Kenya vs South Korea: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Kenya

25.9%

in 2024

South Korea

26.1%

in 2024

Kenya rank

129th

South Korea rank

126th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Kenya
South Korea

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 26.1% against 25.9% in Kenya, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 129th and South Korea ranks 126th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Wealth share of the richest 1% in Kenya
Wealth share of the richest 1% in South Korea
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.