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Median Wealth per adult by Country 2017 [1] [disputed – discuss]

This is a list of countries of the world by wealth per adult, published annually by Credit Suisse's Global Wealth Databook. It includes both financial and non-financial assets. In tables below median and mean wealths per adult are reported.[1]



List of countries by median and mean wealth of adult (USD)

List of median and mean wealth in 2017[1]
# Country Median Mean
1  Iceland 444,999 587,649
2  Switzerland 229,059 537,599
3  Australia 195,417 402,603
4  Luxembourg 167,664 313,687
5  Belgium 161,589 278,139
6  New Zealand 147,593 337,441
7  Norway 130,543 320,475
8  Italy 124,636 223,572
9  Japan 123,724 225,057
10  France 119,720 263,399
11  Singapore 108,850 268,776
12  United Kingdom 102,641 278,038
13  Netherlands 94,373 204,045
14  Canada 91,058 259,271
15  Taiwan 87,257 188,081
16  Denmark 87,231 281,542
17  Ireland 84,592 248,466
18  Israel 78,244 198,406
19  Qatar 71,118 102,517
20  Malta 67,980 119,802
21  South Korea 67,934 160,609
22  Spain 63,369 129,578
North America 59,127 374,869
23  Finland 57,850 159,098
24  Austria 57,534 221,456
25  United States 55,876 388,585
26  Greece 54,665 111,684
27  Germany 47,091 203,946
28  Hong Kong 46,079 193,248
29  Sweden 45,235 260,667
30  Slovenia 42,195 62,920
31  Portugal 38,242 89,437
32  Kuwait 37,788 97,304
33  Hungary 30,111 39,813
34  Estonia 27,522 43,158
35  Seychelles 26,064 50,883
36  Libya 24,510 45,103
37  Czech Republic 23,083 51,472
38  Mauritius 23,035 38,937
39  Cyprus 20,902 102,384
40  Slovakia 20,717 27,842
41  Uruguay 20,376 40,376
42  Chile 20,141 52,829
43  United Arab Emirates 19,712 78,803
44  Croatia 18,058 25,756
45  Lithuania 17,931 27,507
46  Latvia 17,828 27,631
Europe 14,851 135,163
47  Brunei 14,064 43,151
48  Montenegro 13,981 19,607
49  Costa Rica 13,370 30,240
50  Bulgaria 11,782 17,394
51  Saudi Arabia 11,555 35,042
52  Oman 10,461 34,592
53  Poland 10,302 28,057
54  Samoa 9,938 22,734
55  Georgia 9,874 19,430
56  Bahamas 9,806 41,203
57  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8,947 12,516
58  Mexico 8,737 22,346
59  Bahrain 8,561 30,803
60  Peru 8,483 26,729
61  Barbados 8,433 22,098
62  Albania 8,401 11,061
63  Romania 8,282 16,344
64  Panama 8,239 23,340
65  Tonga 7,672 13,356
66  Trinidad and Tobago 7,579 14,028
67  Mongolia 7,526 12,530
68  Saint Lucia 7,497 14,296
69  Colombia 7,461 19,354
70  Argentina 7,411 18,966
71  Gabon 7,367 15,168
72  Tunisia 7,161 15,540
73  Malaysia 7,087 22,804
74  El Salvador 6,906 14,443
75  China 6,689 26,872
76  Turkmenistan 6,621 9,438
77  Antigua and Barbuda 6,529 22,490
78  Lebanon 6,452 24,161
79  Dominica 6,371 22,871
80  Jordan 6,014 13,099
81  North Macedonia 5,698 9,044
82  Ecuador 5,644 12,844
83  Azerbaijan 5,411 8,391
84  Serbia 5,299 8,035
Latin America 5,159 19,049
85  South Africa 5,136 21,849
86  Turkey 5,087 20,061
87  Angola 4,929 13,165
88  Solomon Islands 4,797 11,222
89  Grenada 4,625 17,523
90  Brazil 4,591 17,485
91  Paraguay 4,179 10,438
92  Russia 3,919 16,773
93  Jamaica 3,717 9,485
World 3,582 56,541
94  Armenia 3,371 5,751
95  Pakistan 3,338 5,174
96  St Vincent & Grenadines 3,336 12,445
97  Namibia 3,216 16,101
98  Belize 3,146 10,373
99  Fiji 3,059 6,309
Asia-Pacific 2,997 47,479
100  Vanuatu 2,994 6,173
101  Morocco 2,986 11,118
102  Botswana 2,673 8,917
103  Equatorial Guinea 2,616 8,044
104  Maldives 2,539 5,522
105  Algeria 2,518 7,399
106  Guyana 2,510 5,345
107  Philippines 2,478 9,773
108  Kyrgyzstan 2,472 4,689
109  Sri Lanka 2,448 4,802
110  Bolivia 2,297 5,751
111  Papua New Guinea 2,275 7,733
112  Vietnam 2,235 5,391
113  Moldova 2,229 3,093
114  Eritrea 2,036 3,607
115  Djibouti 1,977 4,347
116  Indonesia 1,914 11,001
117  Iran 1,856 3,831
118  Suriname 1,842 5,843
119  Cambodia 1,744 3,881
120  São Tomé and Príncipe 1,652 2,739
121  Benin 1,643 3,304
122  Thailand 1,624 8,311
123  Bangladesh 1,587 2,612
124  Zimbabwe 1,525 3,640
125  Myanmar 1,431 1,831
126  Laos 1,382 5,662
127  Nicaragua 1,306 3,242
128  India 1,295 5,976
129  Senegal 1,245 2,648
130  Ivory Coast 1,215 3,352
131  Comoros 1,153 3,152
132  Nepal 1,151 2,392
133  Togo 1,123 2,668
134  Cameroon 1,078 2,655
135  Eswatini 1,031 3,323
136  Tajikistan 993 1,576
137  Republic of the Congo 964 2,814
138  Liberia 959 2,193
139  Lesotho 945 3,163
140  Sudan 910 1,594
141  Haiti 894 2,879
142  Belarus 873 1,116
143  Nigeria 835 1,797
144  Yemen 799 3,002
145  Burkina Faso 773 1,444
146  Mauritania 731 1,390
147  Kenya 662 1,809
148  Syria 572 1,122
149  Niger 545 942
150  Tanzania 510 858
151  Mali 486 929
Africa 438 4,166
152  Venezuela 436 4,530
153  Ghana 411 809
154  Chad 410 883
155  Central African Republic 390 1,131
156  Guinea 374 814
157  Gambia 347 898
158  Kazakhstan 334 4,441
159  Egypt 324 3,168
160  Uganda 300 645
161  Zambia 298 1,064
162  Rwanda 272 666
163  Guinea-Bissau 243 477
164  Burundi 221 382
165  Sierra Leone 190 340
166  Madagascar 174 354
167  Mozambique 171 371
168  DR Congo 166 407
169  Ukraine 133 1,224
170  Ethiopia 103 153
171  Malawi 45 114

