Whats happening to inequality where the worlds poor live?

Top 10 poor countries (by total number of poor people), 1990 vs

2009
% world
poverty
(US$1.25)

% world
poverty
(US$2)

Bangladesh

199
0
3.5

200
9
7.0

199
0
3.8

200
9
5.7

China

39.0

1.9

36.5

11.3

1.8

1.9

1.5

2.6

25.2

41.5

26.8

37.7

Indonesia

5.5

4.0

5.7

5.2

Nigeria

2.8

8.9

2.7

5.7

Pakistan

4.0

3.6

3.6

4.8

Philippines

1.1

2.0

1.3

1.9

Tanzania
DRC

1.0
--

2.5
3.6

0.9
--

1.7
2.3

Ethiopia
India

Country
classifycations

199
0
LIC
LIC
LIC
LIC
LIC
LIC
LIC
LMI
C
LIC
LIC

200
9
LIC
UMI
C
LIC
LMI
C
LMI
C
LMI
C
LMI
C
LMI
C
LIC
LIC

GDP
pc/day
(2005
constant
2005 intl
$)
199 200
0
9
2.0
3.5
3.0

17.0

1.5

2.3

3.4

8.2

5.5

10.4

3.9

5.6

4.4

6.5

7.0

9.2

2.4
1.7

3.4
0.8

Top 10 (with
83.9 76.9
82.8 78.9
data)
Source: Sumner (2012, forthcoming) processed from World Bank
PovCal; adjusted base years. Note: No data for Afghanistan and
Sudan.
Top 10 poor countries (by total number of poor people) inequality
data, 1990 vs 2009
Gini

India
China
Nigeria
Banglad
esh
Indonesi

Middle 5
Poorest 4
deciles
deciles
(D9-D5)
(D1-D4)
1990 2009 1990 2009 1990 2009 1990 2009
30.9
33.5
24.4
28.4
52.7
50.8
22.9
20.8
29.2
34.6
24.7
27.1
52.8
53.7
22.6
19.3
42.7
40.4
30.3
29.1
55.6
55.6
14.1
15.3
28.2
31.3
23.9
27.1
53.1
50.9
23.0
22.0
29.2

33.5

Richest
decile (D10),

24.3

27.5

53.2

52.2

22.6

20.3

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Pakistan
33.3
38.2
27.2
33.8
52.4
DRC
Ethiopia
37.2
29.5
31.5
25.7
49.3
Tanzania 33.7
38.5
26.5
30.4
53.8
Philippin
42.8
43.6
33.8
33.5
50.5
es
Source: Sumner (2012, forthcoming) processed
PovCal; adjusted base years.

46.4
51.7
52.1

20.4
19.2
19.7

19.8
22.6
17.5

51.6

15.7

14.9

from World Bank