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Top 1% income share

% of pre-tax national income, equal-split adults

216 economies, each at its own latest reading (2024), ranked highest first. Median 16.1.

Fiscal-data top shares (WID.world, equal-split adults) and survey Ginis (OECD) measure different objects and never share a ranking; income is a flow and wealth is a stock, so they are ranked separately. WID extends its most recent years by extrapolation, so a latest reading is an estimate. Source: WID.world, pre-tax national income (Piketty-Saez-Zucman). Construction: country methodology.

The US reading is the WID / Piketty-Saez-Zucman estimate; using the same tax data, Auten and Splinter find markedly lower top shares. Both are shown on the inequality module.

Full module: inequality, where these shares and Ginis are charted with their long-run trajectories and the estimate contests.

#Economy% of pre-tax national income, equal-split adultsYear
1Iraq IRQ44.62024
2Peru PER27.62024
3Chile CHL26.72024
4Brazil BRA26.52024
5Angola AGO26.02024
6Bahrain BHR25.62024
7Mexico MEX25.62024
8Yemen YEM25.12024
9Qatar QAT24.42024
10Russian Federation RUS23.82024
11Botswana BWA23.32024
12Algeria DZA23.32024
13Saudi Arabia SAU23.22024
14India IND23.12024
15Mozambique MOZ22.72024
16Colombia COL22.42024
17Tunisia TUN22.42024
18Bahamas BHS22.02024
19Belize BLZ22.02024
20Bolivia BOL22.02024
21Guatemala GTM22.02024
22Guyana GUY22.02024
23Honduras HND22.02024
24Haiti HTI22.02024
25Jamaica JAM22.02024
26Nicaragua NIC22.02024
27Panama PAN22.02024
28Paraguay PRY22.02024
29Suriname SUR22.02024
30Trinidad and Tobago TTO22.02024
31Venezuela VEN22.02024
32South Africa ZAF21.92024
33Turkey TUR21.72024
34Syria SYR21.62024
35Namibia NAM21.62024
36Uganda UGA21.42024
37Uruguay URY21.32024
38Aruba ABW21.22024
39Anguilla AIA21.22024
40Antigua and Barbuda ATG21.22024
41BES BES21.22024
42Barbados BRB21.22024
43Curaçao CUW21.22024
44Cayman Islands CYM21.22024
45Dominica DMA21.22024
46Grenada GRD21.22024
47Saint Kitts and Nevis KNA21.22024
48Saint Lucia LCA21.22024
49Montserrat MSR21.22024
50Puerto Rico PRI21.22024
51Sint Maarten SXM21.22024
52Turks and Caicos TCA21.22024
53St-Vincent VCT21.22024
54British Virgin Islands VGB21.22024
55Georgia GEO21.12024
56Zimbabwe ZWE21.12024
57United States USA20.72024
58Republic of the Congo COG20.52024
59Sri Lanka LKA20.52024
60Oman OMN19.92024
61Lebanon LBN19.92024
62Thailand THA19.82024
63Laos LAO19.72024
64Turkmenistan TKM19.52024
65Congo DR COD19.42024
66Taiwan TWN19.42024
67Eswatini SWZ19.32024
68Egypt EGY19.12024
69Cuba CUB19.12024
70Rwanda RWA18.92024
71Bulgaria BGR18.32024
72Tanzania TZA18.12024
73Costa Rica CRI18.12024
74Cambodia KHM18.12024
75Argentina ARG18.12024
76Kyrgyzstan KGZ18.12024
77Zambia ZMB18.02024
78Indonesia IDN17.82024
79Hong Kong HKG17.82024
80Ecuador ECU17.82024
81Jordan JOR17.82024
82Kuwait KWT17.72024
83Estonia EST17.12024
84Israel ISR16.92024
85Dominican Republic DOM16.92024
86Libya LBY16.82024
87El Salvador SLV16.72024
88Myanmar MMR16.72024
89Pakistan PAK16.72024
90Uzbekistan UZB16.72024
91Philippines PHL16.62024
92Iran IRN16.62024
