In 2018, 184 countries reported income inequality data. The highest top 1% income concentration was in Mexico at 33.85%. The global average top 1% income share was 16.28%.
Countries With the Highest Income Inequality in 2018
The following table ranks countries by their top 1% income share in 2018, showing where wealth concentration is most pronounced.
| # | Country | Top 1% | Top 10% | Bottom 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mexico's wealth gap |
33.85% | 65.51% | 6.18% |
| 2 |  income distribution in Chile |
30.80% | 61.99% | 7.59% |
| 3 |  income distribution in Iraq |
27.49% | 56.55% | 12.11% |
| 4 |  income distribution in Peru |
26.46% | 57.40% | 9.47% |
| 5 |  Mozambique's wealth gap |
26.20% | 61.25% | 9.15% |
| 6 |  Angola's income inequality |
25.98% | 58.01% | 9.04% |
| 7 |  Bahrain's income inequality |
25.59% | 57.75% | 10.38% |
| 8 |  Dominican Republic |
25.30% | 54.96% | 9.50% |
| 9 |  income distribution in Yemen |
25.07% | 59.56% | 9.44% |
| 10 |  Brazil's wealth gap |
24.70% | 57.42% | 9.64% |
| 11 |  income distribution in Qatar |
24.44% | 56.94% | 9.70% |
| 12 |  income distribution in Botswana |
23.28% | 60.61% | 7.62% |
| 13 |  Algeria's income inequality |
23.25% | 50.10% | 15.78% |
| 14 |  income distribution in Saudi Arabia |
23.16% | 52.05% | 10.65% |
| 15 |  income distribution in Honduras |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 16 |  Nicaragua |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 17 |  Panama |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 18 |  income distribution in Guatemala |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 19 |  Bolivia's wealth gap |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 20 |  Guyana |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
Countries With the Most Equal Income Distribution in 2018
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 |  Iceland |
7.97% | 28.09% | 25.49% |
| 2 |  New Zealand |
10.69% | 31.87% | 24.43% |
| 3 |  Sweden |
9.63% | 29.64% | 24.24% |
| 4 |  income distribution in Slovakia |
7.86% | 27.50% | 24.15% |
| 5 |  Norway's income inequality |
11.07% | 32.02% | 23.80% |
| 6 |  Switzerland's income inequality |
10.52% | 31.24% | 23.12% |
| 7 |  Slovenia's income inequality |
8.04% | 29.60% | 23.07% |
| 8 |  Austria's wealth gap |
9.01% | 31.64% | 22.94% |
| 9 |  Ukraine's income inequality |
9.62% | 32.86% | 22.74% |
| 10 |  Belarus |
9.95% | 32.93% | 22.65% |
| 11 |  Hungary's income inequality |
10.97% | 32.48% | 22.45% |
| 12 |  Netherlands |
6.97% | 29.57% | 22.43% |
| 13 |  income distribution in Finland |
10.47% | 33.59% | 21.66% |
| 14 |  Denmark's income inequality |
12.65% | 33.51% | 21.50% |
| 15 |  Spain's income inequality |
12.54% | 34.65% | 21.07% |
| 16 |  Greece's income inequality |
11.10% | 32.98% | 20.90% |
| 17 |  North Macedonia's wealth gap |
8.19% | 30.97% | 20.60% |
| 18 |  Malta |
9.95% | 33.07% | 20.44% |
| 19 |  income distribution in Italy |
9.13% | 32.86% | 20.43% |
