Congo vs Estonia: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Congo

36.1%

in 2024

Estonia

35.0%

in 2024

Congo rank

23rd

Estonia rank

25th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Congo
Estonia

How they compare

Congo currently reports 36.1% against 35.0% in Estonia, a difference of 1.1%.

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

Congo ranks 23rd and Estonia ranks 25th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Wealth share of the richest 1% in Congo
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Estonia
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.