Japan vs Kuwait: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Japan

24.6%

in 2024

Kuwait

24.7%

in 2024

Japan rank

155th

Kuwait rank

152nd

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Japan
Kuwait

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 24.7% against 24.6% in Japan, a difference of 0.1%.

Across all 45 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 155th and Kuwait ranks 152nd of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Wealth share of the richest 1% in Japan
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Kuwait
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.