| 20 |  income distribution in Belgium |
8.58% | 32.83% | 20.43% |
Global Income Inequality Overview for 2018
- Countries with data: 184
- Average top 1% income share: 16.28%
- Average bottom 50% income share: 14.88%
- Highest top 1% share: Mexico (33.85%)
- Lowest top 1% share: Netherlands (6.97%)
Complete Country Rankings for 2018
| # | Country | Top 1% | Top 10% | Bottom 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico's income inequality |
33.85% | 65.51% | 6.18% |
| 2 | Chile's wealth gap |
30.80% | 61.99% | 7.59% |
| 3 | Iraq |
27.49% | 56.55% | 12.11% |
| 4 | Peru's income inequality |
26.46% | 57.40% | 9.47% |
| 5 | income distribution in Mozambique |
26.20% | 61.25% | 9.15% |
| 6 | Angola's income inequality |
25.98% | 58.01% | 9.04% |
| 7 | Bahrain's wealth gap |
25.59% | 57.75% | 10.38% |
| 8 | Dominican Republic's wealth gap |
25.30% | 54.96% | 9.50% |
| 9 | Yemen's wealth gap |
25.07% | 59.56% | 9.44% |
| 10 | Brazil |
24.70% | 57.42% | 9.64% |
| 11 | Qatar's wealth gap |
24.44% | 56.94% | 9.70% |
| 12 | Botswana |
23.28% | 60.61% | 7.62% |
| 13 | Algeria's wealth gap |
23.25% | 50.10% | 15.78% |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia's income inequality |
23.16% | 52.05% | 10.65% |
| 15 | Honduras |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 16 | income distribution in Nicaragua |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 17 | Panama's income inequality |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 18 | Guatemala's income inequality |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 19 | Bolivia's wealth gap |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 20 | Guyana's income inequality |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 21 |  Paraguay's wealth gap |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 22 |  Belize's income inequality |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 23 |  Suriname's wealth gap |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 24 |  Jamaica's wealth gap |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 25 |  Trinidad and Tobago's income inequality |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 26 |  Haiti's wealth gap |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 27 |  Venezuela's income inequality |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 28 |  Bahamas's income inequality |
22.84% | 53.27% | 10.11% |
| 29 |  India |
22.78% | 58.93% | 12.81% |
| 30 |  income distribution in Colombia |
22.70% | 59.60% | 8.07% |
| 31 |  Tunisia's income inequality |
22.41% | 52.71% | 12.38% |
| 32 |  Georgia |
22.04% | 48.40% | 13.82% |
| 33 |  Namibia's wealth gap |
21.58% | 64.20% | 6.55% |
| 34 |  income distribution in Costa Rica |
21.43% | 52.31% | 8.26% |
| 35 |  Grenada's wealth gap |
21.18% | 49.50% | 13.06% |
| 36 |  Antigua and Barbuda's income inequality |
21.18% | 49.50% | 13.06% |
| 37 |  income distribution in Barbados |
21.18% | 49.50% | 13.06% |
| 38 |  Dominica's wealth gap |
21.18% | 49.50% | 13.06% |
