Household income and expenditure survey (HIES) : analytical report : household income 2016

Abstract

This chapter contains the main findings on income levels and disparities. Moreover, the chapter highlights the characteristics of the main income earner and the characteristics of income generating households together with a general focus on the atoll level distribution. This chapter presents an analysis of income based on monthly household income, monthly per capita income and per earner income. In section 4 to section 5, the chapter looks into the detail of monthly income on average, median monthly household income. Section 7 highlights the sources of income and section 8 describes the income patterns by income groups and average income per earners. Section 9 presents limitations of the analysis and Section 10 summarizes the chapter.