Canada vs Mauritania: Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

Canada

9.1%

in 2022

Mauritania

9.5%

in 2019

Canada rank

84th

Mauritania rank

81st

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

Mauritania currently reports 9.5% against 9.1% in Canada, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Mauritania ahead.

Canada ranks 84th and Mauritania ranks 81st 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.