Share of income received by the richest 1%. Income here is measured before taxes and benefits.
% · annual
Values in %.
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| Date | Code | Series | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | OWID_WRL | World | 20.67 |
| 2024 | USA | United States | 20.73 |
| 2023 | OWID_WRL | World | 20.79 |
| 2023 | USA | United States | 20.73 |
| 2022 | OWID_WRL | World | 20.81 |
| 2022 | USA | United States | 20.73 |
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| 2022 |
| IND |
| India |
| 23.07 |
| 2022 | DEU | Germany | 13.28 |
| 2022 | BRA | Brazil | 25.75 |
| 2021 | OWID_WRL | World | 20.68 |
| 2021 | USA | United States | 19.88 |
| 2021 | IND | India | 22.13 |
| 2021 | DEU | Germany | 13.09 |
| 2021 | GBR | United Kingdom | 12.91 |
| 2021 | BRA | Brazil | 28.04 |
| 2020 | OWID_WRL | World | 20.07 |
| 2020 | USA | United States | 18.17 |
| 2020 | IND | India | 21.99 |
| 2020 | DEU | Germany | 13.05 |
| 2020 | GBR | United Kingdom | 12.7 |
| 2020 | BRA | Brazil | 27.05 |
| 2019 | OWID_WRL | World | 20.02 |
| 2019 | USA | United States | 19.04 |
| 2019 | IND | India | 22.03 |
| 2019 | DEU | Germany | 13.05 |
| 2019 | GBR | United Kingdom | 12.7 |
| 2019 | BRA | Brazil | 25.33 |
| 2018 | OWID_WRL | World | 20.34 |
| 2018 | USA | United States | 19.24 |
| 2018 | IND | India | 22.78 |
| 2018 | DEU | Germany | 13 |
| 2018 | GBR | United Kingdom | 13.07 |
| 2018 | BRA | Brazil | 24.7 |
| 2017 | OWID_WRL | World | 20.36 |
| 2017 | USA | United States | 19.05 |
| 2017 | IND | India | 22.65 |
| 2017 | DEU | Germany | 13.19 |
| 2017 | GBR | United Kingdom | 13.44 |
| 2017 | BRA | Brazil | 25.92 |
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Via Our World in Data (https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/income-share-top-1-before-tax-wid).
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