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Eswatini vs Uruguay: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Eswatini
44.9%
in 2024
Uruguay
40.5%
in 2024
Eswatini rank
3rd
Uruguay rank
4th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

  • Eswatini
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 44.9% against 40.5% in Uruguay, a difference of 4.4%.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

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

Eswatini ranks 3rd and Uruguay ranks 4th 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

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.