Where are Incomes of the Poorest Growing Slower Than Average?

Annualized per-capita growth rates (2008-2013)

Growth of the bottom 40% of the population

Average growth for whole population

-10%

-9%

-8%

-7%

-6%

-5%

-4%

-3%

-2%

-1%

0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

7%

8%

9%

Congo, Dem. Rep.

9.58%

9.63%

Paraguay

8.01%

8.16%

Slovak Republic

5.48%

6.67%

Nicaragua

4.71%

4.72%

Congo, Rep.

3.07%

4.52%

Cameroon

1.33%

3.71%

India

3.2%

3.7%

Turkey

3.18%

3.54%

Sweden

2.04%

2.25%

Lao PDR

1.53%

2.24%

Costa Rica

1.23%

2.24%

Armenia

0.69%

1.64%

Bulgaria

1.29%

1.37%

Iraq

0.46%

1.11%

Mexico

0.66%

0.96%

Mauritius

0.76%

0.86%

Senegal

-0.01%

0.54%

Austria

0.37%

0.39%

France

0.19%

0.39%

Czech Republic

0.15%

0.37%

Denmark

-0.75%

0.32%

Spain

-1.32%

0%

Slovenia

-0.84%

-0.28%

Luxembourg

-2.67%

-0.54%

Hungary

-1.93%

-0.67%

Serbia

-1.73%

-1.13%

Lithuania

-1.77%

-1.16%

Estonia

-2.1%

-1.24%

Cyprus

-2.75%

-1.58%

Italy

-2.86%

-1.82%

Montenegro

-2.72%

-2.27%

Ireland

-4.38%

-3.88%

Croatia

-5.4%

-5.35%

Greece

-10.02%

-8.4%