Romania vs Spain: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Romania

24.2%

in 2024

Spain

24.1%

in 2024

Romania rank

164th

Spain rank

165th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Romania
Spain

How they compare

Romania currently reports 24.2% against 24.1% in Spain, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Spain ahead.

Romania ranks 164th and Spain ranks 165th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Wealth share of the richest 1% in Romania
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Spain
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.