Denmark vs Sweden: Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

Denmark

6.8%

in 2022

Sweden

6.9%

in 2022

Denmark rank

100th

Sweden rank

99th

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

Sweden currently reports 6.9% against 6.8% in Denmark, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Sweden ahead.

Denmark ranks 100th and Sweden ranks 99th 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.