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Wealth to join the top 1%
Net wealth per adult needed to enter the country's wealthiest 1%. Wealth distributions are modeled estimates nearly everywhere — treat as indicative, not measured.
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 89 countries · World Inequality Database · tap a country to pin it here
Countries
89 · World Inequality Database- 1stSwitzerland5,887,751
- 2ndTaiwan5,768,639
- 3rdUnited States5,115,455
- 4thIreland4,817,767
- 5thAustralia4,809,822
- 6thIceland4,763,050
- 7thBelgium4,613,912
- 8thSouth Korea4,325,456
- 9thNew Zealand3,903,753
- 10thLuxembourg3,884,937
- 11thGermany3,854,252
- 12thUnited Kingdom3,386,415
- 13thSweden3,350,401
- 14thFrance3,299,649
- 15thItaly3,295,712
- 16thNetherlands3,214,650
- 17thCanada3,180,528
- 18thPortugal3,040,415
- 19thAustria3,016,389
- 20thDenmark2,973,277
- 21stSpain2,967,829
- 22ndMalta2,966,392
- 23rdCyprus2,341,908
- 24thGreece2,177,165
- 25thNorway2,049,229
- 26thPoland1,939,019
- 27thSlovenia1,913,970
- 28thUruguay1,871,528
- 29thCzechia1,865,734
- 30thRomania1,861,096
- 31stFinland1,843,648
- 32ndCroatia1,786,587
- 33rdEstonia1,761,940
- 34thChina1,612,289
- 35thLithuania1,560,384
- 36thCosta Rica1,445,640
- 37thSlovakia1,434,305
- 38thArgentina1,368,171
- 39thLatvia1,347,294
- 40thRussia1,345,866
- 41stChile1,327,401
- 42ndTürkiye1,284,593
- 43rdMalaysia1,230,163
- 44thDominican Republic1,118,089
- 45thAlbania1,077,253
- 46thBulgaria891,509
- 47thSerbia886,610
- 48thBrazil854,285
- 49thMexico843,805
- 50thColombia817,719
- 51stIran772,110
- 52ndGeorgia766,079
- 53rdThailand760,913
- 54thEgypt753,256
- 55thPeru736,458
- 56thEcuador626,278
- 57thIraq598,476
- 58thEquatorial Guinea556,267
- 59thTunisia513,733
- 60thEl Salvador486,628
- 61stLebanon460,524
- 62ndNigeria415,078
- 63rdKyrgyzstan397,257
- 64thIndia396,695
- 65thMauritania388,392
- 66thZimbabwe374,058
- 67thEthiopia315,782
- 68thKenya294,014
- 69thIvory Coast293,956
- 70thCameroon260,636
- 71stBenin251,132
- 72ndUganda236,827
- 73rdMali205,494
- 74thGambia200,670
- 75thSierra Leone191,030
- 76thSenegal183,204
- 77thChad176,239
- 78thZambia168,701
- 79thBurkina Faso161,874
- 80thGuinea-Bissau142,584
- 81stRwanda139,690
- 82ndTogo134,746
- 83rdMalawi131,113
- 84thDR Congo107,803
- 85thMadagascar106,137
- 86thCentral African Republic98,189
- 87thMozambique95,557
- 88thNiger85,448
- 89thBurundi60,912
89 countries ranked.
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- Human development indexUNDP composite of health, education and income (0–1).
- GDP per capitaOutput per person, price-adjusted: states via BEA regional price parities, countries via PPP.
- Median income (after tax)Median equivalised household disposable income per person, USD PPP — what the middle household actually has to spend after taxes and transfers.
- PopulationResident population.
- Land areaLand area in square kilometres.
- Cost of livingOverall price level relative to the US average (100).
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- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
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