Question

9. Observe the table and answer the questions.
Inequality of Incomes in Selected Countries
Country
Share of National Income (%)
Top 20
Bottom 20
South Africa
64.8
2.9
Brazil
63.0
2.6
USA
50.0
4.0
United Kingdom
34.5
9.6
Denmark
34.5
9.6
Hungary
34.5
10.0
i) Which country has the most inequality?
ii) Which country has the least inequality?​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i)south africa

(ii) India and America (USA)

Answer 2

South Africa has the most inequality and Hungary has the least inequality.

The analysis of the inequality of incomes in the countries mentioned in the table is as follows -

• i) South Africa has the most inequality of income. This is because from the table we can observe that compared to the other countries most of the wealth (64.8%) belongs to the top 20% of the people of the country and the least wealth (2.9%) belongs to the bottom 20% of the people.
• ii) Hungary has the least inequality of income. This is because from the table we can observe that compared to other countries lesser amount of the wealth (34.5%) belongs to the top 20% people of the country and more amount of wealth (10.0%) belongs to the bottom 20% of the people.

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