How much of national income goes to the richest 1%?
“You might expect these numbers to be strongly correlated to a country’s level of economic development. But this isn’t always the case. In the United States, for example, 1% of its population takes home 21% of national income. This is relatively high globally.”
https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/how-much-of-national-income-goes-to-the-richest1
#Data #DataViz #Economics #Economy #OnePercent #Income @economics
According to the #data the #UnitedStates comes in at 20.87% while #Russia comes in at 23.76% so there is a 2.89% difference.
@bibliolater @economics
That lighter orange on the top half of North America is something Pierre Poilievre will fix.
@the5thColumnist @bibliolater @economics
Red makes sense south of the border. In Canada it should turn blue when the rich get richer.
@bibliolater @economics I knew it was bad in the USA, but didn't realize it was as bad as Russia. Yikes