Wealth share of the richest 1% in Iraq
Iraq: Wealth share of the richest 1% was 40.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Iraq, 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 Iraq stood at 40.4%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 53.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wealth share of the richest 1% in Iraq peaked at 40.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 25.2%, in 2013.
Iraq ranks 5th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 33.4% | 33.4% | 33.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 34.6% | 33.4% | 39.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.4% | 32.9% | 33.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.5% | 25.2% | 38.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.1% | 39.5% | 40.4% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wealth share of the richest 1% in Iraq?
- Wealth share of the richest 1% in Iraq was 40.4% 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 40.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest wealth share of the richest 1% recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.2% in 2013.
- How does Iraq rank for wealth share of the richest 1%?
- Iraq ranks 5th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wealth share of the richest 1% rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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.