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Table 5 Median annual income, 2000 PPP$ (Income index score)

From: Indigenous well-being in four countries: An application of the UNDP'S Human Development Index to Indigenous Peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States

 

Australia Non-Aboriginal

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Gap

1990/1

25,795 (.927)

16,283 (.850)

9,512 (.077)

1995/6

25,579 (.925)

15,337 (.840)

10,242 (.085)

2000/1

21,767 (.898)

12,268 (.803)

9,499 (.095)

 

Canada Non-Aboriginal

Canadian Total Aboriginal

Gap

1990/1

31,084 (.958)

19,970 (.884)

11,114 (.074)

1995/6

26,441 (.931)

16,931 (.857)

9,410 (.074)

2000/1

27,617 (.938)

18,713 (.873)

8,904 (.065)

 

New Zealand Non-Aboriginal

Māori

Gap

1990/1

30,973 (.957)

23,936 (.914)

7,037 (.043)

1995/6

29,020 (.946)

22,838 (.906)

6,182 (.040)

2000/1

29,756 (.951)

23,024 (.908)

6,732 (.043)

 

United States Non-Aboriginal

American Indian and Alaska Native

Gap

1990/1

19,372 (.879)

12,648 (.808)

6,724 (.071)

2000/1

21,050 (.893)

16,000 (.847)

5,050 (.046)