In 2007, 184 countries reported income inequality data. The highest top 1% income concentration was in Peru at 34.14%. The global average top 1% income share was 17.25%.
Countries With the Highest Income Inequality in 2007
The following table ranks countries by their top 1% income share in 2007, showing where wealth concentration is most pronounced.
| # | Country | Top 1% | Top 10% | Bottom 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  income distribution in Peru |
34.14% | 58.59% | 8.65% |
| 2 |  Chile |
33.41% | 64.15% | 7.19% |
| 3 |  Yemen's wealth gap |
31.27% | 61.55% | 9.37% |
| 4 |  Central African Republic's income inequality |
30.44% | 64.87% | 7.51% |
| 5 |  Brazil's wealth gap |
29.99% | 58.78% | 9.97% |
| 6 |  Botswana's income inequality |
26.93% | 65.28% | 6.82% |
| 7 |  Cambodia |
26.79% | 55.74% | 8.78% |
| 8 |  income distribution in Namibia |
26.49% | 69.99% | 5.89% |
| 9 |  income distribution in Myanmar |
26.49% | 51.12% | 12.71% |
| 10 |  Colombia's income inequality |
26.46% | 61.49% | 7.42% |
| 11 |  income distribution in Rwanda |
25.70% | 61.32% | 9.61% |
| 12 |  Bahamas's income inequality |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 13 |  income distribution in Guatemala |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 14 |  income distribution in Nicaragua |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 15 |  Jamaica's wealth gap |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 16 |  Panama's wealth gap |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 17 |  Honduras |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 18 |  income distribution in Venezuela |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 19 |  Suriname |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 20 |  income distribution in Haiti |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
Countries With the Most Equal Income Distribution in 2007
These countries had the highest share of income going to the bottom 50% of earners, indicating more equitable distribution.
| # | Country | Top 1% | Top 10% | Bottom 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  income distribution in Denmark |
11.15% | 30.65% | 24.19% |
| 2 |  Norway's income inequality |
13.31% | 33.78% | 23.60% |
| 3 |  income distribution in Sweden |
12.47% | 33.02% | 23.55% |
| 4 |  income distribution in New Zealand |
10.48% | 32.73% | 23.46% |
| 5 |  Slovakia |
9.37% | 30.81% | 22.80% |
| 6 |  Austria's wealth gap |
9.77% | 32.67% | 22.60% |
| 7 |  income distribution in Hungary |
11.41% | 34.97% | 22.49% |
| 8 |  income distribution in Slovenia |
8.15% | 30.37% | 22.40% |
| 9 |  Finland's wealth gap |
11.55% | 33.11% | 22.29% |
| 10 |  Netherlands's wealth gap |
7.87% | 31.02% | 22.23% |
| 11 |  Switzerland's income inequality |
11.85% | 33.62% | 22.22% |
| 12 |  Italy |
8.23% | 31.04% | 21.64% |
| 13 |  Malta's income inequality |
7.85% | 30.56% | 21.32% |
| 14 |  income distribution in Iceland |
14.49% | 35.29% | 21.25% |
| 15 |  Ukraine |
10.51% | 34.09% | 21.24% |
| 16 |  Cyprus's wealth gap |
