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The changing distribution of middle class consumption

Figure Created 30 Oct 2014 Published 28 Feb 2015 Last modified 23 Feb 2017

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The left panel of the figure shows the average middle class consumption per capita for selected world regions/countries. Middle class is defined as people living in households earning and spending between 10 and 100 per person per day (2005 US dollars, in purchasing power parity).

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Methodology:: See http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/programs/global/data%20viz/technical%20appendix%20june%202012.pdf
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Temporal coverage: Annual data 1965-2030 (left); three points in time: 1965, 2011, 2030 (right)

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Austria Belgium Brazil China Denmark Finland France Germany Greece India Ireland Italy Japan Luxembourg Malaysia Netherlands Portugal Russia South Korea Spain Sweden United Kingdom United States