Sector	Average Monthly Income							Percentage of income Received by poorest 40% of households to total income			Gini co-efficient
	Per household (Rs.)			Per Person (Rs.)							Gini co-efficient
	1980/1981	1990/1991	2002	1980/1981	1990/1991	2002	Change 1980/81-2002	1980/1981	1990/1991	2002	1980/1981	1990/1991	2002
Urban	1274	6783	22420	694	3374	4997	4303		14.3	13.4	0.44	0.62	0.48
Rural	795	2724	11712	431	1470	2835	2404		16.1	14.6	0.38	0.42	0.45
Estate	753	2399	7303	313	1084	1663	1350		22.5	19.6	0.27	0.25	0.34
Sri Lanka	881	3506	12,803	469	1819	3056	2587		15.2	13.9	0.43	0.47	0.47