7.78% | 30.64% | 21.04% |
| 17 |  income distribution in Spain |
11.33% | 34.57% | 20.46% |
| 18 |  Belgium |
9.52% | 33.34% | 20.03% |
| 19 |  Belarus's wealth gap |
12.03% | 36.14% | 19.91% |
| 20 |  income distribution in Poland |
15.77% | 37.19% | 19.90% |
Global Income Inequality Overview for 2007
- Countries with data: 184
- Average top 1% income share: 17.25%
- Average bottom 50% income share: 14.14%
- Highest top 1% share: Peru (34.14%)
- Lowest top 1% share: North Macedonia (7.33%)
Complete Country Rankings for 2007
| # | Country | Top 1% | Top 10% | Bottom 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peru's wealth gap |
34.14% | 58.59% | 8.65% |
| 2 | Chile's wealth gap |
33.41% | 64.15% | 7.19% |
| 3 | Yemen |
31.27% | 61.55% | 9.37% |
| 4 | Central African Republic's income inequality |
30.44% | 64.87% | 7.51% |
| 5 | Brazil's wealth gap |
29.99% | 58.78% | 9.97% |
| 6 | Botswana's income inequality |
26.93% | 65.28% | 6.82% |
| 7 | Cambodia's income inequality |
26.79% | 55.74% | 8.78% |
| 8 | income distribution in Namibia |
26.49% | 69.99% | 5.89% |
| 9 | Myanmar's wealth gap |
26.49% | 51.12% | 12.71% |
| 10 | Colombia's income inequality |
26.46% | 61.49% | 7.42% |
| 11 | Rwanda |
25.70% | 61.32% | 9.61% |
| 12 | income distribution in Bahamas |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 13 | Guatemala's income inequality |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 14 | Nicaragua's income inequality |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 15 | income distribution in Jamaica |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 16 | Panama's income inequality |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 17 | Honduras |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 18 | Venezuela's wealth gap |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 19 | Suriname's wealth gap |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 20 | income distribution in Haiti |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 21 |  income distribution in Trinidad and Tobago |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 22 |  Bolivia's income inequality |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 23 |  Paraguay |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 24 |  income distribution in Belize |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 25 |  Guyana's wealth gap |
24.73% | 56.18% | 8.92% |
| 26 |  Comoros |
24.64% | 61.95% | 8.83% |
| 27 |  Iraq's income inequality |
24.41% | 55.33% | 11.83% |
| 28 |  income distribution in Maldives |
23.97% | 50.08% | 12.91% |
| 29 |  income distribution in Mozambique |
23.83% | 56.16% | 11.14% |
| 30 |  income distribution in Saudi Arabia |
23.16% | 52.05% | 10.65% |
| 31 |  Qatar's wealth gap |
22.95% | 55.46% | 9.50% |
| 32 |  Uruguay |
22.91% | 49.72% | 12.96% |
| 33 |  Dominican Republic |
22.79% | 54.43% | 8.36% |
| 34 |  Palestine's income inequality |
22.73% | 57.52% | 9.66% |
| 35 |  Seychelles's wealth gap |
22.43% | 53.25% | 11.95% |
| 36 |  Lebanon's wealth gap |
22.09% | 55.31% | 10.34% |