| 39 |  income distribution in Saint Lucia |
21.18% | 49.50% | 13.06% |
| 40 |  income distribution in Saint Kitts and Nevis |
21.18% | 49.50% | 13.06% |
| 41 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines's income inequality |
21.18% | 49.50% | 13.06% |
| 42 |  Lebanon's wealth gap |
20.88% | 53.48% | 10.83% |
| 43 |  Malawi's wealth gap |
20.63% | 51.81% | 13.02% |
| 44 |  Egypt's income inequality |
20.55% | 50.09% | 14.99% |
| 45 |  Congo |
20.52% | 55.93% | 9.92% |
| 46 |  Sri Lanka's wealth gap |
20.47% | 48.98% | 14.13% |
| 47 |  Zambia's income inequality |
20.44% | 58.86% | 7.99% |
| 48 |  Turkey's wealth gap |
20.16% | 55.94% | 11.88% |
| 49 |  Uganda's wealth gap |
19.96% | 52.73% | 12.17% |
| 50 |  Oman |
19.93% | 56.27% | 9.06% |
| 51 |  Rwanda's income inequality |
19.62% | 53.45% | 12.29% |
| 52 |  Turkmenistan |
19.50% | 48.89% | 12.06% |
| 53 |  Taiwan's income inequality |
19.33% | 48.12% | 11.79% |
| 54 |  South Africa's income inequality |
19.31% | 65.41% | 5.81% |
| 55 |  Zimbabwe's income inequality |
19.28% | 55.77% | 10.24% |
| 56 |  Central African Republic's wealth gap |
19.16% | 53.76% | 11.08% |
| 57 |  income distribution in Bulgaria |
19.06% | 44.19% | 16.23% |
| 58 |  Uruguay's income inequality |
18.75% | 46.07% | 15.03% |
| 59 |  Tanzania's wealth gap |
18.15% | 51.37% | 12.95% |
| 60 |  income distribution in Cambodia |
18.13% | 45.38% | 13.91% |
| 61 |  Indonesia's wealth gap |
17.85% | 46.86% | 12.45% |
| 62 |  Hong Kong's income inequality |
17.84% | 48.18% | 13.59% |
| 63 |  Jordan's wealth gap |
17.83% | 49.63% | 14.40% |
| 64 |  income distribution in Palestine |
17.77% | 51.48% | 11.78% |
| 65 |  income distribution in Kuwait |
17.73% | 45.40% | 16.32% |
| 66 |  income distribution in Armenia |
17.46% | 43.74% | 16.74% |
| 67 |  Ecuador's income inequality |
17.40% | 44.16% | 12.60% |
| 68 |  Thailand's income inequality |
17.35% | 50.48% | 11.24% |
| 69 |  Israel's income inequality |
16.91% | 49.21% | 13.28% |
| 70 |  Burkina Faso's wealth gap |
16.72% | 53.39% | 12.01% |
| 71 |  income distribution in Myanmar |
16.66% | 42.93% | 15.98% |
| 72 |  Pakistan |
16.65% | 42.81% | 17.30% |
| 73 |  Uzbekistan's income inequality |
16.65% | 45.53% | 14.62% |
| 74 |  Philippines |
16.62% | 45.40% | 14.35% |
| 75 |  Mongolia |
16.41% | 43.31% | 14.63% |
| 76 |  Papua New Guinea |
16.40% | 46.30% | 12.89% |
| 77 |  income distribution in Somalia |
16.38% | 49.28% | 13.63% |
| 78 |  Libya's income inequality |
16.30% | 46.90% | 15.27% |
| 79 |  income distribution in Niger |
16.23% | 49.21% | 14.38% |
| 80 |  United Arab Emirates |
16.19% | 49.21% | 12.91% |
| 81 |  Cuba |
16.17% | 44.00% | 13.70% |
| 82 |  Bangladesh's income inequality |
16.16% | 42.40% | 17.08% |
| 83 |  Tuvalu |
16.12% | 48.32% | 15.96% |
| 84 |  Tonga's income inequality |
16.12% | 48.32% | 15.96% |
| 85 |  Marshall Islands's income inequality |
16.12% | 48.32% | 15.96% |
| 86 |  Samoa's income inequality |
16.12% | 48.32% | 15.96% |
| 87 |  Nauru's wealth gap |
