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

Democratic Republic of Congo

31.8%

in 2024

Thailand

33.3%

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

34th

Thailand rank

32nd

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Thailand

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 33.3% against 31.8% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 1.5%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 34th and Thailand ranks 32nd 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.