Mexico vs Peru: Income share of the richest 1%: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank

Mexico

22.3%

in 2022

Peru

27.2%

in 2022

Mexico rank

4th

Peru rank

2nd

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

Peru currently reports 27.2% against 22.3% in Mexico, a difference of 4.9%.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Peru ahead.

Mexico ranks 4th and Peru ranks 2nd 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.