Wealth distribution by country

World distribution of wealth is the distribution of how wealth is distributed around the world. The guideline for categorizing the data is to organize it based on the continent on which the people with wealth reside. Sometimes, the data is organized by household wealth. It is useful to do it this way because sometimes the holders of wealth take care of other people who have no wealth, such as children or other family members.

World distribution of wealth (2016)

Data for the following tables is obtained from The UN-WIDER World Distribution of Household Wealth Report.[1]

By Region

Population, net worth and gross domestic product by region[1]
Region Population (%) Net worth (%) Gross domestic product (%)
World Adult PPP Exchange
rates 		PPP Exchange
rates
America 13.69 59.22 33.61 38.73 32.37 40.11
Europe 9.62 74.32 27.69 31.09 22.86 27.51
Africa 11.73 46.26 1.97 0.71 3.03 1.40
Middle East 8.91 52.88 5.50 4.01 5.94 4.93
Asia 52.18 57.36 29.40 25.61 31.07 24.10
Other 2.78 71.75 2.82 1.51 4.48 2.16
Total 98.91 60.30 100.99 101.66 99.75 100.21

America

Country % of population Net worth Gross domestic product
Per capita % of world Per capita % of world
World Adult PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates
United States 4.67 71.39 143,727 143,727 25.40 32.65 35,619 35,619 21.97 31.49
Canada 0.50 74.18 89,252 70,916 1.70 1.74 28,731 22,828 1.91 2.18
Argentina 0.61 63.17 38,481 25,410 0.88 0.75 11,729 7,745 0.94 0.89
Bahamas 0.00 60.87 76,364 53,813 0.01 0.01 16,793 14,217 0.01 0.01
Barbados 0.00 71.27 103,787 58,121 0.02 0.01 17,526 9,815 0.01 0.01
Belize 0.00 49.27 12,318 5,851 0.00 0.00 7,170 3,406 0.00 0.00
Bermuda 0.00 71.66 138,417 136,630 0.01 0.01 — 42,533 — 0.01
Bolivia 0.14 50.15 7,215 2,450 0.04 0.02 2,934 996 0.05 0.03
Brazil 2.86 59.94 21,092 9,566 2.28 1.33 7,745 3,512 2.92 1.90
Chile 0.25 63.65 30,760 13,722 0.29 0.17 10,389 4,635 0.35 0.22
Colombia 0.69 57.45 14,291 4,730 0.37 0.16 5,796 1,918 0.53 0.25
Costa Rica 0.06 58.13 14,973 10,615 0.04 0.03 5,873 4,164 0.05 0.05
Cuba 0.18 72.09 12,086 4,587 0.08 0.04 — 2,467 — 0.09
Dominican Republic 0.14 53.99 13,729 5,713 0.07 0.04 5,654 2,352 0.10 0.06
Ecuador 0.20 55.01 6,911 1,996 0.05 0.02 3,720 1,074 0.10 0.04
El Salvador 0.10 53.95 18,893 8,632 0.07 0.04 4,622 2,112 0.06 0.04
Guadeloupe 0.01 67.10 76,364 53,813 0.02 0.02 — 10,030 — 0.01
Guatemala 0.18 44.65 12,769 4,934 0.09 0.04 4,335 1,675 0.11 0.06
Haiti 0.13 47.17 6,221 1,611 0.03 0.01 1,798 466 0.03 0.01
Honduras 0.11 47.09 5,523 2,356 0.02 0.01 2,164 923 0.03 0.02
Jamaica 0.04 57.20 10,416 8,562 0.02 0.02 3,464 2,848 0.02 0.02
Mexico 1.64 56.08 21,493 13,070 1.34 1.05 9,711 5,905 2.11 1.84
Nicaragua 0.08 45.96 5,138 1,248 0.02 0.00 1,947 473 0.02 0.01
Panama 0.05 58.67 15,677 8,152 0.03 0.02 6,650 3,458 0.04 0.03
Paraguay 0.09 49.41 11,101 3,163 0.04 0.01 4,801 1,368 0.06 0.02
Peru 0.43 55.29 12,234 5,328 0.20 0.11 4,799 2,090 0.27 0.17
Puerto Rico 0.06 68.03 75,582 54,362 0.18 0.17 22,242 15,998 0.19 0.19
Trinidad and Tobago 0.02 63.60 53,429 23,408 0.04 0.02 13,721 6,011 0.04 0.02
Uruguay 0.05 67.6 20,207 11,807 0.04 0.03 10,285 6,009 0.07 0.06
U.S. Virgin Islands 0.00 65.59 76,364 53,813 0.01 0.00 — — — —
Venezuela 0.40 56.14 14,629 10,101 0.22 0.20 7,232 4,994 0.38 0.38
Total 13.69 59.22 Total net worth: 33.61 38.73 Total GDP: 32.37 40.11

