Congo vs United States: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Congo

36.1%

in 2024

United States

34.8%

in 2024

Congo rank

23rd

United States rank

26th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Congo
United States

How they compare

Congo currently reports 36.1% against 34.8% in United States, a difference of 1.3%.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 23rd and United States ranks 26th of 215 countries.

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Wealth share of the richest 1% in Congo
Wealth share of the richest 1% in United States
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.