Austria vs China: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Austria

30.2%

in 2024

China

30.4%

in 2024

Austria rank

54th

China rank

53rd

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Austria
China

How they compare

China currently reports 30.4% against 30.2% in Austria, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 54th and China ranks 53rd of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Wealth share of the richest 1% in Austria
Wealth share of the richest 1% in China
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.