Peru vs Zimbabwe: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Peru

38.5%

in 2024

Zimbabwe

39.0%

in 2024

Peru rank

16th

Zimbabwe rank

13th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Peru
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 39.0% against 38.5% in Peru, a difference of 0.5%.

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

Peru ranks 16th and Zimbabwe ranks 13th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Wealth share of the richest 1% in Peru
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Zimbabwe
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.