Australia vs Bangladesh: Wealth share of the richest 1%
Australia
23.7%
in 2024
Bangladesh
23.9%
in 2024
Australia rank
177th
Bangladesh rank
174th
Wealth share of the richest 1% over time
- Australia
- Bangladesh
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 23.9% against 23.7% in Australia, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Australia ranks 177th and Bangladesh ranks 174th of 215 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Bangladesh in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Bangladesh | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 29.4% | 30.6% | 1.2% | Bangladesh |
| 1850s | 30.8% | 33.1% | 2.4% | Bangladesh |
| 1880s | 30.0% | 38.3% | 8.3% | Bangladesh |
| 1900s | 41.3% | 37.6% | 3.7% | Australia |
| 1910s | 41.2% | 29.8% | 11.4% | Australia |
| 1920s | 22.1% | 38.2% | 16.1% | Bangladesh |
| 1930s | 21.7% | 34.2% | 12.6% | Bangladesh |
| 1940s | 22.2% | 41.3% | 19.1% | Bangladesh |
| 1950s | 21.9% | 25.9% | 4.0% | Bangladesh |
| 1960s | 21.0% | 32.2% | 11.2% | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 20.9% | 43.8% | 22.9% | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 21.7% | 23.2% | 1.5% | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 21.9% | 24.1% | 2.2% | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 22.3% | 24.6% | 2.3% | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 22.8% | 24.0% | 1.2% | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 23.5% | 23.9% | 0.4% | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wealth share of the richest 1%, Australia or Bangladesh?
- Bangladesh, at 23.9% against 23.7% in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wealth share of the richest 1% between Australia and Bangladesh?
- 0.2%, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Bangladesh?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Bangladesh rank globally for wealth share of the richest 1%?
- Australia ranks 177th and Bangladesh ranks 174th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Wealth share of the richest 1%. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.