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

Brazil

21.2%

in 2022

Uganda

20.6%

in 2019

Brazil rank

7th

Uganda rank

9th

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

Brazil currently reports 21.2% against 20.6% in Uganda, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Uganda ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and Uganda ranks 9th 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.