Wealth share richest by country
Countries reporting
215
Highest
54.91
South Africa
Lowest
13.98
Netherlands
Median
27.22
Years covered
225
1800–2024
Data points
10,553
What the numbers show
Wealth share richest is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 54.91 in South Africa; the lowest is 13.98 in Netherlands.
The median across all reporting countries is 27.22, and the mean is 27.95.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 53.8%), and the largest decrease in Seychelles (down 32.6%).
Wealth share richest: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 54.91 | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 2 | Russia | 48.99 | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 3 | Eswatini | 44.86 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 4 | Uruguay | 40.47 | 2024 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 5 | Iraq | 40.41 | 2024 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 6 | India | 40.14 | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 7 | Namibia | 39.99 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Mexico | 39.8 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 9 | Chile | 39.56 | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 10 | Brazil | 39.46 | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 11 | Botswana | 39.3 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 12 | Colombia | 39.23 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 39.03 | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 14 | Yemen | 38.92 | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 15 | Mozambique | 38.85 | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 16 | Peru | 38.55 | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 17 | Angola | 38.41 | 2024 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 18 | Bahrain | 38.07 | 2024 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 19 | Qatar | 37.72 | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 20 | Oman | 37.27 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Belize | 37.12 | 2024 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 22 | Zambia | 36.5 | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 23 | Congo | 36.06 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 24 | Lebanon | 35.18 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 25 | Estonia | 34.96 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 26 | United States | 34.78 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 27 | Georgia | 34.62 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 28 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 34.45 | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 29 | Syria | 34.18 | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 33.73 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 31 | Hungary | 33.36 | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 32 | Thailand | 33.33 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 33 | Cyprus | 33.27 | 2024 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 34 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 31.8 | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 35 | Venezuela | 31.79 | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 36 | Turkey | 31.74 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 37 | Switzerland | 31.48 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 38 | Uganda | 30.93 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 39 | Tunisia | 30.88 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 40 | Israel | 30.78 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 41 | Bahamas | 30.69 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 42 | Bolivia | 30.68 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 43 | Honduras | 30.67 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 43 | Suriname | 30.67 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 45 | Jamaica | 30.66 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 46 | Guatemala | 30.65 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 46 | Guyana | 30.65 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 46 | Paraguay | 30.65 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 49 | Haiti | 30.63 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 49 | Trinidad and Tobago | 30.63 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 30.62 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 51 | Panama | 30.62 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 53 | China | 30.42 | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 54 | Austria | 30.23 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 55 | Rwanda | 30.2 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 56 | Monaco | 30.08 | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 30.06 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 58 | Poland | 29.92 | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 59 | Palestine | 29.9 | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 60 | Tanzania | 29.82 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 61 | Sao Tome and Principe | 28.93 | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 62 | Comoros | 28.81 | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 28.8 | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 28.66 | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 65 | Egypt | 28.63 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 66 | South Sudan | 28.61 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 67 | Canada | 28.58 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 68 | Barbados | 28.57 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 68 | Latvia | 28.57 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 70 | Singapore | 28.35 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 71 | Djibouti | 28.32 | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 72 | Lesotho | 28.22 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 73 | United Arab Emirates | 28.07 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 74 | Nigeria | 28.01 | 2024 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 75 | Algeria | 27.86 | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 76 | Germany | 27.85 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 77 | Taiwan | 27.84 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 78 | Jordan | 27.82 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Cape Verde | 27.72 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 80 | France | 27.68 | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 80 | Grenada | 27.68 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 27.68 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 83 | Curacao | 27.65 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 83 | Cayman Islands | 27.65 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 83 | Montserrat | 27.65 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 86 | Anguilla | 27.63 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 87 | Aruba | 27.62 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 88 | Puerto Rico | 27.61 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 88 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 27.61 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 90 | Dominica | 27.6 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 91 | Antigua and Barbuda | 27.59 | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 92 | British Virgin Islands | 27.55 | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 93 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 27.53 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 93 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 27.53 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 95 | Luxembourg | 27.52 | 2024 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 96 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.51 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 97 | Sweden | 27.49 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 98 | Ghana | 27.48 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 99 | Micronesia (country) | 27.32 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 100 | Samoa | 27.31 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 101 | Palau | 27.3 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 102 | Tuvalu | 27.29 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 103 | Greenland | 27.28 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 103 | Nauru | 27.28 