Australia vs Norway: Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

Australia

7.7%

in 2022

Norway

7.7%

in 2022

Australia rank

94th

Norway rank

93rd

Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank over time

Norway currently reports 7.7% against 7.7% in Australia, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 94th and Norway ranks 93rd of 109 countries.

Indicator: Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank
Unit: %
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 109 places, 2,196 data points, 1913–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of income received by the richest 1% of the population. Income here is measured after taxes and benefits.