Credit Suisse S.A. publishes each year in Autumn the Global Wealth Report Databook. It reports all figures referred to the net wealth. These figures are influenced by real estate prices, equity market prices, exchange rates, liabilities, incidence in a country of the adult population, human resources, natural resources and capital and technological advancements ,which may create new assets or render others worthless in the future. During periods when equity markets experienced strong growth, the relative national and per capita wealth of the countries where people are more exposed on those markets, such as the United States and United Kingdom, tend to rise. On the other hand, when equity markets are depressed, the relative wealth of the countries where people invest more in real estate or bonds, such as France and Italy, tend to rise instead. Countries with more aged population like Germany and Italy would have higher relative wealth, if calculated per capita and not per adult.[1]

It is important to note in the table the difference between median and mean wealth. Median wealth is the amount that divides the wealth distribution into two equal groups, half the adults having wealth above that amount, and half the adults having wealth below that amount. Mean wealth (average) is the amount obtained by dividing the total aggregate wealth by the number of adults. In nations where wealth is highly concentrated in a small percentage of people the average wealth can be much higher than the median wealth (e.g. the United States and Sweden). To see this click on the header of the mean wealth column and put it in descending order.

List of continents and Asia-Pacific by total wealth

Percentages do not total 100% because Asia-Pacific is a region combining parts of Asia, Australia, etc.. It does not include all of Asia.

List by Credit Suisse (2017)[1]
Rank Continent Total wealth
(trillions USD)		 Share
World 280.3 100%
1 North America 101.0 36.0%
3 Europe 79.6 28.4%
2 Asia-Pacific 55.0 19.6%
5 Latin America 8.1 2.9%
6 Africa 2.5 0.9%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Anthony Shorrocks; Jim Davies; Rodrigo Lluberas (November 2017). "Global Wealth Report" (Document). Credit Suisse. {{cite document}}: Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help) Report. Databook. Downloadable data sheets. See Table 3.1 (page 112) of databook for mean and median wealth by country. See page 104 for total wealth of continents.


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