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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] Countries unlisted have no data available.
After the Great Recession started in 2007, the share of total wealth owned by the top 1% of the population grew from 34.6% to 37.1%, and that owned by the top 20% of Americans grew from 85% to 87.7%. Median household wealth dropped by 36.1% compared to a drop of only 11.1% for the top 1%, further widening the gap.
The World Distribution of Household Wealth. 5 December 2006. By James B. Davies, Susanna Sandstrom, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. Tables to the 2006 report in Excel (including Gini coefficients for 229 countries). UNU-WIDER. World's richest 1% own 40% of all wealth, UN report discovers. 6 December 2006. By James Randerson.
In 2000, the top 1 percent held 45.5 percent of the world's wealth. Today, they hold 50.1 percent — more than half of the rest of the world.
Meanwhile, the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990, the charity said, citing World Bank data. The richest 1% of people own nearly 45% of all wealth, while 44% of ...
In fact, the world's richest 1% of people own more wealth than the rest of humanity, according to a report by Oxfam, a non-profit that focuses on fighting global poverty.
Oxfam International reported that the richest 1 percent of people owned 48 percent of global wealth As of 2013, [30] and would own more than half of global wealth by 2016. [31] In 2014, Oxfam reported that the 85 wealthiest individuals in the world had a combined wealth equal to that of the bottom half of the world's population, or about 3.5 ...
To be among the richest 1% of Americans, you now need at least $5.8 million. This is up from $5.1 million last year, according to Knight Frank's 2024 Wealth Report. Globally, the entry point to ...