Country City gini Year gini Year Type Pop. ('000) Year Capital primacy Year izatio n rate Year Côte d Ivoire Abidjan 97 1992 29 1998 income 3,055 2000 42.4% 2000 43.5% 2000 89 1993 87 1998 income 4,149 2000 - - - - Cameroon Yaounde 9 1983 4 1996 income 948 1995 15.7% 1995 45.3% 1995 Douala 4 1983 6 1996 income 1,155 1995 - - - - Ethiopia Addis Ababa (capit 8 1994 5 2000 consumption 2,646 2002 24.4% 2000 14.9% 2000 Awassa* 2 1994 1 2000 consumption 104 2002 - - - - Bahir Dar 0 1994 6 2000 consumption 140 2002 - - - - Dessie 4 1994 9 2000 consumption 142 2002 - - - - Dire Dawa 6 1994 9 2000 consumption 237 2002 - - - - Jimma 7 1994 6 2000 consumption 132 2002 - - - - Mekelle 0 1994 9 2000 consumption 141 2002 - - - - Mozambique Maputo City 4 1996/7 2 2002/3 consumption 1,320 2005 19.9% 2000 30.7% 2000 Maputo province* 2 1996/7 3 2002/3 consumption - - - - - - Gaza province 8 1996/7 1 2002/3 consumption - - - - - - Inhambane provinc 8 1996/7 4 2002/3 consumption - - - - - - Sofala province 1996/7 3 2002/3 consumption - - - - - - Manica province 1 1996/7 2002/3 consumption - - - - - - Tete province 5 1996/7 2002/3 consumption - - - - - - Zambezia province 2 1996/7 5 2002/3 consumption - - - - - - Nampula province 9 1996/7 6 2002/3 consumption - - - - - - Cabo Delgado pro 7 1996/7 4 2002/3 consumption - - - - - - Niassa province 5 1996/7 6 2002/3 consumption - - - - - - Rwanda Kigali 86 2000 74 2005 consumption 779 2005 44.6% 2005 44.6% 2005 21 2000 15 2005 consumption 968 2005 - - - - Sierra leone Freetown 2 2002 consumption 799 2005 35.6% 2005 35.6% 2005 3 2002 consumption 1,448 2005 - - - - South Africa Buffalo City 0.79 2001 0.75 2005 income - - - - - - Cape Town 9 2001 7 2005 income 3,083 2005 - - - - Ekurhuleni 0.77 2001 0.74 2005 income 2,817 2005 - - - - ethekwini 0.75 2001 0.72 2005 income 2,631 2005 - - - - Johannesburg 0.78 2001 0.75 2005 income 3,254 2005 - - - - Mangaug 0.78 2001 0.74 2005 income - - - - - - Msunduzi 0.76 2001 0.73 2005 income - - - - - - Nelson Mandela Ba 0.75 2001 0.72 2005 income 999 2005 - - - - Tshwane 0.75 2001 0.72 2005 income 1,271 2005 4.5% 2005 59.3% 2005 Tanzania Dar es Salaam 0 1991 6 2000 consumption 2,116 2000 27.3% 2000 22.3% 2000 5 1991 6 2000 consumption 5,639 2000 - - - - Cambodia Phnom Penh (capit 9 1994 6 2004 consumption 1,364 2005 49.2% 2005 19.7% 2005 4 1994 4 2004 consumption 1,411 2005 - - - - Philippines Manila 01 2003 income 10,686 2005 2% 2005 62.7% 2005 Davao City 36 2003 income - - - - - - NCR 2 43 2003 income - - - - - - NCR 3 02 2003 income - - - - - - NCR 4 41 2003 income - - - - - - NCR other than Manila 34 2003 income - - - - - - Cebu City 82 2003 income - - - - - - Zamboanga 21 2003 income - - - - - -
Thailand Bangkok 8 2006 income 6,593 2005 31.8% 2005 32.3% 2005 Nonthaburi 3 2006 income - - - - - - Samutprakan 4 2006 income - - - - - - Nakhonratchasima 9 2006 income - - - - - - Songkhla 9 2006 income - - - - - - Chonburi 6 2006 income - - - - - - Udonthani 6 2006 income - - - - - - Chiangmai 8 2006 income - - - - - - Vietnam Red River Delta (c 3 1995 13 1999 income 3,752 2000 19.6% 2000 24.3% 2000 Northeast 25 1995 80 1999 income - - - - - - Northwest 61 1995 94 1999 income - - - - - - North Central