Table 4
Percentage Share of Household Income, 1974
| Country
| Lowest 20%
| Second 20%
| Third 20%
| Fourth 20%
| Highest 20%
| Highest 10%
|
| Egypt
| 5.8%
| 10.7%
| 14.7%
| 20.8%
| 48.0%
| 33.2%
|
| France
| 5.5
| 11.5
| 17.1
| 23.7
| 42.2
| 26.4
|
| England
| 7.0
| 11.5
| 17.0
| 24.8
| 39.7
| 23.4
|
| Japan
| 8.7
| 13.2
| 17.5
| 23.1
| 37.5
| 22.4
|
| Israel
| 6.0
| 12.0
| 17.7
| 24.4
| 39.9
| 22.6
|
| USA
| 5.3
| 11.9
| 17.9
| 25.0
| 39.9
| 23.3
|
Source: The World Bank, World Development Report, 1989
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1989) pp. 222-23.