Uruguay tops LatAm ranking regarding personal net worth

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Editores Latin Petroleum, 11.Oct.2026, Words: 139) — The wealthiest 1% in Uruguay hold 40.5% of personal net worth, according to a comparison published by Latinometrics using estimates from the World Inequality Database (WID) for 2024.

This percentage is the highest among the Latin American countries included in the comparison and exceeds the 34.8% recorded for the US, LaRed21 reported on 11 Oct. 2026.

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The result necessitates clarifying what is being measured.

Wealth inequality describes how accumulated assets and wealth are distributed, minus debts. It is a different indicator from income inequality, which examines the resources people receive over a period. A country can show different results in both dimensions, the daily said.

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