Mauritania vs Seychelles: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Mauritania
23.5%
in 2024
Seychelles
23.3%
in 2024
Mauritania rank
182nd
Seychelles rank
185th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

  • Mauritania
  • Seychelles
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How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 23.5% against 23.3% in Seychelles, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Mauritania ranks 182nd and Seychelles ranks 185th 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.