Russia vs Uruguay: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Russia
49.0%
in 2024
Uruguay
40.5%
in 2024
Russia rank
2nd
Uruguay rank
4th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

  • Russia
  • Uruguay
20304050182019222024

How they compare

Russia currently reports 49.0% against 40.5% in Uruguay, a difference of 8.5%.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.2 times Uruguay's.

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

Russia ranks 2nd and Uruguay ranks 4th 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
Last refreshed

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.