Wealth share of the richest 1% in Greenland
Greenland: Wealth share of the richest 1% was 27.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Greenland, 1980–2024
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, wealth share of the richest 1% in Greenland stood at 27.3%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wealth share of the richest 1% in Greenland peaked at 27.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 22.7%, in 1980.
Greenland ranks 103rd of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 22.8% | 22.7% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.2% | 23.0% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.4% | 23.5% | 25.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.5% | 26.0% | 27.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.3% | 27.3% | 27.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
More reference data data for Greenland
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.7088 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 5.41 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.3783 °C (2026)
- Winter temperature anomalies 4.1 °C (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.8 °C (2025)
- Precipitation anomalies 46.03 millimeters (2025)
- Annual precipitation 482.24 millimeters (2025)
- Share of men expected to survive to the age of 65 68.7% (2024)
- Share of men who are overweight or obese 57.7% (2024)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture 30 metric tons (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wealth share of the richest 1% in Greenland?
- Wealth share of the richest 1% in Greenland was 27.3% 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 Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 27.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest wealth share of the richest 1% recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.7% in 1980.
- How does Greenland rank for wealth share of the richest 1%?
- Greenland ranks 103rd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wealth share of the richest 1% rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greenland 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.