Wealth share of the richest 1% in Greece
Greece: Wealth share of the richest 1% was 24.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Greece, 1980–2024
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Greece recorded 24.3% for wealth share of the richest 1% in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wealth share of the richest 1% in Greece peaked at 24.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13.2%, in 1989.
That places Greece 162nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13.5% | 13.2% | 13.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.4% | 14.2% | 17.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.9% | 13.8% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.1% | 14.7% | 23.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.2% | 22.3% | 24.3% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wealth share of the richest 1% in Greece?
- Wealth share of the richest 1% in Greece was 24.3% in 2024, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest wealth share of the richest 1% recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 24.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest wealth share of the richest 1% recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.2% in 1989.
- How does Greece rank for wealth share of the richest 1%?
- Greece ranks 162nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wealth share of the richest 1% rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Wealth share of the richest 1%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.