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

Estonia
35.0%
in 2024
United States
34.8%
in 2024
Estonia rank
25th
United States rank
26th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

  • Estonia
  • United States
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How they compare

Estonia currently reports 35.0% against 34.8% in United States, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Estonia ranks 25th and United States ranks 26th 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
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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.