Belgium vs Slovakia: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Belgium
15.5%
in 2024
Slovakia
17.2%
in 2024
Belgium rank
214th
Slovakia rank
213th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

  • Belgium
  • Slovakia
05101520198020022024

How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 17.2% against 15.5% in Belgium, a difference of 1.7%.

That makes Slovakia's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 214th and Slovakia ranks 213th of 215 countries.

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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
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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.