Table 4. Percent of Real U.S. GDP per Median Equivalent Person
|
|
Extreme Poverty |
Poor |
Near Poor |
Average |
Prosperous |
Rich |
Very Rich |
Total |
|
Sweden |
0.7 |
1.7 |
4.6 |
85.2 |
6.4 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
100.0 |
|
Finland |
0.6 |
2.6 |
7.5 |
78.6 |
8.4 |
1.8 |
0.4 |
100.0 |
|
Norway |
1.4 |
2.4 |
8.5 |
79.2 |
6.5 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
100.0 |
|
Denmark |
1.3 |
2.7 |
9.4 |
78.4 |
6.4 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
100.0 |
|
Belgium |
1.5 |
3.6 |
9.6 |
70.6 |
10.8 |
3.1 |
0.8 |
100.0 |
|
Switzerland |
2.7 |
3.7 |
12.0 |
70.6 |
6.8 |
3.0 |
1.1 |
100.0 |
|
Netherlands |
3.8 |
3.2 |
7.8 |
76.8 |
6.6 |
1.7 |
0.1 |
100.0 |
|
France |
1.3 |
5.9 |
9.6 |
67.3 |
9.3 |
5.0 |
1.6 |
100.0 |
|
Germany |
3.6 |
6.0 |
9.1 |
69.9 |
7.8 |
3.2 |
0.5 |
100.0 |
|
Spain |
4.7 |
7.2 |
13.7 |
58.0 |
9.7 |
5.4 |
1.4 |
100.0 |
|
Australia |
4.1 |
9.4 |
12.6 |
60.9 |
9.1 |
3.2 |
0.8 |
100.0 |
|
Canada |
4.8 |
9.1 |
13.7 |
58.7 |
9.4 |
3.7 |
0.7 |
100.0 |
|
United Kingdom |
4.8 |
11.5 |
17.0 |
49.0 |
10.1 |
5.6 |
1.9 |
100.0 |
|
Italy |
10.6 |
8.9 |
14.9 |
49.5 |
10.2 |
4.6 |
1.3 |
100.0 |
|
United States |
9.4 |
10.9 |
13.4 |
49.2 |
9.9 |
4.9 |
2.4 |
100.0 |
Rainwater, Lee and Timothy M. Smeeding. Table 2.1, “Marginal, Middle, and High Income Children in Fifteen Countries in the 1990s.” In Poor Kids in a Rich Country. ©Russell Sage Foundation, 112 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10021. Reprinted with permission.