Europe

Country % of population Net worth Gross domestic product
Per capita % of world Per capita % of world
World Adult PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates
Albania 0.05 60.44 10,504 3,155 0.02 0.01 3,658 1,099 0.02 0.01
Austria 0.13 77.46 66,639 62,420 0.34 0.40 24,836 23,264 0.44 0.59
Belarus 0.16 73.14 14,591 1,698 0.09 0.01 8,738 1,017 0.19 0.03
Belgium 0.17 76.63 85,818 76,577 0.55 0.63 25,008 22,315 0.56 0.72
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.06 73.92 12,131 2,457 0.03 0.01 5,252 1,117 0.04 0.01
Bulgaria 0.13 77.43 15,356 3,544 0.08 0.02 6,356 1,467 0.11 0.04
Croatia 0.07 76.12 22,439 10,221 0.06 0.04 9,547 4,349 0.09 0.06
Czech Republic 0.17 76.84 32,431 10,797 0.21 0.09 14,844 4,942 0.33 0.16
Denmark 0.09 76.26 66,191 70,751 0.22 0.30 28,539 30,505 0.33 0.51
Estonia 0.02 74.36 26,361 8,420 0.02 0.01 10,873 3,473 0.03 0.01
Finland 0.09 75.44 38,754 37,171 0.12 0.15 24,416 23,419 0.27 0.38
France 0.97 74.83 130,546 128,327 4.73 5.97 24,478 24,679 3.10 4.40
Georgia 0.08 70.47 12,315 1,371 0.04 0.01 5,315 592 0.05 0.01
Germany 1.35 78.71 89,871 86,369 4.60 5.69 23,917 22,758 4.28 5.83
Gibraltar 0.00 77.2 99,526 90,277 0.00 0.00 — — — —
Greece 0.18 78.07 72,825 50,240 0.50 0.44 15,558 10,733 0.37 0.37
Greenland 0.00 71.66 138,417 136,630 0.00 0.01 — — — —
Hungary 0.17 76.61 32,456 13,562 0.21 0.11 11,063 4,623 0.25 0.15
Iceland 0.00 69.12 73,401 83,031 0.01 0.02 26,929 30,461 0.02 0.03
Ireland 0.06 69.59 89,327 82,555 0.21 0.25 27,197 25,135 0.22 0.30
Italy 0.95 80.42 119,704 98,317 4.30 4.54 22,876 18,604 2.87 3.34
Latvia 0.04 74.57 19,162 6,951 0.03 0.01 8,305 3,013 0.04 0.02
Liechtenstein 0.00 77.2 99,526 90,277 0.00 0.00 — — — —
Lithuania 0.06 72.8 22,126 8,076 0.05 0.02 8,397 3,065 0.06 0.03
Luxembourg 0.01 75.42 182,567 160,030 0.05 0.06 48,968 42,923 0.05 0.06
North Macedonia 0.03 69.59 14,606 4,652 0.02 0.01 5,506 1,754 0.02 0.01
Malta 0.01 72.46 75,694 40,471 0.02 0.01 18,526 9,761 0.02 0.01
Moldova 0.07 67.7 8,498 1,155 0.02 0.00 2,212 301 0.02 0.00
Monaco 0.00 77.2 99,526 90,277 0.00 0.00 — 22,065 — 0.00
Netherlands 0.26 75.77 120,086 109,418 1.19 1.39 25,759 23,261 0.89 1.15
Netherlands Antilles 0.00 67.98 76,364 53,813 0.01 0.01 — 12,862 — 0.01
Norway 0.07 74.12 72,254 81,188 0.20 0.29 32,057 36,021 0.31 0.50
Poland 0.64 72.08 24,654 10,438 0.59 0.32 9,661 4,090 0.81 0.49
Portugal 0.17 77.05 53,357 33,421 0.34 0.27 17,089 10,614 0.38 0.34
Romania 0.36 74.29 14,827 4,821 0.20 0.09 5,024 1,634 0.24 0.11
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 0.00 71.67 138,417 136,630 0.00 0.00 — — — —
Serbia and Montenegro 0.17 72.3 12,131 2,457 0.08 0.02 — 1,043 — 0.03
Slovakia 0.09 72.22 23,968 6,779 0.08 0.03 12,619 3,569 0.15 0.06
Slovenia 0.03 77.35 36,672 19,713 0.04 0.03 16,983 9,130 0.07 0.06
Spain 0.67 79.00 92,253 68,693 2.34 2.24 19,037 14,048 1.68 1.78
Sweden 0.15 75.87 80,091 83,918 0.44 0.60 24,628 25,805 0.47 0.71
 Switzerland 0.12 76.69 144,186 170,755 0.64 0.98 28,209 33,407 0.44 0.74
United Kingdom 0.96 74.78 128,959 126,832 4.71 5.95 24,252 23,852 3.09 4.35
Ukraine 0.81 74.46 9,890 1,236 0.30 0.05 5,147 643 0.55 0.10
Vatican City 0.00 77.20 99,526 90,277 0.00 0.00 — — — —
Total 9.62 74.32 Total net worth: 27.69 31.09 Total GDP: 22.86 27.51