| 37 |  Thailand's income inequality |
22.03% | 54.17% | 11.00% |
| 38 |  Antigua and Barbuda's wealth gap |
21.53% | 53.90% | 8.50% |
| 39 |  Grenada |
21.53% | 53.90% | 8.50% |
| 40 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines's wealth gap |
21.53% | 53.90% | 8.50% |
| 41 |  Barbados's income inequality |
21.53% | 53.90% | 8.50% |
| 42 |  income distribution in Saint Kitts and Nevis |
21.53% | 53.90% | 8.50% |
| 43 |  Saint Lucia |
21.53% | 53.90% | 8.50% |
| 44 |  Dominica's income inequality |
21.53% | 53.90% | 8.50% |
| 45 |  Hong Kong's wealth gap |
21.34% | 49.67% | 12.85% |
| 46 |  Jordan |
21.17% | 52.36% | 13.04% |
| 47 |  Kuwait's income inequality |
21.10% | 54.68% | 11.06% |
| 48 |  Gambia's wealth gap |
21.05% | 54.05% | 11.27% |
| 49 |  income distribution in Zambia |
20.94% | 60.19% | 8.07% |
| 50 |  income distribution in Iran |
20.83% | 53.96% | 11.75% |
| 51 |  Ecuador's wealth gap |
20.61% | 54.29% | 9.21% |
| 52 |  Malawi's wealth gap |
20.55% | 53.47% | 12.16% |
| 53 |  Mexico's income inequality |
20.51% | 61.84% | 5.70% |
| 54 |  Sri Lanka's wealth gap |
20.50% | 48.71% | 13.46% |
| 55 |  India's wealth gap |
20.50% | 49.13% | 15.64% |
| 56 |  Georgia's income inequality |
20.46% | 47.21% | 13.56% |
| 57 |  Tunisia |
20.40% | 56.05% | 11.56% |
| 58 |  South Africa's income inequality |
20.33% | 61.97% | 8.16% |
| 59 |  Kenya |
20.22% | 53.83% | 11.30% |
| 60 |  Bahrain's income inequality |
20.15% | 54.98% | 11.25% |
| 61 |  Costa Rica's income inequality |
20.15% | 51.77% | 9.71% |
| 62 |  Cuba |
20.07% | 50.48% | 11.21% |
| 63 |  income distribution in Oman |
19.93% | 56.27% | 9.06% |
| 64 |  Egypt's income inequality |
19.87% | 50.46% | 14.81% |
| 65 |  El Salvador's income inequality |
19.82% | 51.16% | 8.30% |
| 66 |  Israel's wealth gap |
19.77% | 52.05% | 11.66% |
| 67 |  Congo's wealth gap |
19.22% | 55.00% | 10.23% |
| 68 |  income distribution in Turkmenistan |
18.78% | 48.30% | 12.73% |
| 69 |  Madagascar's wealth gap |
18.62% | 51.32% | 13.01% |
| 70 |  Luxembourg's wealth gap |
18.52% | 42.25% | 18.32% |
| 71 |  United Arab Emirates |
18.48% | 57.07% | 9.21% |
| 72 |  Uganda |
18.25% | 53.66% | 11.92% |
| 73 |  income distribution in Azerbaijan |
18.22% | 43.77% | 15.38% |
| 74 |  income distribution in Malaysia |
18.13% | 46.40% | 13.90% |
| 75 |  Somalia's income inequality |
17.93% | 50.48% | 13.38% |
| 76 |  Romania |
17.89% | 45.26% | 14.66% |
| 77 |  income distribution in Philippines |
17.82% | 48.73% | 12.32% |
| 78 |  Taiwan's wealth gap |
17.59% | 46.75% | 10.13% |
| 79 |  income distribution in Lesotho |
17.17% | 53.30% | 9.83% |
| 80 |  income distribution in Burkina Faso |
17.08% | 50.45% | 12.89% |
| 81 |  income distribution in Turkey |
16.96% | 49.01% | 15.08% |
| 82 |  Pakistan |
16.92% | 44.10% | 16.14% |
| 83 |  Tajikistan's wealth gap |
16.92% | 41.43% | 16.99% |
| 84 |  Mongolia |
16.86% | 44.89% | 13.77% |
| 85 |  Bangladesh's wealth gap |
16.82% | 44.88% | 15.33% |
| 86 |  income distribution in Papua New Guinea |
16.74% | 47.06% | 12.50% |
| 87 |  Argentina's wealth gap |
