China vs Rwanda: Wealth share of the richest 1%

China

30.4%

in 2024

Rwanda

30.2%

in 2024

China rank

53rd

Rwanda rank

55th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

China
Rwanda

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Rwanda ahead.

China ranks 53rd and Rwanda ranks 55th of 215 countries.

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