China vs Nigeria: Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

China

12.6%

in 2015

Nigeria

12.0%

in 2022

China rank

61st

Nigeria rank

64th

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

China currently reports 12.6% against 12.0% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Nigeria ahead.

China ranks 61st and Nigeria ranks 64th 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.