Botswana vs India: Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

Botswana

21.2%

in 2015

India

22.7%

in 2022

Botswana rank

6th

India rank

3rd

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

India currently reports 22.7% against 21.2% in Botswana, a difference of 1.5%.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

Botswana ranks 6th and India ranks 3rd 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.