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Table: Income Distribution in Four Countries Provides Recent Data from the World

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Table: Income Distribution in Four Countries provides recent data from the World Bank on the distribution of income in four countries.
Based on the data, the country with the distribution of income that is closest to equal is:
 Table: Income Distribution in Four Countries  Bangladesh  El Salvador  Mexico  Costa Rica  Percent income top  quintile 41.4%46.4%50.1%54.0% Percent income  middle three quintiles  combined 50.0%47.7%44.2%41.8% Percent income  bottom quintile 8.6%5.9%5.7%4.2%\begin{array}{l}\text { Table: Income Distribution in Four Countries }\\\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | } \hline & \text { Bangladesh } & \text { El Salvador } & \text { Mexico } & \text { Costa Rica } \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Percent income top } \\\text { quintile }\end{array} & 41.4 \% & 46.4 \% & 50.1 \% & 54.0 \% \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Percent income } \\\text { middle three quintiles } \\\text { combined }\end{array} & 50.0 \% & 47.7 \% & 44.2 \% & 41.8 \% \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Percent income } \\\text { bottom quintile }\end{array} & 8.6 \% & 5.9 \% & 5.7 \% & 4.2 \% \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}


A) Bangladesh.
B) El Salvador.
C) Mexico.
D) Costa Rica.

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