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Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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Top 1% global wealth share, 1980–2022

Top 1% global wealth share, 1980–2022

  1. Baseline year for long-run comparisons

    Labels: 1980 baseline, World Inequality

  2. Rising top wealth shares linked to policy shifts

    Labels: World Inequality, policy shifts

  3. Global top-1% wealth tracking begins (mid-1990s)

    Labels: WID global, mid-1990s

  4. Top 1% captures outsized wealth gains

    Labels: top 1, WID finding

  5. 2008 crisis tests wealth resilience across groups

    Labels: 2008 financial, United States

  6. 2020–2021 pandemic period accelerates top-end gains

    Labels: COVID-19 pandemic, billionaire wealth

  7. World Inequality Lab launches WIR 2022

    Labels: World Inequality, WIR 2022

  8. WIR 2022 highlights extreme global wealth concentration

    Labels: WIR 2022, top 10

  9. End state (1980–2022): global top-1% wealth share tracked to 2022

    Labels: WID framework, 2022 endpoint

  10. Credit Suisse/UBS reports keep public focus on top shares

    Labels: UBS, Global Wealth

  11. WID 2023 update extends wealth inequality to 2022

    Labels: WID 2023, 2022 data

  12. Measurement challenges remain central to interpretation

    Labels: measurement challenges, WID world