Costa Rica vs Chinese Taipei: Income share of the richest 1% before and after tax
Costa Rica
16.6%
in 2022
Chinese Taipei
17.0%
in 2017
Costa Rica rank
30th
Chinese Taipei rank
27th
Income share of the richest 1% before and after tax over time
- Costa Rica
- Chinese Taipei
How they compare
Chinese Taipei currently reports 17.0% against 16.6% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 30th and Chinese Taipei ranks 27th of 109 countries.
Chinese Taipei has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher income share of the richest 1% before and after tax, Costa Rica or Chinese Taipei?
- Chinese Taipei, at 17.0% against 16.6% in Costa Rica as of 2017.
- What is the difference in income share of the richest 1% before and after tax between Costa Rica and Chinese Taipei?
- 0.4%, with Chinese Taipei ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Chinese Taipei?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2017.
- How do Costa Rica and Chinese Taipei rank globally for income share of the richest 1% before and after tax?
- Costa Rica ranks 30th and Chinese Taipei ranks 27th of 109 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Income share of the richest 1% before and after tax. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of income received by the richest 1% of the population. Income here is measured after taxes and benefits.