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 105 | New Caledonia | 27.27 | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 106 | Tonga | 27.24 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 107 | Bermuda | 27.23 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 108 | Philippines | 27.22 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 108 | French Polynesia | 27.22 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 108 | Vanuatu | 27.22 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 111 | Solomon Islands | 27.21 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 112 | Malaysia | 27.19 | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 113 | Fiji | 27.18 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 114 | Kiribati | 27.17 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 115 | Marshall Islands | 27.16 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 27.09 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 26.84 | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 118 | Kazakhstan | 26.75 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 119 | Malawi | 26.65 | 2024 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 120 | Morocco | 26.64 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 121 | Somalia | 26.54 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 122 | Laos | 26.44 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 123 | Gambia | 26.37 | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 124 | Czechia | 26.34 | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 125 | Cameroon | 26.15 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 126 | South Korea | 26.1 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 26.07 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 128 | Mauritius | 25.97 | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 129 | Kenya | 25.92 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 130 | Burundi | 25.88 | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 131 | Libya | 25.87 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 25.79 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 133 | Argentina | 25.78 | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 134 | Madagascar | 25.74 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 135 | Togo | 25.63 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 136 | Iran | 25.61 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 25.55 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 138 | Chad | 25.5 | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 139 | Bulgaria | 25.36 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 139 | Cuba | 25.36 | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 141 | Cambodia | 25.22 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 142 | Ecuador | 25.1 | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 142 | Senegal | 25.1 | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 144 | Uzbekistan | 25.04 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 145 | Portugal | 24.97 | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 146 | Equatorial Guinea | 24.96 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 147 | Vietnam | 24.95 | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 148 | Dominican Republic | 24.91 | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 149 | Niger | 24.82 | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 150 | Sudan | 24.79 | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 151 | Mali | 24.76 | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 152 | Kuwait | 24.69 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 152 | El Salvador | 24.69 | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 154 | Armenia | 24.63 | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 155 | Japan | 24.62 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 156 | Cote d'Ivoire | 24.56 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 157 | Nepal | 24.45 | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 158 | Benin | 24.37 | 2024 | down 24.3% | flat |
| 159 | Lithuania | 24.36 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 160 | Gabon | 24.33 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 161 | North Korea | 24.28 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 162 | Greece | 24.27 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 163 | Liberia | 24.26 | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 164 | Romania | 24.23 | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 165 | Spain | 24.15 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 166 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.14 | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 167 | Mongolia | 24.12 | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 168 | Myanmar | 24.08 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 169 | Liechtenstein | 24 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 170 | Pakistan | 23.96 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 171 | Tajikistan | 23.91 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 172 | Bhutan | 23.87 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 172 | Macao | 23.87 | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 174 | Bangladesh | 23.85 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 23.85 | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 176 | Serbia | 23.68 | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 177 | Australia | 23.67 | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 178 | East Timor | 23.66 | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 179 | Afghanistan | 23.62 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 180 | Ethiopia | 23.6 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 181 | Eritrea | 23.59 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 182 | Mauritania | 23.54 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 183 | Norway | 23.47 | 2024 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 184 | Maldives | 23.43 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 185 | Seychelles | 23.34 | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 186 | Ireland | 23.33 | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 187 | Moldova | 23.2 | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 188 | Slovenia | 23.19 | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 189 | Guinea | 23.18 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 190 | Ukraine | 23.17 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 191 | Azerbaijan | 23.1 | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 192 | Gibraltar | 22.85 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 192 | San Marino | 22.85 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 192 | Guernsey | 22.85 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 192 | Jersey | 22.85 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 196 | Andorra | 22.84 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 196 | Isle of Man | 22.84 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 198 | Brunei | 22.81 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 199 | New Zealand | 22.66 | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 200 | Montenegro | 22.63 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 201 | Croatia | 22.62 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 202 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.46 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 203 | Albania | 22.44 | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 204 | Belarus | 22.04 | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 205 | Italy | 22.03 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 206 | North Macedonia | 21.91 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 207 | Malta | 21.41 | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 208 | Indonesia | 21.32 | 2024 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 209 | United Kingdom | 21.3 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 210 | Denmark | 20.76 | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 211 | Iceland | 19.19 | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 212 | Finland | 17.98 | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 213 | Slovakia | 17.2 | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 214 | Belgium | 15.53 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 215 | Netherlands | 13.98 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |