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Marshall Islands vs Sri Lanka: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Marshall Islands
27.2%
in 2024
Sri Lanka
26.8%
in 2024
Marshall Islands rank
115th
Sri Lanka rank
117th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

  • Marshall Islands
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Marshall Islands currently reports 27.2% against 26.8% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Marshall Islands ranks 115th and Sri Lanka ranks 117th 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.