The chart depicts the total income earned by the top 1% in specific nations from 1975 to 2015.Looking overall, it can be seen that the wealth distribution has become unequal and hard to control over the past years. The United State, in particular, has risen significantly while France has shortened after time.
Commencing with the United States, which has the most wealthy individuals. Starting off with 8%, then growing steadily to 13% in 1990. After that, it continued to fluctuate and reached 17%.Lastly this country reached the peak of the chart with approximately 18% between 2011 and 2012, then began to step down to about 1% in the last period.Moreover, Germany,United Kingdom and Canada follow a similar though they are all slightly lower than the United States. These three countries, even though they began were completely different, they all finished with dips to near 13% in the last year.
For the other nations, all three of them received a same decline of 2% in the first decade, then all together traveled up to comparable dips to the extend of 8% in 1990. After that, in 2000, when France and Japan met each other at 7% and Italy began to slightly increase. In the end, Italy and Japan have an equal percentage which fluctuates about 8%.On the other hand, France stands at the lower state of about 6%.