The figure below shows the distribution of income across and within countries in 2014. The height of each bar in the chart varies along two axes. The first axis of variation, from left to right of the figure, is a ranking of countries according to gross domestic income per capita from the poorest on the left, to the richest on the right. The second axis, from the front to the back of the figure, shows the distribution of income from poor to rich within each country.

80,000 60,000 Annual income (2005 $ PPP) 40,000 20,000 O India Indonesia Botswana China Japan US Nigeria Brazil UK Norway Poorer countries 2014 Richer countries