Wealth share of the richest 1% in Switzerland
Switzerland: Wealth share of the richest 1% was 31.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Switzerland, 1980–2024
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wealth share of the richest 1% in Switzerland is 31.5%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wealth share of the richest 1% in Switzerland peaked at 31.7% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 22.3%, in 1980.
Switzerland ranks 37th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 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 | 22.6% | 22.3% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.1% | 24.1% | 30.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.1% | 26.6% | 29.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.2% | 28.1% | 31.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.2% | 30.4% | 31.5% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wealth share of the richest 1% in Switzerland?
- Wealth share of the richest 1% in Switzerland was 31.5% 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 31.7% in 2018.
- What is the lowest wealth share of the richest 1% recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.3% in 1980.
- How does Switzerland rank for wealth share of the richest 1%?
- Switzerland ranks 37th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wealth share of the richest 1% rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.