Algeria vs Lesotho: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Algeria

27.9%

in 2024

Lesotho

28.2%

in 2024

Algeria rank

75th

Lesotho rank

72nd

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Algeria
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 28.2% against 27.9% in Algeria, a difference of 0.4%.

Across all 45 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.

Algeria ranks 75th and Lesotho ranks 72nd of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Wealth share of the richest 1% in Algeria
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Lesotho
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Wealth share of the richest 1%
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: 215 places, 10,553 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of wealth owned by the richest 1% of the population. Wealth is defined as the total value of non-financial and financial assets (housing, land, deposits, bonds, equities, etc.) held by households, minus their debts.