Wealth distribution by country explained

World distribution of wealth is the distribution of how wealth is distributed around the world. The guideline for categorizing the data is to organize it based on the continent on which the people with wealth reside.

Data organization

Sometimes the data is organized by household wealth. It is useful to do it this way because sometimes the holders of wealth take care of other people who have no wealth, such as children or other family members.

World distribution of wealth (2016)

Data for the following tables is obtained from The UN-WIDER World Distribution of Household Wealth Report.^[1]

Northern America

nation	percent of world population	share of adult population	Net worth per capita (PPP)	Net worth per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world net worth (PPP)	Percent of world net worth (exchange rates)	Real GDP per capita (PPP)	Real GDP per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world GDP (PPP)	Percent of world GDP (exchange rates)
USA	4.67	71.39	143,727	143,727	25.4	32.65	35,619	35,619	21.97	31.49
Canada	0.5	74.18	89,252	70,916	1.7	1.74	28,731	22,828	1.91	2.18
total	5.17				27.1	34.39			23.88	33.67

Central and South America

nation	percent of world population	share of adult population	Net worth per capita (PPP)	Net worth per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world net worth (PPP)	Percent of world net worth (exchange rates)	Real GDP per capita (PPP)	Real GDP per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world GDP (PPP)	Percent of world GDP (exchange rates)
Argentina	0.61	63.17	38,481	25,410	0.88	0.75	11,729	7,745	0.94	0.89
Bahamas	0.00	60.87	76,364	53,813	0.01	0.01	16,793	14,217	0.01	0.01
Barbados	0.00	71.27	103,787	58,121	0.02	0.01	17,526	9,815	0.01	0.01
Belize	0.00	49.27	12,318	5,851	0.00	0.00	7,170	3,406	0.00	0.00
Bermuda	0.00	71.66	138,417	136,630	0.01	0.01	na	42,533	na	0.01
Bolivia	0.14	50.15	7,215	2,450	0.04	0.02	2,934	996	0.05	0.03
Brazil	2.86	59.94	21,092	9,566	2.28	1.33	7,745	3,512	2.92	1.9
Chile	0.25	63.65	30,760	13,722	0.29	0.17	10,389	4,635	0.35	0.22
Colombia	0.69	57.45	14,291	4,730	0.37	0.16	5,796	1,918	0.53	0.25
Costa Rica	0.06	58.13	14,973	10,615	0.04	0.03	5,873	4,164	0.05	0.05
Cuba	0.18	72.09	12,086	4,587	0.08	0.04	na	2,467	na	0.09
Dominican Republic	0.14	53.99	13,729	5,713	0.07	0.04	5,654	2,352	0.1	0.06
Ecuador	0.2	55.01	6,911	1,996	0.05	0.02	3,720	1,074	0.1	0.04
El Salvador	0.1	53.95	18,893	8,632	0.07	0.04	4,622	2,112	0.06	0.04
Guadeloupe	0.01	67.1	76,364	53,813	0.02	0.02	na	10,030	na	0.01
Guatemala	0.18	44.65	12,769	4,934	0.09	0.04	4,335	1,675	0.11	0.06
Haiti	0.13	47.17	6,221	1,611	0.03	0.01	1,798	466	0.03	0.01
Honduras	0.11	47.09	5,523	2,356	0.02	0.01	2,164	923	0.03	0.02
Jamaica	0.04	57.2	10,416	8,562	0.02	0.02	3,464	2,848	0.02	0.02
Mexico	1.64	56.08	21,493	13,070	1.34	1.05	9,711	5,905	2.11	1.84
Nicaragua	0.08	45.96	5,138	1,248	0.02	0.00	1,947	473	0.02	0.01
Panama	0.05	58.67	15,677	8,152	0.03	0.02	6,650	3,458	0.04	0.03
Paraguay	0.09	49.41	11,101	3,163	0.04	0.01	4,801	1,368	0.06	0.02
Peru	0.43	55.29	12,234	5,328	0.2	0.11	4,799	2,090	0.27	0.17
Puerto Rico	0.06	68.03	75,582	54,362	0.18	0.17	22,242	15,998	0.19	0.19
Trinidad and Tobago	0.02	63.6	53,429	23,408	0.04	0.02	13,721	6,011	0.04	0.02
Uruguay	0.05	67.6	20,207	11,807	0.04	0.03	10,285	6,009	0.07	0.06
US Virgin Islands	0.00	65.59	76,364	53,813	0.01	0.00	na	na	na	na
Venezuela	0.4	56.14	14,629	10,101	0.22	0.2	7,232	4,994	0.38	0.38
totals:	8.52				6.51	4.34			8.49	6.44

