Wealth distribution in European countries 2021

As of 2021, the countries in Europe with the greatest share of national wealth taken by the top 10 percent of wealthy people were Russia, Turkey, and Hungary, with over two-thirds of wealth in Russia being owned by the wealthiest decile. On the other hand, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Denmark were the countries with the smallest share of national wealth going to the top 10 percent, with more than half of wealth in the Netherlands going to the bottom 90 percent. Ireland, Poland, and Greece stand out, as in these countries the 50 percent of people who own the least wealth in fact have negative net wealth, meaning that the value of their debt is greater than the value of their gross wealth.

Distribution of wealth amongst different percentiles in Europe in 2021, by country

Characteristic	Top 1%	Top1-10%	Top 10-50%	Bottom 50%
Russia	47.64%	26.43%	22.8%	3.13%
Turkey	37.12%	30.83%	28.86%	3.19%
Hungary	33.46%	33.8%	28.84%	3.9%
Estonia	32.69%	33.73%	32.3%	1.28%
Cyprus	32.13%	34.25%	29.51%	4.11%
Ireland	23.05%	42.97%	33.98%	-3.38%
Switzerland	31.16%	31.5%	33.61%	3.73%
Austria	30.61%	31.24%	35.04%	3.11%
Poland	30.22%	31.56%	38.22%	-0.73%
Greece	23.92%	36.82%	39.26%	-1.84%
Portugal	25.76%	34.93%	35.79%	3.52%
Latvia	28.54%	32.03%	33.49%	5.94%
Georgia	28.46%	31.33%	35.54%	4.67%
Ukraine	28.46%	31.32%	35.55%	4.67%
Luxembourg	28.78%	30.56%	36.32%	4.34%
France	26.77%	32.56%	35.76%	4.91%
Germany	28.63%	30.31%	37.66%	3.4%
Sweden	27.65%	31.22%	36.34%	4.79%
Bulgaria	24.86%	33.8%	36.57%	4.77%
Czechia	26.98%	31.49%	36.69%	4.84%
Romania	24.12%	33.6%	37.38%	4.9%
Spain	24.27%	33.31%	35.75%	6.67%
Lithuania	23.61%	33.82%	37.64%	4.93%
Slovenia	23.21%	34.02%	36.98%	5.79%
UK	21.3%	35.83%	38.23%	4.64%
Montenegro	23.13%	33.79%	38.08%	5%
Serbia	22.98%	33.79%	38.21%	5.02%
Iceland	23.82%	32.86%	38.28%	5.04%
Azerbaijan	22.87%	33.77%	38.33%	5.03%
Armenia	22.86%	33.77%	38.33%	5.04%
Albania	22.67%	33.75%	38.52%	5.06%
Moldova	22.55%	33.74%	38.63%	5.08%
Italy	22.09%	34.1%	41.28%	2.53%
Bosnia & Herzegovina	22.38%	33.72%	38.8%	5.1%
Finland	18.55%	37.51%	41.9%	2.04%
Croatia	22.33%	33.71%	38.85%	5.11%
North Macedonia	22.12%	33.68%	39.05%	5.15%
Malta	21.28%	32.54%	35.81%	10.37%
Norway	22.7%	29.51%	44.17%	3.62%
Belgium	14.97%	37.22%	40.35%	7.46%
Denmark	21.64%	29.1%	45.24%	4.02%
Slovakia	17.56%	32.16%	42.89%	7.39%
Netherlands	16.44%	31.45%	43.11%	9%