16.68% | 47.42% | 11.45% |
| 88 |  Uzbekistan |
16.58% | 45.47% | 14.67% |
| 89 |  Niger's income inequality |
16.31% | 49.57% | 14.31% |
| 90 |  Djibouti's income inequality |
16.30% | 49.79% | 12.71% |
| 91 |  Afghanistan's wealth gap |
16.22% | 41.94% | 17.17% |
| 92 |  Angola's wealth gap |
16.15% | 50.41% | 11.85% |
| 93 |  Gabon's income inequality |
16.12% | 49.54% | 12.83% |
| 94 |  Tanzania's wealth gap |
16.12% | 49.49% | 13.33% |
| 95 |  income distribution in Guinea-Bissau |
16.02% | 54.45% | 11.72% |
| 96 |  Zimbabwe's wealth gap |
15.93% | 51.37% | 11.88% |
| 97 |  Benin's income inequality |
15.84% | 50.37% | 12.89% |
| 98 |  income distribution in Indonesia |
15.84% | 42.44% | 15.87% |
| 99 |  Libya's wealth gap |
15.77% | 46.91% | 15.08% |
| 100 |  income distribution in Algeria |
15.77% | 45.91% | 15.79% |
| 101 | income distribution in Poland |
15.77% | 37.19% | 19.90% |
| 102 |  Cameroon's income inequality |
15.67% | 50.33% | 11.94% |
| 103 |  income distribution in Bhutan |
15.59% | 45.12% | 13.85% |
| 104 |  income distribution in Estonia |
15.56% | 39.47% | 16.51% |
| 105 |  China's wealth gap |
15.42% | 42.81% | 14.01% |
| 106 |  Ghana |
15.42% | 49.42% | 12.46% |
| 107 |  income distribution in Nepal |
15.38% | 43.19% | 15.61% |
| 108 |  Macao |
15.38% | 42.69% | 14.25% |
| 109 |  income distribution in Tuvalu |
15.31% | 44.80% | 17.78% |
| 110 |  Samoa's wealth gap |
15.31% | 44.80% | 17.78% |
| 111 |  Palau's wealth gap |
15.31% | 44.80% | 17.78% |
| 112 |  Nauru's income inequality |
15.31% | 44.80% | 17.78% |
| 113 |  Kiribati's wealth gap |
15.31% | 44.80% | 17.78% |
| 114 |  Marshall Islands's income inequality |
15.31% | 44.80% | 17.78% |
| 115 |  Solomon Islands's income inequality |
15.31% | 44.80% | 17.78% |
| 116 |  Tonga |
15.31% | 44.80% | 17.78% |
| 117 |  Fiji's income inequality |
15.31% | 44.80% | 17.78% |
| 118 |  Vanuatu's income inequality |
15.31% | 44.80% | 17.78% |
| 119 |  North Korea |
15.25% | 43.50% | 14.89% |
| 120 |  Kazakhstan's income inequality |
15.18% | 40.96% | 17.10% |
| 121 |  Chad's wealth gap |
15.10% | 48.52% | 12.81% |
| 122 |  income distribution in Ethiopia |
15.02% | 43.86% | 17.00% |
| 123 |  Eritrea's income inequality |
15.02% | 43.86% | 17.00% |
| 124 |  United Kingdom's income inequality |
14.69% | 38.76% | 18.35% |
| 125 | Iceland's wealth gap |
14.49% | 35.29% | 21.25% |
| 126 |  income distribution in Serbia |
14.41% | 39.64% | 14.45% |
| 127 |  income distribution in Togo |
14.35% | 49.96% | 12.05% |
| 128 |  Mauritius's income inequality |
14.29% | 46.43% | 15.01% |
| 129 |  Singapore's income inequality |
14.28% | 41.93% | 18.34% |
| 130 |  Canada's income inequality |
14.21% | 38.38% | 16.75% |
| 131 |  South Sudan |
14.21% | 49.39% | 10.97% |
| 132 |  income distribution in Germany |
13.61% | 36.91% | 19.10% |
| 133 |  income distribution in Japan |
13.58% | 44.79% | 16.26% |
| 134 |  Kyrgyzstan's wealth gap |
13.44% | 41.09% | 16.61% |
| 135 |  Morocco |
13.43% | 48.20% | 14.39% |
| 136 |  Senegal |
13.40% | 47.09% | 13.63% |
