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Pre-tax national income share, top 1%
share (0-1) · higher is better · 210 countries
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League table
210 shown- 1Iraq0.45
- 2Peru0.28
- 3Chile0.27
- 4Brazil0.27
- 5Angola0.26
- 6Bahrain0.26
- 7Mexico0.26
- 8Yemen, Rep.0.25
- 9Qatar0.24
- 10Russian Federation0.24
- 11Botswana0.23
- 12Algeria0.23
- 13Saudi Arabia0.23
- 14India0.23
- 15Mozambique0.23
- 16Colombia0.22
- 17Tunisia0.22
- 18Trinidad and Tobago0.22
- 18Guatemala0.22
- 18Jamaica0.22
- 18Paraguay0.22
- 18Panama0.22
- 18Venezuela, RB0.22
- 18Haiti0.22
- 18Honduras0.22
- 18Guyana0.22
- 18Nicaragua0.22
- 18Suriname0.22
- 18Belize0.22
- 18Bolivia0.22
- 18Bahamas, The0.22
- 19South Africa0.22
- 20Turkiye0.22
- 21Syrian Arab Republic0.22
- 22Namibia0.22
- 23Uganda0.21
- 24Uruguay0.21
- 25Puerto Rico (US)0.21
- 25Turks and Caicos Islands0.21
- 25Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0.21
- 25St. Lucia0.21
- 25St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.21
- 25St. Kitts and Nevis0.21
- 25British Virgin Islands0.21
- 25Grenada0.21
- 25Dominica0.21
- 25Curacao0.21
- 25Cayman Islands0.21
- 25Antigua and Barbuda0.21
- 25Aruba0.21
- 25Barbados0.21
- 26Georgia0.21
- 27Zimbabwe0.21
- 28United States0.21
- 29Congo, Rep.0.21
- 30Sri Lanka0.2
- 31Oman0.2
- 32Lebanon0.2
- 33Thailand0.2
- 34Lao PDR0.2
- 35Turkmenistan0.2
- 36Congo, Dem. Rep.0.19
- 37Taiwan0.19
- 38Eswatini0.19
- 39Egypt, Arab Rep.0.19
- 40Cuba0.19
- 41Rwanda0.19
- 42Bulgaria0.18
- 43Tanzania0.18
- 44Costa Rica0.18
- 45Cambodia0.18
- 46Argentina0.18
- 47Kyrgyz Republic0.18
- 48Zambia0.18
- 49Indonesia0.18
- 50Hong Kong SAR, China0.18
- 51Jordan0.18
- 51Ecuador0.18
- 52Kuwait0.18
- 53Estonia0.17
- 54Israel0.17
- 55Dominican Republic0.17
- 56Libya0.17
- 57El Salvador0.17
- 58Myanmar0.17
- 59Uzbekistan0.17
- 59Pakistan0.17
- 60Philippines0.17
- 61Iran, Islamic Rep.0.17
- 62Papua New Guinea0.16
- 63West Bank and Gaza0.16
- 64United Arab Emirates0.16
- 65Bangladesh0.16
- 66Serbia0.16
- 67French Polynesia0.16
- 67Solomon Islands0.16
- 67Marshall Islands0.16
- 67Samoa0.16
- 67Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0.16
- 67Palau0.16
- 67Tonga0.16
- 67Greenland0.16
- 67Kiribati0.16
- 67New Caledonia0.16
- 67Fiji0.16
- 67Vanuatu0.16
- 67Naoero0.16
- 67Tuvalu0.16
- 67Bermuda0.16
- 68Mongolia0.16
- 69Gambia, The0.16
- 70Sao Tome and Principe0.16
- 71Mauritius0.16
- 72Djibouti0.16
- 73China0.16
- 74Viet Nam0.16
- 75Central African Republic0.16
- 76Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.16
- 76South Sudan0.16
- 77Sudan0.15
- 78Malawi0.15
- 78Ghana0.15
- 78Timor-Leste0.15
- 79Poland0.15
- 80Afghanistan0.15
- 81Sierra Leone0.15
- 82Armenia0.15
- 83Kazakhstan0.15
- 84Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.15
- 85Burkina Faso0.15
- 86Tajikistan0.15
- 87Burundi0.14
- 88Romania0.14
- 89Lesotho0.14
- 90Singapore0.14
- 91Comoros0.14
- 92Niger0.14
- 93Korea, Rep.0.14
- 94Togo0.14
- 95Macao SAR, China0.14
- 95Bhutan0.14
- 96Azerbaijan0.14
- 97Madagascar0.14
- 98Cabo Verde0.14
- 99Kenya0.14
- 100Nepal0.14
- 101Morocco0.13
- 102Germany0.13
- 103Cameroon0.13
- 104Brunei Darussalam0.13
- 105United Kingdom0.13
- 105Maldives0.13
- 106Senegal0.13
- 107Malaysia0.13
- 108Ireland0.13
- 109Benin0.13
- 110Chad0.13
- 111Japan0.13
- 112Moldova0.12
- 113Denmark0.12
- 114Nigeria0.12
- 115Liberia0.12
- 116Cote d'Ivoire0.12
- 117Mali0.12
- 117Spain0.12
- 118New Zealand0.12
- 119Canada0.12
- 120Equatorial Guinea0.12
- 121France0.12
- 122Hungary0.12
- 123Gibraltar0.12
- 123San Marino0.12
- 123Monaco0.12
- 123Isle of Man0.12
- 123Liechtenstein0.12
- 123Andorra0.12
- 124Greece0.11
- 125Malta0.11
- 126Guinea-Bissau0.11
- 127Gabon0.11
- 128Australia0.11
- 129Ethiopia0.1
- 129Eritrea0.1
- 130Portugal0.1
- 131Switzerland0.1
- 132Luxembourg0.1
- 133Czechia0.1
- 134Mauritania0.1
- 135Bosnia and Herzegovina0.1
- 136Croatia0.1
- 137Belarus0.1
- 138Norway0.1
- 139Sweden0.1
- 140Finland0.09
- 141Ukraine0.09
- 141Latvia0.09
- 142Albania0.09
- 143Montenegro0.09
- 144Italy0.09
- 145Lithuania0.09
- 146Austria0.09
- 147Seychelles0.09
- 148Guinea0.09
- 149Belgium0.09
- 150North Macedonia0.08
- 151Cyprus0.08
- 152Iceland0.08
- 153Slovenia0.08
- 154Slovak Republic0.08
- 155Netherlands0.07
Pre-tax national income share, top 1%