Top 1% income share by country:
๐ฎ๐ณ India โ 40% of all income
๐ง๐ท Brazil โ 30%
๐บ๐ธ USA โ 21%
๐ฌ๐ง UK โ 14%
๐ฉ๐ช Germany โ 13%
๐ฏ๐ต Japan โ 9%
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark โ 8%
In India, the top 1% earns 40 cents of every dollar generated in the economy.
That number has doubled since 1990.
Source: World Inequality Database (WID) 2024. India top 1% at ~40% verified.