93Papua New Guinea PNG16.42024
94Palestine PSE16.22024
95United Arab Emirates ARE16.22024
96Bangladesh BGD16.22024
97Serbia SRB16.12024
98Bermuda BMU16.12024
99Fiji FJI16.12024
100Micronesia FSM16.12024
101Greenland GRL16.12024
102Kiribati KIR16.12024
103Marshall Islands MHL16.12024
104New Caledonia NCL16.12024
105Nauru NRU16.12024
106Palau PLW16.12024
107French Polynesia PYF16.12024
108Solomon Islands SLB16.12024
109Tonga TON16.12024
110Tuvalu TUV16.12024
111Vanuatu VUT16.12024
112Samoa WSM16.12024
113Mongolia MNG16.12024
114Gambia GMB16.02024
115Sao Tome and Principe STP16.02024
116Mauritius MUS15.92024
117Djibouti DJI15.92024
118China CHN15.82024
119Vietnam VNM15.72024
120Central African Republic CAF15.62024
121Somalia SOM15.52024
122South Sudan SSD15.52024
123Sudan SDN15.42024
124Ghana GHA15.22024
125Malawi MWI15.22024
126Timor-Leste TLS15.22024
127Poland POL15.12024
128Afghanistan AFG15.12024
129Sierra Leone SLE15.02024
130Armenia ARM15.02024
131Kazakhstan KAZ14.92024
132North Korea PRK14.82024
133Burkina Faso BFA14.72024
134Tajikistan TJK14.52024
135Burundi BDI14.52024
136Romania ROU14.52024
137Lesotho LSO14.42024
138Singapore SGP14.22024
139Comoros COM14.12024
140Niger NER14.12024
141South Korea KOR14.12024
142Togo TGO14.12024
143Bhutan BTN14.02024
144Macau MAC14.02024
145Azerbaijan AZE14.02024
146Madagascar MDG14.02024
147Cape Verde CPV13.92024
148Kenya KEN13.82024
149Nepal NPL13.72024
150Morocco MAR13.42024
151Germany DEU13.32024
152Cameroon CMR13.32024
153Brunei BRN13.12024
154United Kingdom GBR13.12024
155Maldives MDV13.12024
156Senegal SEN13.12024
157Malaysia MYS13.02024
158Ireland IRL13.02024
159Benin BEN12.82024
160Chad TCD12.82024
161Japan JPN12.72024
162Moldova MDA12.42024
163Denmark DNK12.42024
164Nigeria NGA12.32024
165Liberia LBR12.22024
166Ivory Coast CIV12.12024
167Spain ESP12.12024
168Mali MLI12.12024
169New Zealand NZL12.12024
170Canada CAN12.12024
171Equatorial Guinea GNQ12.02024
172France FRA11.82024
173Hungary HUN11.52024
174Andorra AND11.52024
175Guernsey GGY11.52024
176Gibraltar GIB11.52024
177Isle of Man IMN11.52024
178Jersey JEY11.52024
179Liechtenstein LIE11.52024
180Monaco MCO11.52024
181San Marino SMR11.52024
182Greece GRC11.32024
183Malta MLT11.12024
184Guinea-Bissau GNB11.02024
185Gabon GAB11.02024
186Australia AUS10.92024
187Eritrea ERI10.52024
188Ethiopia ETH10.52024
189Portugal PRT10.42024
190Switzerland CHE10.32024
191Luxembourg LUX10.22024
192Czech Republic CZE10.12024
193Mauritania MRT9.972024
194Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH9.932024
195Kosovo XKX9.662024
196Croatia HRV9.652024
197Belarus BLR9.612024
198Norway NOR9.522024
199Sweden SWE9.512024
200Finland FIN9.432024
201Latvia LVA9.332024
202Ukraine UKR9.332024
203Albania ALB9.322024
204Montenegro MNE9.122024
205Italy ITA9.102024
206Lithuania LTU9.052024
207Austria AUT8.902024
208Seychelles SYC8.782024
209Guinea GIN8.712024
210Belgium BEL8.692024
211Macedonia MKD8.252024
212Cyprus CYP7.992024
213Iceland ISL7.972024
214Slovenia SVN7.962024
215Slovakia SVK7.522024
216Netherlands NLD7.132024

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