Democratic Republic of Congo vs Switzerland: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Democratic Republic of Congo

31.8%

in 2024

Switzerland

31.5%

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

34th

Switzerland rank

37th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Switzerland

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 31.8% against 31.5% in Switzerland, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 34th and Switzerland ranks 37th 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
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.