Wealth share of the richest 1% in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Wealth share of the richest 1% was 27.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Marshall Islands, 1980–2024
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Marshall Islands recorded 27.2% for wealth share of the richest 1% in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wealth share of the richest 1% in Marshall Islands peaked at 27.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 22.7%, in 1980.
That places Marshall Islands 115th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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% | 27.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.2% | 27.2% | 27.3% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wealth share of the richest 1% in Marshall Islands?
- Wealth share of the richest 1% in Marshall Islands was 27.2% 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 Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 27.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest wealth share of the richest 1% recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.7% in 1980.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for wealth share of the richest 1%?
- Marshall Islands ranks 115th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wealth share of the richest 1% rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Marshall Islands 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.