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This is a list of the world's countries measuring the income of the richest one percent each (before taxes and transfers). The source of the data is the United Nations Development Programme , and refers to the latest available date. [ 1 ]
As of 2007, the richest 1% held about 38% of all privately held wealth in the United States. [14] While the bottom 90% held 73.2% of all debt. [73] According to The New York Times, the richest 1 percent in the United States now own more wealth than the bottom 90 percent. [79]
A 2006 study found that the richest 2% own more than half of global household assets. [14] The Pareto distribution gives 52.8% owned by the upper 1%. According to the OECD in 2012 the top 0.6% of world population (consisting of adults with more than US$1 million in assets) or the 42 million richest people in the world held 39.3% of world wealth.
The tax burden on the top 1% varies greatly from state to state, however there are only 13 states where the wealthy pay more than 25% in taxes.
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National net wealth, also known as national net worth, is the total sum of the value of a country's assets minus its liabilities. It refers to the total value of net wealth possessed by the residents of a state at a set point in time. [ 1 ]
UBS publishes various statistics relevant for calculating net wealth. These figures are influenced by real estate prices, equity market prices, exchange rates, liabilities, debts, adult percentage of the population, human resources, natural resources and capital and technological advancements, which may create new assets or render others worthless in the future.
The annual worldwide market share of personal computer vendors includes desktop computers, laptop computers, and netbooks but excludes mobile devices, such as tablet computers that do not fall under the category of 2-in-1 PCs.