U.S. More Unequal Than Egypt, Iran, Nicaragua, Russia, China, Venezuela

Conservatives have been celebrating the 100^th birthday of Ronald Reagan this weekend, a  president who did more than any other to popularize anti-tax, anti-union and anti-poor sentiments even among the poor and working classes. Since Regan’s reign, the gap between the rich and the poor has escalated rapidly.

According to the CIA World Factbook, the U.S. is now ranked as the 42^nd “most unequal” country in the world, whereas Egypt is the 90^th.

Here’s the list:

1

Namibia

70.7

2003

2	South Africa	65.0	2005

3	Lesotho	63.2	1995

4	Botswana	63.0	1993

5	Sierra Leone	62.9	1989

6	Central African Republic	61.3	1993

7	Haiti	59.2	2001

8	Colombia	58.5	2009

9	Bolivia	58.2	2009

10	Brazil	56.7	2005

11	Bosnia and Herzegovina	56.2	2007

12	Panama	56.1	2003

13	Guatemala	55.1	2007

14	Chile	54.9	2003

15	Honduras	53.8	2003

16	Hong Kong	53.3	2007

17	Paraguay	53.2	2009

18	El Salvador	52.4	2002

19	Papua New Guinea	50.9	1996

20	Zambia	50.8	2004

21	Niger	50.5	1995

22	Swaziland	50.4	2001

23	Gambia, The	50.2	1998

24	Zimbabwe	50.1	2006

25	Dominican Republic	49.9	2005

26	Peru	49.6	2009

27	Sri Lanka	49.0	2007

28	Mexico	48.2	2008

29	Singapore	48.1	2008

30	Costa Rica	48.0	2008

31	Ecuador	47.9	2009

32	Madagascar	47.5	2001

33	Mozambique	47.3	2002

34	Nepal	47.2	2008

35	Rwanda	46.8	2000

36	Malaysia	46.1	2002

37	Philippines	45.8	2006

38	Argentina	45.7	2009

39	Uganda	45.7	2002

40	Jamaica	45.5	2004

41	Uruguay	45.2	2006

42	United States	45.0	2007

43	Cameroon	44.6	2001

44	Cote d'Ivoire	44.6	2002

45	Iran	44.5	2006

46	Nigeria	43.7	2003

47	Guyana	43.2	1999

48	Nicaragua	43.1	2001

49	Cambodia	43.0	2007 est.

50	Thailand	43.0	2006

51	Kenya	42.5	2008 est.

52	Burundi	42.4	1998

53	Russia	42.2	2009

54	China	41.5	2007

55	Senegal	41.3	2001

56	Turkey	41.0	2007

57	Venezuela	41.0	2009

58	Morocco	40.9	2005 est.

59	Georgia	40.8	2009

60	Turkmenistan	40.8	1998

61	Mali	40.1	2001

62	Tunisia	40.0	2005 est.

63	Jordan	39.7	2007

64	Burkina Faso	39.5	2007

65	Ghana	39.4	2005-06

66	Indonesia	39.4	2005

67	Israel	39.2	2008

68	Macedonia	39.0	2003

69	Malawi	39.0	2004

70	Mauritius	39.0	2006 est.

71	Mauritania	39.0	2000

72	Portugal	38.5	2007

73	Guinea	38.1	2006

74	Japan	38.1	2002

75	Timor-Leste	38.0	2002 est.

76	Yemen	37.7	2005

77	Armenia	37.0	2006

78	Vietnam	37.0	2004

79	India	36.8	2004

80	Uzbekistan	36.8	2003

81	Azerbaijan	36.5	2001

82	Benin	36.5	2003

83	New Zealand	36.2	1997

84	Latvia	36.0	2005

85	Lithuania	36.0	2005

86	Algeria	35.3	1995

87	Poland	34.9	2005

88	Laos	34.6	2002

89	Tanzania	34.6	2000

90	Egypt	34.4	2001

91	Estonia	34.0	2008

92	United Kingdom	34.0	2005

93	Switzerland	33.7	2008

94	Bangladesh	33.2	2005

95	Moldova	33.2	2003

96	Greece	33.0	2005

97	Mongolia	32.8	2002

98	France	32.7	2008

99	Tajikistan	32.6	2006

100	Canada	32.1	2005

101	Italy	32.0	2006

102	Spain	32.0	2005

103	Romania	32.0	2008

104	Korea, South	31.4	2009

105	Ukraine	31.0	2006

106	European Union	31.0	2005 est.

107	Netherlands	30.9	2007

108	Ireland	30.7	2008

109	Pakistan	30.6	FY07/08

110	Australia	30.5	2006

111	Kyrgyzstan	30.3	2003

112	Ethiopia	30.0	2000

113	Montenegro	30.0	2003

114	Bulgaria	29.8	2008

115	Finland	29.5	2007

116	Croatia	29.0	2008

117	Cyprus	29.0	2005

118	Denmark	29.0	2007

119	Kazakhstan	28.8	2008

120	Slovenia	28.4	2008

121	Belgium	28.0	2005

122	Hungary	28.0	2005

123	Iceland	28.0	2006

124	Belarus	27.9	2005

125	Germany	27.0	2006

126	Albania	26.7	2005

127	Austria	26.0	2007

128	Malta	26.0	2007

129	Serbia	26.0	2008

130	Slovakia	26.0	2005

131	Czech Republic	26.0	2005

132	Luxembourg	26.0	2005

133	Norway	25.0	2008

134	Sweden	23.0	2005