Argentina vs Iran: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Argentina

25.8%

in 2024

Iran

25.6%

in 2024

Argentina rank

133rd

Iran rank

136th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Argentina
Iran

How they compare

Argentina currently reports 25.8% against 25.6% in Iran, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Iran ahead.

Argentina ranks 133rd and Iran ranks 136th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Wealth share of the richest 1% in Argentina
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Iran
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.