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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 ]
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.
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.
Per Forbes (April 2024) [1]; Rank Rank per capita Country/Territory Billionaires Rate - World 2,781: 0.343 1 11 United States 813: 2.420 2 53 China 406: 0.288 3 58 India 200: 0.144
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]
[2] [3] The American upper class is estimated to be the richest 1% of the population. The American upper class is distinguished from the rest of the population due to the fact that its primary source of income consists of assets, investments, and capital gains rather than wages and salaries.
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 ]
1 Qatar: Oil & Gas 2 Luxembourg: Top 10 Tax haven — Macau: Tax haven (Sink OFC) 3 Singapore: Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC) 4 Brunei: Oil & Gas 5 United Arab Emirates: Oil & Gas 6 Ireland: Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC) 7 Switzerland: Top 10 Tax haven (Conduit OFC) 8 Norway: Oil & Gas — Hong Kong: Top 10 Tax haven (Sink OFC) 9 United States