16.12% | 48.32% | 15.96% |
| 88 |  Palau's wealth gap |
16.12% | 48.32% | 15.96% |
| 89 |  Solomon Islands |
16.12% | 48.32% | 15.96% |
| 90 |  Kiribati |
16.12% | 48.32% | 15.96% |
| 91 |  Vanuatu's income inequality |
16.12% | 48.32% | 15.96% |
| 92 |  Fiji's wealth gap |
16.12% | 48.32% | 15.96% |
| 93 |  income distribution in El Salvador |
16.04% | 43.83% | 9.59% |
| 94 |  income distribution in Sao Tome and Principe |
15.98% | 50.61% | 13.04% |
| 95 |  Iran |
15.90% | 47.95% | 14.77% |
| 96 |  Mauritius's wealth gap |
15.89% | 47.40% | 14.80% |
| 97 |  Djibouti's income inequality |
15.86% | 49.55% | 13.09% |
| 98 |  South Sudan's income inequality |
15.52% | 50.01% | 11.91% |
| 99 |  income distribution in Togo |
15.50% | 50.29% | 12.33% |
| 100 |  Sudan's wealth gap |
15.36% | 45.04% | 15.77% |
| 101 |  Ghana |
15.23% | 48.91% | 12.21% |
| 102 |  Senegal's wealth gap |
15.08% | 48.21% | 13.88% |
| 103 |  Afghanistan's income inequality |
15.08% | 41.01% | 17.79% |
| 104 |  Gambia's income inequality |
15.06% | 47.15% | 14.34% |
| 105 |  Sierra Leone's income inequality |
15.02% | 47.00% | 14.99% |
| 106 |  Kazakhstan |
14.88% | 41.20% | 16.44% |
| 107 |  China |
14.85% | 42.53% | 13.93% |
| 108 |  income distribution in North Korea |
14.76% | 42.67% | 15.12% |
| 109 |  Poland |
14.66% | 37.45% | 19.60% |
| 110 |  Burundi |
14.56% | 47.47% | 14.29% |
| 111 |  Tajikistan's wealth gap |
14.53% | 42.23% | 15.48% |
| 112 |  Lesotho's wealth gap |
14.45% | 49.51% | 11.28% |
| 113 |  income distribution in Benin |
14.43% | 47.24% | 14.13% |
| 114 |  Madagascar's income inequality |
14.38% | 48.14% | 14.01% |
| 115 |  Cameroon's income inequality |
14.38% | 49.51% | 11.62% |
| 116 |  Singapore's wealth gap |
14.21% | 46.28% | 16.65% |
| 117 |  Kyrgyzstan's income inequality |
14.16% | 39.82% | 17.94% |
| 118 |  Comoros's wealth gap |
14.15% | 50.26% | 11.39% |
| 119 |  Macao |
14.00% | 41.66% | 14.36% |
| 120 |  Bhutan |
14.00% | 42.14% | 15.04% |
| 121 |  Azerbaijan's income inequality |
13.99% | 38.22% | 20.33% |
| 122 |  Romania's income inequality |
13.93% | 40.93% | 15.20% |
| 123 |  income distribution in Nepal |
13.72% | 41.47% | 16.70% |
| 124 |  Morocco's income inequality |
13.43% | 48.20% | 14.39% |
| 125 |  Chad |
13.39% | 46.68% | 14.34% |
| 126 |  Kenya |
13.33% | 46.51% | 14.18% |
| 127 |  income distribution in Maldives |
13.08% | 39.51% | 18.08% |
| 128 |  United Kingdom's wealth gap |
13.07% | 36.12% | 20.19% |
| 129 |  income distribution in Germany |
13.00% | 37.37% | 18.85% |
| 130 |  Estonia |
12.96% | 35.55% | 18.12% |
| 131 |  Guinea-Bissau's income inequality |
12.74% | 44.23% | 15.40% |
| 132 |  Japan's wealth gap |
12.65% | 43.50% | 18.21% |
| 133 | Denmark's wealth gap |
12.65% | 33.51% | 21.50% |
| 134 | Spain's wealth gap |
12.54% | 34.65% | 21.07% |
| 135 |  Luxembourg's income inequality |
12.52% | 35.92% | 19.08% |
| 136 |  income distribution in Ireland |
12.45% | 36.20% | 19.90% |
| 137 |  Argentina |
12.38% | 41.76% | 13.47% |
