Brazil vs Mexico: Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

Brazil

21.2%

in 2022

Mexico

22.3%

in 2022

Brazil rank

7th

Mexico rank

4th

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

Mexico currently reports 22.3% against 21.2% in Brazil, a difference of 1.1%.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and Mexico ranks 4th 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.