Africa

Country % of population Net worth Gross domestic product
Per capita % of world Per capita % of world
World Adult PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates
Algeria 0.50 53.68 7,270 2,087 0.14 0.05 6,107 1,754 0.40 0.17
Benin 0.12 43.24 3,370 950 0.02 0.01 1,225 345 0.02 0.01
Burkina Faso 0.19 40.66 2,123 419 0.01 0.00 986 195 0.02 0.01
Burundi 0.11 40.20 1,876 327 0.01 0.00 619 108 0.01 0.00
Cameroon 0.24 45.90 5,272 1,262 0.05 0.01 2,301 551 0.07 0.03
Chad 0.13 42.61 1,728 329 0.01 0.00 959 183 0.02 0.00
DR Congo 0.82 42.06 1,402 180 0.04 0.01 669 86 0.07 0.01
Congo 0.06 42.69 2,795 1,127 0.01 0.00 2,533 1,022 0.02 0.01
Côte d'Ivoire 0.27 44.99 5,502 1,589 0.06 0.02 2,028 586 0.07 0.03
Eritrea 0.06 43.66 2,349 577 0.01 0.00 747 203 0.01 0.00
Ethiopia 1.13 43.81 1,414 193 0.06 0.01 720 98 0.11 0.02
Eswatini 0.02 43.42 13,239 3,377 0.01 0.00 5,047 1,287 0.01 0.00
Ghana 0.33 47.41 4,129 775 0.05 0.01 1,376 258 0.06 0.02
Guinea 0.14 45.96 7,734 1,062 0.04 0.01 2,961 407 0.05 0.01
Guinea-Bissau 0.02 43.09 1,673 409 0.00 0.00 738 180 0.00 0.00
Kenya 0.50 43.69 3,671 966 0.07 0.02 1,316 346 0.09 0.03
Libya 0.09 53.97 17,339 6,285 0.06 0.03 — 6,484 — 0.11
Madagascar 0.27 44.83 2,223 633 0.02 0.01 877 249 0.03 0.01
Malawi 0.19 43.17 2,683 546 0.02 0.01 808 165 0.02 0.01
Mali 0.19 40.28 1,798 383 0.01 0.00 996 212 0.03 0.01
Mauritania 0.04 46.31 5,207 1,231 0.01 0.00 1,729 409 0.01 0.00
Mauritius 0.02 65.70 62,338 15,983 0.05 0.02 14,406 3,693 0.04 0.01
Morocco 0.48 55.31 13,603 3,687 0.25 0.09 4,299 1,165 0.27 0.11
Mozambique 0.29 45.16 2,817 545 0.03 0.01 1,113 215 0.04 0.01
Niger 0.19 40.39 1,756 329 0.01 0.00 902 169 0.02 0.01
Nigeria 1.93 43.73 960 377 0.07 0.04 826 325 0.21 0.12
Rwanda 0.13 40.50 2,951 638 0.01 0.00 976 211 0.02 0.01
Reunion 0.01 62.67 17,339 6,285 0.01 0.00 — 9,014 — 0.02
Senegal 0.17 43.96 4,294 1,172 0.03 0.01 1,681 459 0.04 0.01
Sierra Leone 0.07 47.38 2,044 353 0.01 0.00 734 127 0.01 0.00
Somalia 0.12 45.76 2,349 577 0.01 0.00 — 235 — 0.01
South Africa 0.75 55.86 16,266 5,977 0.46 0.22 8,017 2,946 0.79 0.42
Sudan 0.54 48.64 2,349 577 0.05 0.02 1,756 367 0.13 0.04
Tanzania 0.57 44.79 1,246 681 0.03 0.02 490 268 0.04 0.03
Togo 0.09 44.35 2,214 645 0.01 0.00 926 270 0.01 0.00
Tunisia 0.16 58.95 21,237 6,042 0.13 0.05 7,130 2,029 0.15 0.06
Uganda 0.40 38.55 2,905 725 0.04 0.01 1,030 257 0.05 0.02
Zambia 0.18 42.20 2,121 789 0.01 0.01 841 313 0.02 0.01
Zimbabwe 0.21 44.71 6,863 1,465 0.05 0.01 2,607 556 0.07 0.02
Total 11.73 46.26 Total net worth: 1.97 0.71 Total GDP: 3.03 1.40