| 138 |  Cyprus's wealth gap |
12.25% | 37.23% | 18.92% |
| 139 |  Liberia |
12.20% | 43.24% | 15.43% |
| 140 |  income distribution in Malaysia |
12.15% | 35.87% | 19.26% |
| 141 |  income distribution in Ethiopia |
12.14% | 42.98% | 16.59% |
| 142 |  income distribution in Eritrea |
12.14% | 42.98% | 16.59% |
| 143 |  Equatorial Guinea |
12.01% | 45.33% | 13.94% |
| 144 |  Mali |
11.93% | 44.55% | 14.83% |
| 145 |  France's wealth gap |
11.75% | 34.33% | 20.34% |
| 146 |  Lithuania's wealth gap |
11.66% | 37.51% | 17.74% |
| 147 |  Serbia's income inequality |
11.63% | 35.33% | 17.18% |
| 148 |  income distribution in Nigeria |
11.59% | 42.72% | 15.49% |
| 149 |  Portugal |
11.14% | 36.74% | 19.46% |
| 150 | Greece's wealth gap |
11.10% | 32.98% | 20.90% |
| 151 | Norway's wealth gap |
11.07% | 32.02% | 23.80% |
| 152 |  Gabon's income inequality |
11.02% | 43.32% | 14.42% |
| 153 | Hungary |
10.97% | 32.48% | 22.45% |
| 154 |  Moldova's wealth gap |
10.91% | 34.68% | 18.09% |
| 155 |  Andorra's income inequality |
10.84% | 35.28% | 18.42% |
| 156 |  Liechtenstein's income inequality |
10.84% | 35.28% | 18.42% |
| 157 |  income distribution in Monaco |
10.84% | 35.28% | 18.42% |
| 158 |  San Marino's income inequality |
10.84% | 35.28% | 18.42% |
| 159 | New Zealand's wealth gap |
10.69% | 31.87% | 24.43% |
| 160 |  Canada's wealth gap |
10.53% | 34.60% | 17.85% |
| 161 | Switzerland |
10.52% | 31.24% | 23.12% |
| 162 | Finland |
10.47% | 33.59% | 21.66% |
| 163 |  Mauritania's income inequality |
10.12% | 40.05% | 16.99% |
| 164 | Malta's wealth gap |
9.95% | 33.07% | 20.44% |
| 165 | Belarus's income inequality |
9.95% | 32.93% | 22.65% |
| 166 |  Latvia's wealth gap |
9.92% | 35.70% | 17.26% |
| 167 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina's wealth gap |
9.88% | 34.70% | 18.22% |
| 168 |  Croatia's wealth gap |
9.83% | 34.94% | 18.99% |
| 169 |  income distribution in Australia |
9.67% | 33.76% | 17.82% |
| 170 | Sweden's income inequality |
9.63% | 29.64% | 24.24% |
| 171 | Ukraine's wealth gap |
9.62% | 32.86% | 22.74% |
| 172 |  Kosovo's income inequality |
9.57% | 33.74% | 17.98% |
| 173 |  Albania's wealth gap |
9.29% | 35.03% | 17.49% |
| 174 | income distribution in Italy |
9.13% | 32.86% | 20.43% |
| 175 |  Montenegro's wealth gap |
9.03% | 35.37% | 15.84% |
| 176 | Austria |
9.01% | 31.64% | 22.94% |
| 177 |  Seychelles's income inequality |
8.78% | 38.65% | 17.38% |
| 178 |  income distribution in Guinea |
8.71% | 37.91% | 18.20% |
| 179 | Belgium |
8.58% | 32.83% | 20.43% |
| 180 | North Macedonia's income inequality |
8.19% | 30.97% | 20.60% |
| 181 | income distribution in Slovenia |
8.04% | 29.60% | 23.07% |
| 182 | Iceland's wealth gap |
7.97% | 28.09% | 25.49% |
| 183 | Slovakia |
7.86% | 27.50% | 24.15% |
| 184 | income distribution in Netherlands |
6.97% | 29.57% | 22.43% |
Last updated: April 8, 2026
Data source: World Inequality Database (WID). This dataset covers income distribution metrics for 199 countries from 1980 to 2024.