Ethiopia vs Mauritania: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Ethiopia
23.6%
in 2024
Mauritania
23.5%
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
180th
Mauritania rank
182nd

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Mauritania
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 23.6% against 23.5% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Ethiopia ranks 180th and Mauritania ranks 182nd 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.