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

France

7.2%

in 2022

Sweden

6.9%

in 2022

France rank

97th

Sweden rank

99th

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

France currently reports 7.2% against 6.9% in Sweden, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was France ahead.

France ranks 97th 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.