
Households in the lowest quintile had incomes of $24,638 or less in 2017. Households in the second quintile had incomes from $24,639 to $47,110, those in the third quintile had incomes from $47,111 to $77,552, and those in the fourth quintile had incomes from $77,553 to $126,855. Households in the highest quintile had incomes of $126,856 or more. The top 5 percent of households in the income distribution had incomes of $237,035 or more. Source: US Census Bureau
Billion People
Global Economic Inequality
People living on less than $1.90-a-day, Extreme Poverty, International Poverty Line, World Bank's Upper Middle-Income and Lower Middle-Income country poverty lines correspond to $5.50 and $3.20 per person per day, Middle class defined as earning between $13 and $70-a-day (2011 PPP). [Source: The World Bank]