Indicators / theme
Inequality
Who gets what — top and bottom shares of income and wealth, from tax data and national accounts.
5 measures · World Inequality Database (wid.world) — tax, survey, and national-accounts based
Top 1% income share
% of pre-tax income
Share of pre-tax national income going to the top 1% of adults (WID, equal-split).
- World median
- 0.2%
- Best
Netherlands0.1%- Coverage
- 210 countries · to 2024
Top 10% income share
% of pre-tax income
Share of pre-tax national income going to the top 10% of adults.
- World median
- 0.5%
- Best
Slovak Republic0.3%- Coverage
- 210 countries · to 2024
Bottom 50% income share
% of pre-tax income
Share of pre-tax national income going to the bottom half of adults.
- World median
- 0.1%
- Best
Iceland0.3%- Coverage
- 210 countries · to 2024
Top 1% wealth share
% of net wealth
Share of net personal wealth held by the wealthiest 1% of adults.
- World median
- 0.3%
- Best
- Netherlands0.1%
- Coverage
- 210 countries · to 2024
Gini, pre-tax income
0–1
Gini coefficient of pre-tax national income — 0 is perfect equality, 1 maximal inequality. WID combines tax records, surveys, and national accounts.
- World median
- 0.57
- Best
- Iceland0.374
- Coverage
- 210 countries · to 2024