Germany vs Nigeria: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Germany

27.9%

in 2024

Nigeria

28.0%

in 2024

Germany rank

76th

Nigeria rank

74th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Germany
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 28.0% against 27.9% in Germany, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 76th and Nigeria ranks 74th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Wealth share of the richest 1% in Germany
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Nigeria
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.