Botswana vs Yemen: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Botswana
39.3%
in 2024
Yemen
38.9%
in 2024
Botswana rank
11th
Yemen rank
14th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

  • Botswana
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 39.3% against 38.9% in Yemen, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 11th and Yemen ranks 14th 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.