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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 ]
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.
The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [1] As of March 2023, there were 735 billionaires in the United States. [2]
National net wealth, also known as national net worth, is the total sum of the value of a country's assets minus its liabilities. It refers to the total value of net wealth possessed by the residents of a state at a set point in time. [ 1 ]
List of The World's Top 500 billionaires, ranked in order of net worth: Publication details; Publication: Bloomberg L.P. First published: March 11, 2012: Latest update: February 7, 2025: Current list details; Net worth (1st) US$ 411.5 billion (as of February 6, 2025) [1] Number of billionaires 500: Total list net worth value US$9.8 trillion
The list also marks for the first time a French citizen was in the top position as well as a non-American for the first time since 2013 when the Mexican Carlos Slim Helu was the world's richest person. The list, like in 2022, counted 15 under 30 billionaires with the richest of them being Red Bull heir Mark Mateschitz with a net worth of $34.7 ...
The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families resident in the United Kingdom ranked by net wealth.The list is updated annually in April and has been published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989.