||||**Table 2: Eas**|**t Asia and P**|**acific inequ**|**ality**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**1988**|**change**<br>**(%, pp)**|**1992**|**change**<br>**(%, pp)**|**1997**|**change**<br>**(%, pp)**|**2002**|**change**<br>**(%, pp)**|**2007**|**change**<br>**(%, pp)**|**2012**|**1988‐2012**<br>**change (%, pp)**|
|**A. Regional inequality**||||||||||||
|**Gini index (%)**<br>39.04|6.19|41.46|2.99|42.70|1.17|43.19|3.34|44.64|‐3.06|43.27|10.84|
|<br>**GE(0) (Theil‐L)**<br>0.25|13.04|0.29|6.23|0.30|2.83|0.31|8.23|0.34|‐5.74|0.32|25.99|
|**GE(1) (Theil‐T)**<br>0.32|12.81|0.37|4.90|0.38|‐10.44|0.34|5.97|0.36|‐8.89|0.33|2.33|
|**GE(2)**<br>0.75|16.01|0.87|5.12|0.91|‐38.48|0.56|4.23|0.58|‐17.87|0.48|‐35.78|
|**B. Country decomposition of GE(0): level of within**|**‐ and betwee**|**n‐country i**|**nequality**|||||||||
|**GE(0) (Theil‐L) (within)**<br>0.17|18.74|0.20|3.62|0.21|31.28|0.28|6.55|0.30|‐1.09|0.29|70.22|
|**GE(0) (Theil‐L) (between)**<br>0.08|0.91|0.08|12.80|0.09|‐62.67|0.03|21.84|0.04|‐38.70|0.03|‐68.26|
|<br>**C. Country decomposition of GE(0): within‐country**|**contributio**|**n in % (chan**|**ge is in perce**|**ntage points**|**)**|||||||
|**GE(0) within contribution**<br>68.06|3.43|71.48|‐1.76|69.72|19.29|89.01|‐1.38|87.63|4.33|91.95|23.90|
|**D. Absolute measures of inequality**||||||||||||
|**Absolute Gini index**<br>312|26.12|393|25.78|495|30.25|644|55.45|1001.86|26.02|1262.58|304.79|
|**E. Average annual consumption expenditure per c**|**apita (in 201**|**1 PPP‐adjus**|**ted USD), by**|**percentiles**||||||||
|**Bottom 10%**<br>246|8.59|267|15.90|309|11.03|343|35.31|465|31.30|610|148.27|
|**P40‐P50**<br>538|12.37|605|21.71|736|28.10|943|48.22|1,398|35.09|1,888|250.80|
|**P50‐P60**<br>624|16.48|727|19.84|872|31.73|1,148|50.46|1,727|33.97|2,314|270.66|
|**P60‐P70**<br>753|17.53|885|18.78|1,051|35.73|1,427|50.71|2,150|32.47|2,849|278.30|
|**P80‐P90**<br>1,192|18.74|1,416|23.81|1,753|40.74|2,467|52.73|3,768|29.51|4,879|309.24|
|**P90‐P95**<br>1,581|21.83|1,926|31.93|2,541|35.59|3,445|55.54|5,358|28.54|6,887|335.72|
|**P95‐P99**<br>2,500|28.07|3,201|33.44|4,272|37.88|5,890|44.40|8,505|23.70|10,521|320.87|
|**Top 1%**<br>7,712|24.87|9,630|20.52|11,606|25.15|14,525|20.51|17,505|16.32|20,361|164.01|
|**H. Average annual consumption expenditure per c**|**apita (in 201**|**1 PPP‐adjus**|**ted USD), by**|**region**||||||||
|**EAP**<br>799|18.77|949|22.13|1,159|28.75|1,492|50.43|2,245|30.00|2,918|265.19|
|**East Asia**<br>799|18.77|949|22.13|1,159|28.73|1,492|50.74|2,249|29.75|2,918|265.21|
|**CHN, IDN, PHL only**<br>702|16.95|821|22.41|1,005|38.91|1,396|50.64|2,103|34.62|2,831|303.28|
|**Other East Asia**<br>2,621|‐20.64|2,080|22.02|2,538|‐9.81|2,289|50.33|3,441|8.75|3,742|42.77|
|**Pacific islands**<br>n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a|1,114|57.09|1,750|‐21.37|1,376|31.10|1,804|n/a|
|**Low income**<br>n/a|n/a|1,238|n/a|n/a|n/a|1,428|17.30|1,675|18.03|1,977|n/a|
|**Lower middle income**<br>844|16.23|981|9.07|1,070|27.57|1,365|17.51|1,604|31.55|2,110|150.00|
|**Upper middle & high income**<br>790|1873|938|2623|1184|2905|1528|5955|2438|3035|3178|30228|
|<br><br>**I. Comparison with within‐country inequality: Ave**|.<br>**rage within‐c**|**ountry Gini**|.<br>**index**|,|.|,|.|,|.|,|.|
|**Avg. Gini (%)**<br>38.55|1.76|39.23|1.67|39.89|‐6.00|37.49|4.50|39.18|‐3.48|37.81|‐1.91|
|**Avg. Gini(%) [pop‐weighted]**<br>32.46<br>_Notes: For the decompositions by country, changes betw_<br>_population. Using dataset of 100 percentile groups per c_|8.57<br>_een benchmar_<br>_ountry‐year, ba_|35.24<br>_k years are in_<br>_sed in part o_|1.35<br>_percentage po_<br>_n a parametric_|35.72<br>_ints. For all ot_<br>_Lorenz curve._|13.30<br>_her rows, cha_|40.47<br>_nges are mea_|2.62<br>_sured in perce_|41.53<br>_nt (not annua_|‐0.59<br>_lised). Observ_|41.28<br>_ations are we_|27.17<br>_ighted using_|

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