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Labour Markets in the Region

 

Asia Pacific

Analytical
Grouping /
Country

Population in Poverty
Below 1$/Day
Distribution of Income Gini Index
  Year % Year Value
High Income
Australia ... ... ' 94 35
Japan ... ... ' 93 25
New Zealand ... ... ' 91 44

High Growth

Hong Kong, China ... ... ... ...
Indonesia ' 96 8 ' 96 37
Korea, Republic of ... ... ' 93 32
Malaysia ' 95 4 ' 95 49
Philippines ' 94 27 ' 97 46
Singapore ... ... ... ...
Thailand ' 96 2 ' 98 41
Transition
Cambodia ' 97 36 ' 97 40
China ' 95 22 ' 98 40
Lao, PDR ' 93 46 ' 92 30
Mongolia ' 95 36 ' 95 33
Myanmar ... ... ... ...
Viet Nam ' 92 51 ' 98 36
Low Income
Afghanistan ... ... ... ...
Bangladesh ' 96 36 ' 96 34
India ' 96 47 ' 97 38
Iran, Islamic Republic of ... ...  ... ...
Nepal ' 95 50 ' 96 37
Pakistan ' 91 12 ' 97 31
Sri Lanka ' 90 4 ' 95 34
Island
Fiji ... ... ' 91 46
Kiribati ... ... ... ...
Papua New Guinea ... ... ' 96 51
Solomon Islands ... ... ... ...

 

Arab States

Analytical
Grouping /
Country

Population in Poverty
Below 1$/Day
Distribution of Income Gini Index
 

Year

% Year Value
Low to Middle Income
Iraq (1990) ... ... ... ...
Jordan (1993) ' 97 2 1997 36
Lebanon (1990) ... ... ... ...
Syrian Arab Republic (1991) ... ... ... ...
West Bank & Gaza (a) ... ... ... ...
Yemen (1990) ' 98 5 1992 40
High Income
Bahrain ... ... ... ...
Kuwait ... ... ... ...
Oman ... ... ... ...
Qatar ... ... ... ...
Saudi Arabia ... ... ... ...
United Arab Emirates ... ... ... ...

Note: (a): 1997-98

The years indicated are the latest for which data is available.

Source

Updated by CHW. Compiled by MM. Approved by RD. Last update: 17 August 2001.