Botswana vs Zimbabwe: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Botswana

39.3%

in 2024

Zimbabwe

39.0%

in 2024

Botswana rank

11th

Zimbabwe rank

13th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Botswana
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 39.3% against 39.0% in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 11th and Zimbabwe ranks 13th of 215 countries.

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Wealth share of the richest 1% in Botswana
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Zimbabwe
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.