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Income to join the top 1%
Pre-tax income per adult needed to enter the country's top 1%. WID pre-tax national income per adult, converted at PPP rates. Only countries with survey- or tax-data-backed estimates are shown; US-state tax data measures a different thing, so states are not ranked here.
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 89 countries · World Inequality Database · tap a country to pin it here
Countries
89 · World Inequality Database- 1stLuxembourg1,252,5612023
- 2ndTaiwan663,3342024
- 3rdTürkiye617,5952024
- 4thUnited States583,7462024
- 5thIreland530,9812023
- 6thNorway528,6672023
- 7thChile443,5852022
- 8thArgentina433,5722023
- 9thGermany401,9962023
- 10thAustralia400,9852024
- 11thCanada386,2352024
- 12thNetherlands385,8152023
- 13thBelgium374,1252023
- 14thSwitzerland373,0182022
- 15thDenmark371,9602022
- 16thCosta Rica368,1262023
- 17thUnited Kingdom363,4742021
- 18thMalta360,8382023
- 19thMexico359,3302022
- 20thAustria352,7272023
- 21stFrance341,3012024
- 22ndUruguay338,2462023
- 23rdNew Zealand326,2352024
- 24thRomania324,0132023
- 25thSweden321,9242023
- 26thIceland319,1412021
- 27thSouth Korea311,3552022
- 28thBrazil310,9342023
- 29thDominican Republic307,5802023
- 30thRussia298,6732020
- 31stEgypt285,7092019
- 32ndColombia281,8902023
- 33rdEstonia280,2402023
- 34thPeru276,0162023
- 35thFinland275,8132023
- 36thItaly274,4152023
- 37thSpain268,8572023
- 38thCroatia267,5182023
- 39thLithuania259,7602023
- 40thPoland251,1542023
- 41stPortugal248,8972023
- 42ndBulgaria246,0672023
- 43rdSlovenia234,0072023
- 44thEquatorial Guinea220,9212022
- 45thIran216,5092023
- 46thLatvia214,6062023
- 47thIraq213,2092024
- 48thGreece211,1162023
- 49thMalaysia207,9182022
- 50thCzechia206,9312023
- 51stThailand205,1552021
- 52ndCyprus199,6052023
- 53rdZimbabwe181,0432019
- 54thEcuador164,5282023
- 55thSlovakia160,9232023
- 56thGeorgia159,0972019
- 57thTunisia158,3682021
- 58thSerbia156,8802023
- 59thChina156,5152022
- 60thLebanon138,1512024
- 61stNigeria134,8602022
- 62ndEl Salvador133,0502023
- 63rdIndia113,8372022
- 64thMauritania103,6882024
- 65thIvory Coast102,9162021
- 66thAlbania102,7742020
- 67thKenya92,6292022
- 68thCameroon88,7442021
- 69thZambia73,2092022
- 70thSenegal72,7112021
- 71stRwanda69,3292023
- 72ndKyrgyzstan62,1502019
- 73rdSierra Leone59,1542024
- 74thUganda58,9432019
- 75thMali55,6302021
- 76thBenin53,2372021
- 77thEthiopia50,7602021
- 78thGambia47,6112020
- 79thChad47,4272022
- 80thBurkina Faso46,6462021
- 81stDR Congo42,1252024
- 82ndTogo38,8952021
- 83rdMalawi38,2262019
- 84thGuinea-Bissau33,6492021
- 85thNiger31,2652021
- 86thMozambique30,3682022
- 87thMadagascar29,3382021
- 88thCentral African Republic26,4122021
- 89thBurundi22,9972020
89 countries ranked.
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- Human development indexUNDP composite of health, education and income (0–1).
- GDP per capitaOutput per person, price-adjusted: states via BEA regional price parities, countries via PPP.
- Median income (after tax)Median equivalised household disposable income per person, USD PPP — what the middle household actually has to spend after taxes and transfers.
- PopulationResident population.
- Land areaLand area in square kilometres.
- Cost of livingOverall price level relative to the US average (100).
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
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