Co 44 1995 78 1999 income - - - - - - South Central Coa 45 1995 85 1999 income - - - - - - Central Highlands 56 1995 34 1999 income - - - - - - Southeast 69 1995 46 1999 income - - - - - - Mekong River Delt 83 1995 20 1999 income - - - - - - Jordan Amman 92 1997 income 985 1995 29.3% 1995 78.4% 1995 Balqa & Madaba 47 1997 income - - - - - - Zarqa & Mafraq 27 1997 income - - - - - - Irbid 12 1997 income - - - - - - Jerash & Ajloun 08 1997 income - - - - - - Argentina Buenos Aires (cap 08 1994 90 2002 income 12,740 2002 36.0% 2005 90.1% 2005 Formosa* 28 1999 28 2002 income 218 2002 - - - - Catamarca 93 1994 33 2002 income 181 2002 - - - - Brazil Sao Paulo 71 1990 09 2005 income 19,403 2005 - - - - Rio de Janeiro 05 1990 96 2005 income 11,564 2005 - - - - Belo Horizonte 56 1990 07 2005 income 4,867 2005 - - - - Fortaleza 28 1990 13 2005 income 3,332 2005 - - - - Curitiba 91 1990 94 2005 income 3,141 2005 - - - - Brasilia 63 1990 40 2005 income 2,323 2005 2.1% 2005 84.2% 2005 Goiania* 41 1999 49 2005 income 1,257 2005 - - - - Chille Santiago 42 1990 45 2006 income 5,219 2006 37.2% 2006 87.6% 2005 Chillan 70 1990 14 2006 income 217 2006 - - - - 43 1990 17 2006 income 14,043 2006 - - - - Colombia Bogota 90 1991 09 2005 income 6,935 2005 21.8% 2005 72.7% 2005 80 1991 87 2005 income 31,744 2005 - - - - Ecuador Quito 98 1990 40 1999 income 1,583 1999 19.9% 1999 6% 2000 61 1990 26 1999 income 7,974 1999 - - - - Guatemala Guatemala city (ca 44 1989 99 2004 income 2,357 2004 41.3% 2004 47.2% 2005 58 1989 27 2004 income 5,702 2004 - - - - Mexico Mexico city (capita 21 1992 57 2005 income 18,232 2005 27.9% 2005 76.0% 2005 Guadalajara 54 1992 45 2002 income 3,466 2005 - - - - 14 1992 97 2005 income 65,368 2005 - - - - Uruguay Montevideo (capita 09 1990 58 2005 income 1,327 2005 48.7% 2005 92.0% 2005 09 1990 52 2005 income 2,725 2005 - - - -
0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 Gini coefficient in Cote d'ivoire 97 29 89 87 Abidjan 1990 2000 1990 2000 Abidjan 2,102 3,055 other 2,928 4,149 urban Capital primacy (2000) : 42.4% ization rate (2000) :43.5% 1992 1998 Source: Michael Grimm, A Decomposition of Inequality and Poverty Changes in the Context of Macroeconomic Adjustment, 2001 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 Gini coefficient in Cameroon 9 4 Yaounde 4 6 Douala 1985 1995 1985 1995 Yaounde 578 948 Douala 740 1,155 Capital primacy (1995) : 15.7% ization rate (1995) :45.3% 1983 1996 Source: Jean-Luc Dubois, Comparison of national poverty reduction strategies, Cameroon, Ethioipa, Mali and Senegal, 1998 5,030 7,204 2,102 3,055 2,928 4,149 1786658 240742 740 1,155 578 948 6,030 0.1572031 1,105 1,747 497 779 608 968 Gini coefficient in Ethiopian cities,1994 and 2000 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 8 5 2 9 4 1 0 6 9 6 7 6 1994 2000 0 9 Addis Ababa Awassa* Bahir Dar Dessie Dire Dawa Jimma Mekelle <Population (,000), 1990, 2002> 1,913 2,646 n/a 104 n/a 140 n/a 142 127 237 n/a 132 n/a 141 Capital primacy (2000) : 24.4% ization rate (2000) :14.9% 2,494 10,210 442622 Source and Note Data are from Tesfaye Alemayehu Gebremedhin, 'The analysis of Poverty in Ethiopia' *Awassa became a seat of regional government in this period.
