Madagascar vs Romania: Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

Madagascar

13.7%

in 2021

Romania

13.3%

in 2022

Madagascar rank

52nd

Romania rank

55th

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

Madagascar currently reports 13.7% against 13.3% in Romania, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 52nd and Romania ranks 55th 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.