Switzerland vs Uganda: Wealth share of the richest 1%

Switzerland

31.5%

in 2024

Uganda

30.9%

in 2024

Switzerland rank

37th

Uganda rank

38th

Wealth share of the richest 1% over time

Switzerland
Uganda

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 31.5% against 30.9% in Uganda, a difference of 0.6%.

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

Switzerland ranks 37th and Uganda ranks 38th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Wealth share of the richest 1% in Switzerland
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Uganda
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.