4 2 Gini coefficient in Mozambique (by province), 96/7 and 02/3 96/7 '02/3 3 4 2 3 4 1 1 8 8 9 5 5 6 7 5 6 2 Maputo City Maputo province* Gaza province Inhambane province Sofala province Manica province Tete province Zambezia province Southern Central Northern Nampula province Cabo Delgado province** Niassa province 1,095 5,499 0.199129074 Capital primacy (2000) : 19.9% ization rate (2000) :30.7% Source and notes Data are from Rpbert C. James et al, 'Has economic growth in Mozambique been pro-poor', 2005. Primary source is national survey of household consumption 1996 97 and 2002-03. * Maputo province doesn't include Maputo City. **According to the paper, Cabo Delgado has posed a considerable sampling problem in both surveys. Gini coefficient in Rwanda, 00/1 and 05/6 Gini coefficient in Sierra Leone, 2002 86 74 21 00/1 '05/6 15 2002 Kigali 2000 2005 2000 2005 Kigali 497 779 Other 608 968 urban Capital primacy (2005) : 44.6% ization rate (2005) :19.3% Source: National institute of statistics Rwanda, Preliminary poverty update report, 2006 0.8 0.7 0.79 0.75 2 3 Freetown 2005 2005 Freetown 799 1,448 Capital primacy (2005) :35.6% ization rate (2005) :40.7% Source: Poverty Measurement in a Post-Conflict Scenario: evidence from The Sierra Leone Integrated Household Survey 2003/4 Gini coefficient in South African cities, 01 and 05 97 Buffalo City Cape Town Ekurhuleni 0.77 0.74 0.75 0.72 ethekwini Johannesburg 0.78 0.78 0.75 0.74 0.76 0.73 0.75 0.75 0.72 0.72 Mangaug 2001 2005 Msunduzi Nelson Mandela Bay Tshwane <Population (,000), 2000, 2005> n/a, n/a 2,715 3,083 2,326 2,817 2,370 2,631 2,732 3,254 n/a, n/a n/a, n/a 958 999 1,084 1,271 Capital primacy (2005) : 4.5% ization rate (2005) :59.3% Source: South African City Network, State of the Cities Report in South Africa, 2006 799 2,247 556489 1,448 2000 2005 Buffalo City Cape Town 2,715 3,083 Ekurhuleni 2,326 2,817 ethekwini 2,370 2,631 Johannesburg 2,732 3,254 Mangaug Msunduzi Nelson Mandela Bay 958 999 Tshwane 1,084 1,271 1,316 2,116 dar es 4,954 7,755 urban 3,638 5,639 other 655818 728345 primary 22.31 urbanization
Gini coefficient in Tanzania, 91 and 00 0 Dar es Salaam 1991/2 2000/1 6 5 6 1990 2000 1990 2000 Dar es 1,316 2,116 3,638 5,639 Salaam Capital primacy (2000) :27.3% ization rate (2000) :22.3% Source: National Bureau of Statistics, Household Budget Survey in 2000/1 1 Gini coefficient in Cambodia, 1994 and 2004 9 6 Phnom Penh 4 1994 2004 4 1995 2005 1995 2005 Phnom 836 1,364 773 1,411 Penh Capital primacy (2005) :49.2% ization rate (2005) :19.7% Source: The World Bank, Cambodia Poverty Assessment 2006 95 5 836 1,364 phno, 1,609 2,775 urban 773 1,411 other 193958 915231 primary 19.72 urbanization Gini coefficient in Philippines, 2003 2003 01 36 43 02 41 34 82 21 Manila Davao City NCR 2 NCR 3 NCR 4 NCR other than Manila Cebu City Zamboanga Capital primacy (2005) :31.8% ization rate (2005) :32.3% Source: Data are from UN-ESCAP, Primary data are from Family Income and Expenditure Survey 2003 Notes: Davao city includes Davao city and Digos. NCR2 includes Mandaluyong, Marikina, Pasig, Quezon and San Juan. NCR3 includes