Middle East

Country % of population Net worth Gross domestic product
Per capita % of world Per capita % of world
World Adult PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates
Afghanistan 0.39 42.90 6,561 1,164 0.10 0.02 — 101 — 0.01
Armenia 0.05 64.44 9,545 1,548 0.02 0.00 3,068 498 0.02 0.00
Azerbaijan 0.13 59.14 6,717 1,237 0.03 0.01 3,555 654 0.06 0.02
Bahrain 0.01 63.93 105,287 130,833 0.04 0.07 15,870 11,775 0.02 0.02
Egypt 1.11 52.83 16,650 5,754 0.70 0.31 4,406 1,523 0.64 0.32
Iran 1.09 51.31 17,569 11,621 0.73 0.62 7,202 4,764 1.04 0.98
Iraq 0.41 46.70 12,343 3,480 0.19 0.07 — 766 — 0.06
Israel 0.1 17.29 64,034 59,207 0.88 1.05 19,148 17,705 0.92 1.22
Jordan 0.08 49.76 12,217 4,825 0.04 0.02 4,282 1,691 0.05 0.03
Kazakhstan 0.25 63.24 14,281 2,119 0.13 0.03 8,331 1,236 0.27 0.06
Kuwait 0.04 66.88 105,287 130,833 0.15 0.23 15,743 15,947 0.08 0.11
Kyrgyzstan 0.08 54.64 5,174 433 0.02 0.00 3,205 268 0.03 0.00
Lebanon 0.06 59.56 20,526 12,828 0.04 0.03 6,089 3,806 0.04 0.04
Oman 0.04 53.26 18,943 11,130 0.03 0.02 12,491 7,615 0.07 0.06
Pakistan 2.34 47.65 6,296 1,255 0.56 0.14 2,158 430 0.67 0.19
Palestine 0.05 43.37 12,343 3,480 0.02 0.01 — — — —
Qatar 0.01 67.09 105,287 130,833 0.04 0.06 — 30,558 — 0.06
Saudi Arabia 0.35 51.16 22,864 16,206 0.31 0.28 12,374 8,771 0.58 0.59
Syria 0.28 47.11 8,789 10,046 0.09 0.14 4,338 4,958 0.16 0.26
Tajikistan 0.10 46.54 2,942 298 0.01 0.00 1,380 140 0.02 0.00
Turkey 1.12 59.20 23,798 9,601 1.01 0.52 7,414 2,991 1.10 0.63
Turkmenistan 0.07 53.14 12,343 3,480 0.03 0.01 3,668 1,062 0.04 0.01
United Arab Emirates 0.05 68.76 105,287 130,833 0.21 0.34 — 18,906 — 0.19
Uzbekistan 0.41 51.83 6,561 1,164 0.10 0.02 1,516 552 0.08 0.04
Yemen 0.29 40.19 1,425 537 0.02 0.01 1,293 487 0.05 0.03
Total 8.91 52.88 Total net worth: 5.50 4.01 Total GDP: 5.94 4.93

