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.
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Greece, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 13.7% | — |
| 1981 | 13.8% | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 13.7% | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 13.6% | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 13.4% | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 13.6% | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 13.3% | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 13.3% | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 13.3% | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 13.2% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 14.2% | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 14.2% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 14.4% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 14.5% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 16.6% | +14.0% |
| 1995 | 16.6% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 17.8% | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 15.0% | -15.5% |
| 1998 | 14.7% | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 15.6% | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 15.5% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 15.5% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 14.8% | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 14.3% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 14.6% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 15.0% | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 15.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 15.1% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 15.5% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 13.8% | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 14.7% | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 15.3% | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 17.4% | +13.7% |
| 2013 | 20.9% | +20.0% |
| 2014 | 21.2% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 21.6% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 21.1% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 23.3% | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 23.0% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 22.9% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 22.3% | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 23.4% | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 22.6% | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 23.4% | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 24.3% | +3.8% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 24.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 88% of the median. (79 countries reporting)
- Greece's 24.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24.1%, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near Greece
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.19 (2050)
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
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.