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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.
In the United States, the use of offshore holdings is exceptionally small compared to Europe, where much of the wealth of the top percentiles is kept in offshore holdings. [25] According to a 2014 Credit Suisse study, the ratio of wealth to household income is the highest it has been since the Great Depression. [26]
The American upper class is a social group within the United States consisting of people who have the highest social rank, due to economic wealth, lineage, and typically educational attainment. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The American upper class is estimated to be the richest 1% of the population.
In 2022, families in America's top 10% held 60% of all wealth, up from 56% in 1989. Families in the top 1% held 23% of the nation's wealth in 1989, which has now grown to 27%.
The top 1% held 27% of all wealth in 2022, up from 23% in 1989. ... The analysis “is stating the obvious, that wealth in the United States is concentrated, and getting more so,” said Mark ...
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.
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 next 4.4% (311 million people) held 32.3% of world wealth. The bottom 95% held 28.4% of world wealth.
The average wealth of households in the top 1 percent was about $35.5 million. In the top 0.1 percent, the average household had wealth of more than $158.6 million. Here is how the remaining ...