Asia

Country % of population Net worth Gross domestic product
Per capita % of world Per capita % of world
World Adult PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates
Bangladesh 2.12 51.57 6,389 1,250 0.51 0.13 1,772 347 0.50 0.14
Brunei 0.01 60.06 105,287 130,833 0.02 0.03 — 12,922 — 0.01
Cambodia 0.21 45.88 4,883 753 0.04 0.01 1,859 287 0.05 0.01
China 20.57 67.27 11,267 2,613 8.77 2.62 3,844 891 10.45 3.47
East Timor 0.01 42.02 6,561 1,164 0.00 0.00 — 457 — 0.00
Hong Kong 0.11 76.61 202,189 173,353 0.83 0.92 27,893 23,915 0.40 0.49
India 16.78 55.88 6,513 1,112 4.14 0.91 2,684 458 5.95 1.45
Indonesia 3.44 59.49 7,973 1,440 1.04 0.24 4,035 729 1.83 0.47
Japan 2.09 79.45 124,858 180,837 9.86 18.37 25,924 37,547 7.15 14.84
Kiribati 0.00 52.86 10,084 4,153 0.00 0.00 — 574 — 0.00
Laos 0.09 46.75 6,561 1,164 0.02 0.00 1,551 328 0.02 0.01
Macao 0.10 5.09 73,072 44,794 0.28 0.22 23,118 14,172 0.31 0.27
Malaysia 0.38 56.28 15,046 6,137 0.22 0.11 9,422 3,843 0.47 0.27
Myanmar 0.78 57.18 6,561 1,164 0.19 0.04 — 877 — 0.13
  Nepal 0.40 48.53 6,561 1,164 0.10 0.02 1,321 227 0.07 0.02
Niue 0.00 52.85 10,084 4,153 0.00 0.00 — — — —
North Korea 0.36 65.41 6,561 1,164 0.09 0.02 — 476 — 0.03
Philippines 1.25 51.75 14,182 3,533 0.67 0.21 4,065 1,013 0.67 0.24
Singapore 0.07 71.94 113,631 90,960 0.28 0.29 28,644 22,929 0.25 0.29
South Korea 0.77 71.06 45,849 29,687 1.33 1.11 14,937 9,671 1.52 1.41
Sri Lanka 0.33 63.93 10,617 2,329 0.13 0.04 3,841 842 0.17 0.05
Taiwan 0.01 73.46 100,009 73,654 0.03 0.03 19,714 14,519 0.02 0.02
Thailand 1.01 65.37 14,824 4,390 0.57 0.22 6,715 1,989 0.90 0.38
Vietnam 1.29 55.96 5,633 1,112 0.28 0.07 2,012 397 0.34 0.10
Total 52.18 57.36 Total net worth: 29.40 25.61 Total GDP: 31.07 24.10

Other

Country % of population Net worth Gross domestic product
Per capita % of world Per capita % of world
World Adult PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates PPP Exchange rates
Australia 0.31 71.78 90,906 67,990 1.08 1.04 27,193 20,338 1.13 1.21
New Zealand 0.06 70.14 55,823 37,026 0.13 0.11 20,008 13,271 0.17 0.16
Russia 2.41 73.34 17,610 3,036 1.61 0.36 9,996 1,723 3.18 0.79
Total 2.78 71.75 Total net worth: 2.82 1.51 Total GDP: 4.48 2.16

See also

References

  1. ^ a b The World Distribution of Household Wealth. James B. Davies, Susanna Sandstrom, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. 5 December 2006.
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