The line chart illustrates the information about the income earned by the top 1 percent in seven different countries including United States, Canada, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Japan over a period of 40 years starting from 1975 to 2015.
Overall, it is clear that the share of the income in those countries fluctuated considerably over the period shown. Especially United States was noticeable for the highest proportion. Followed by the percentages of Canada, Germany, and United Kingdom. While the figures for other nations had the smallest income throughout the years.
As can be seen from the chart, the United States rose steadily from around 7 percent in 1975 to 9 percent in 1985. After that, it climbed dramatically to around 13 percent in 1990 and reached it peak at nearly 20 percent in 2015. Moreover, the percentage in Germany decreased gradually at 8 percent in 1985 and had fluctuations until 2005. However, it went up to approximately 13 percent in 2010. Additionally, the datas in UK, and Canada had consistent increase from under 10 percent of the income to around 13 percent in 2015. Finally, Italy, France and Japan stayed the same position through 40 years with steadily changes to around 9 percent in 2015.