Denmark vs Iceland: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Denmark

20.8%

in 2024

Iceland

19.2%

in 2024

Denmark rank

210th

Iceland rank

211th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Denmark
Iceland

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 20.8% against 19.2% in Iceland, a difference of 1.6%.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Iceland ahead.

Denmark ranks 210th and Iceland ranks 211th 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.