Laos vs Malawi: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Laos

26.4%

in 2024

Malawi

26.6%

in 2024

Laos rank

122nd

Malawi rank

119th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Laos
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 26.6% against 26.4% in Laos, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Laos ranks 122nd and Malawi ranks 119th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Wealth share of the richest 1% in Laos
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Malawi
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.