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Lesotho vs United Arab Emirates: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Lesotho
28.2%
in 2024
United Arab Emirates
28.1%
in 2024
Lesotho rank
72nd
United Arab Emirates rank
73rd

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

  • Lesotho
  • United Arab Emirates
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 28.2% against 28.1% in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 72nd and United Arab Emirates ranks 73rd 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.