Economics 2281 · O Level · Poverty

Poverty — practice question

The table presents the percentage share of GDP belonging to the richest $20\%$ and the poorest $20\%$ of the population in each country. Which country showed the widest gap between income and poverty?

  • AGhana (richest $20\%$: $41.7\%$, poorest $20\%$: $8.4\%$)
  • BNigeria (richest $20\%$: $55.7\%$, poorest $20\%$: $4.4\%$)
  • CSenegal (richest $20\%$: $48.2\%$, poorest $20\%$: $6.4\%$)
  • DSouth Africa (richest $20\%$: $64.8\%$, poorest $20\%$: $2.9\%$)

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