Kalookan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela. NCR4 includes Las Pinas, Makati, Muntinlupa, Paranaque, Pasay, Taguig and Pateros. Cebu City includes Cebu city, Carcar city and Bogo City. Gini coefficient in Thailand (by province), 2006 2006 8 3 9 9 6 8 4 6 Bangkok Nonthaburi Samutprakan Nakhonratchasima Songkhla Chonburi Udonthani Chiangmai Capital primacy (2005) :31.8% ization rate (2005) :32.3% Source: National Statistics Office of Thailand, Socio-economic Survey 2006 Gini coefficient in Vietnam (by region), 1999 1999 13 80 94 78 85 34 46 20 Red River Delta (capital region) Northeast Northwest North Central Coast South Central Coast Central Highlands Southeast Mekong River Delta 3,752 hanoi 19,101 urban 0.1964166 24.28 Capital primacy (2000) :19.6% ization rate (2000) :24.3% Source: Tran Thi Que, To Xuan Phuc, Social development is a priority
Gini coefficient in Jordan, 1997 1997 92 47 27 12 08 Amman Balqa & Madaba Zarqa & Mafraq Irbid Jerash & Ajloun Capital primacy (1995) :29.3% ization rate (1995) :78.4% Source: Ministry of Social Development, Department of Statistics, DFID, UNDP, Measurement and analysis of poverty in Jordan 985 3,363 92842187 78.43 Gini coefficient in Argentina, 1994 and 2002 1994 2002 90 28 28 33 08 93 Buenos Aires Formosa* Catamarca 1994 2002 1999 2002 1994 2002 11,451 12,740 198 218 128 181 Capital primacy (2002) :51.9% ization rate (2005) :90.1% Note: Formosa's data is 1999 and 2002 Gini coefficient in Ecuador, 1990 and 1999 1990 1999 40 26 98 61 Quito 1990 1999 1990 1999 1,290 1,583 6,139 7,974 Capital primacy (1999) :%19.9 ization rate (2000) :6% 2002 1994 12,740,397 11451222 217,767 198470 1999 181,168 128284 1583 7974 0.198520191 Gini coefficient in Brazil, 1990 and 2005 1990 2005 0.7 56 09 05 28 40 71 96 07 13 91 94 63 Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro Belo Horizonte Fortaleza Curitiba Brasilia 41 49 Goiania* 1990 2005 1990 2005 1990 2005 1990 2005 1990 2005 1990 2005 1999 2005 16,209 19,403 11,140 11,564 3,112 4,867 2,044 3,332 1,762 3,141 1,351 2,323 1,116 1,257 Capital primacy (2005) :1.5% ization rate (2005) :84.2% Note: Goiania's data is 1999 and 2005 Gini coefficient in Chile, 1990 and 2006 1990 2006 70 42 45 43 14 17 0.7 Gini coefficient in Colombia, 1999 and 2005 1999 2005 09 87 90 80 Santiago Chillan 1990 2006 1990 2006 1990 2006 4,625 5,219 163 217 10,685 14,043 Capital primacy (2006) :37.2% ization rate (2005) :87.6% Bogota 1991 2005 1991 2005 4,793 6,935 18,483 31,744 Capital primacy (2005) :21.8% ization rate (2005) :72.7%
Gini coefficient in Guatemala, 1989 and 2004 1989 2004 44 58 27 99 57 21 Gini coefficient in Mexico, 1992 and 2005 54 45 1992 2005 14 97 Guatemala city 1989 2004 1989 2004 830 2 357 2 978 5 702 Capital primacy (2004) :41.3% ization rate (2005) :47 2% Gini coefficient in Uruguay, 1990 and 2005 1990 2005 09 09 58 52 Mexico city Guadalajara 1992 2005 1992 2002 1992 2005 15,898 18,232 3,670 3,466 49,608 65,368 Capital primacy (2005) :27.9% ization rate (2005) :76.0% Note: Guadalajara's data is 1992 and 2002 Montevideo 1990 2005 1990 2005 1,370 1,327 2,762 2,725 Capital primacy (2005) :48.7% ization rate (2005) :92.0%