India vs Iraq: Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

India

22.7%

in 2022

Iraq

41.8%

in 2024

India rank

3rd

Iraq rank

1st

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

Iraq currently reports 41.8% against 22.7% in India, a difference of 19.1%.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.8 times India's.

India ranks 3rd and Iraq ranks 1st 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.