| 137 | Norway's wealth gap |
13.31% | 33.78% | 23.60% |
| 138 |  Guinea's wealth gap |
13.17% | 46.58% | 13.74% |
| 139 |  Burundi's wealth gap |
13.14% | 45.61% | 15.47% |
| 140 |  Armenia's wealth gap |
12.83% | 38.41% | 18.56% |
| 141 |  income distribution in Liberia |
12.70% | 44.69% | 15.39% |
| 142 | income distribution in Sweden |
12.47% | 33.02% | 23.55% |
| 143 |  Ireland's wealth gap |
12.04% | 35.98% | 18.66% |
| 144 | Belarus |
12.03% | 36.14% | 19.91% |
| 145 |  Equatorial Guinea's wealth gap |
12.01% | 45.33% | 13.94% |
| 146 |  Andorra's wealth gap |
11.98% | 36.07% | 18.40% |
| 147 |  San Marino |
11.98% | 36.07% | 18.40% |
| 148 |  income distribution in Monaco |
11.98% | 36.07% | 18.40% |
| 149 |  income distribution in Liechtenstein |
11.98% | 36.07% | 18.40% |
| 150 |  Lithuania's wealth gap |
11.94% | 37.40% | 18.07% |
| 151 |  Mauritania |
11.89% | 43.78% | 14.78% |
| 152 | income distribution in Switzerland |
11.85% | 33.62% | 22.22% |
| 153 |  France |
11.85% | 34.92% | 19.85% |
| 154 |  Sierra Leone's wealth gap |
11.79% | 45.97% | 14.61% |
| 155 |  Mali's wealth gap |
11.78% | 45.03% | 14.78% |
| 156 |  Nigeria's income inequality |
11.68% | 44.02% | 14.46% |
| 157 | income distribution in Finland |
11.55% | 33.11% | 22.29% |
| 158 | Hungary's income inequality |
11.41% | 34.97% | 22.49% |
| 159 | income distribution in Spain |
11.33% | 34.57% | 20.46% |
| 160 |  income distribution in Sudan |
11.30% | 42.51% | 15.54% |
| 161 | Denmark |
11.15% | 30.65% | 24.19% |
| 162 |  income distribution in Portugal |
11.10% | 39.54% | 17.51% |
| 163 |  Latvia |
10.87% | 38.64% | 14.88% |
| 164 |  Australia's wealth gap |
10.79% | 34.14% | 17.88% |
| 165 |  income distribution in Greece |
10.67% | 35.56% | 18.59% |
| 166 |  Moldova's income inequality |
10.63% | 36.70% | 16.19% |
| 167 | Ukraine |
10.51% | 34.09% | 21.24% |
| 168 | New Zealand's income inequality |
10.48% | 32.73% | 23.46% |
| 169 |  Croatia's income inequality |
10.03% | 34.28% | 18.68% |
| 170 |  Bulgaria |
9.99% | 34.31% | 18.87% |
| 171 | Austria's income inequality |
9.77% | 32.67% | 22.60% |
| 172 | Belgium |
9.52% | 33.34% | 20.03% |
| 173 | Slovakia's wealth gap |
9.37% | 30.81% | 22.80% |
| 174 |  Montenegro |
9.14% | 33.77% | 17.91% |
| 175 |  Sao Tome and Principe's income inequality |
9.01% | 39.47% | 17.30% |
| 176 |  income distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
8.65% | 33.86% | 17.97% |
| 177 |  Kosovo |
8.26% | 33.51% | 17.55% |
| 178 | income distribution in Italy |
8.23% | 31.04% | 21.64% |
| 179 | Slovenia's wealth gap |
8.15% | 30.37% | 22.40% |
| 180 | income distribution in Netherlands |
7.87% | 31.02% | 22.23% |
| 181 |  Albania's wealth gap |
7.85% | 32.08% | 18.89% |
| 182 | income distribution in Malta |
7.85% | 30.56% | 21.32% |
| 183 | Cyprus's income inequality |
7.78% | 30.64% | 21.04% |
| 184 |  North Macedonia's wealth gap |
7.33% | 31.78% | 17.57% |
Last updated: April 8, 2026
Data source: World Inequality Database (WID). This dataset covers income distribution metrics for 199 countries from 1980 to 2024.