Europe

nation	percent of world population	share of adult population	Net worth per capita (PPP)	Net worth per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world net worth (PPP)	Percent of world net worth (exchange rates)	Real GDP per capita (PPP)	Real GDP per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world GDP (PPP)	Percent of world GDP (exchange rates)
Albania	0.05	60.44	10,504	3,155	0.02	0.01	3,658	1,099	0.02	0.01
Austria	0.13	77.46	66,639	62,420	0.34	0.40	24,836	23,264	0.44	0.59
Belarus	0.16	73.14	14,591	1,698	0.09	0.01	8,738	1,017	0.19	0.03
Belgium	0.17	76.63	85,818	76,577	0.55	0.63	25,008	22,315	0.56	0.72
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.06	73.92	12,131	2,457	0.03	0.01	5,252	1,117	0.04	0.01
Bulgaria	0.13	77.43	15,356	3,544	0.08	0.02	6,356	1,467	0.11	0.04
Croatia	0.07	76.12	22,439	10,221	0.06	0.04	9,547	4,349	0.09	0.06
Czech Republic	0.17	76.84	32,431	10,797	0.21	0.09	14,844	4,942	0.33	0.16
Denmark	0.09	76.26	66,191	70,751	0.22	0.30	28,539	30,505	0.33	0.51
Estonia	0.02	74.36	26,361	8,420	0.02	0.01	10,873	3,473	0.03	0.01
Finland	0.09	75.44	38,754	37,171	0.12	0.15	24,416	23,419	0.27	0.38
France	0.97	74.83	130,546	128,327	4.73	5.97	24,478	24,679	3.10	4.40
Georgia	0.08	70.47	12,315	1,371	0.04	0.01	5,315	592	0.05	0.01
Germany	1.35	78.71	89,871	86,369	4.60	5.69	23,917	22,758	4.28	5.83
Gibraltar	0.00	77.2	99,526	90,277	0.00	0.00	na	na	na	na
Greece	0.18	78.07	72,825	50,240	0.50	0.44	15,558	10,733	0.37	0.37
Greenland	0.00	71.66	138,417	136,630	0.00	0.01	na	na	na	na
Hungary	0.17	76.61	32,456	13,562	0.21	0.11	11,063	4,623	0.25	0.15
Iceland	0.00	69.12	73,401	83,031	0.01	0.02	26,929	30,461	0.02	0.03
Ireland	0.06	69.59	89,327	82,555	0.21	0.25	27,197	25,135	0.22	0.30
Italy	0.95	80.42	119,704	98,317	4.30	4.54	22,876	18,604	2.87	3.34
Latvia	0.04	74.57	19,162	6,951	0.03	0.01	8,305	3,013	0.04	0.02
Liechtenstein	0.00	77.2	99,526	90,277	0.00	0.00	na	na	na	na
Lithuania	0.06	72.8	22,126	8,076	0.05	0.02	8,397	3,065	0.06	0.03
Luxembourg	0.01	75.42	182,567	160,030	0.05	0.06	48,968	42,923	0.05	0.06
Macedonia	0.03	69.59	14,606	4,652	0.02	0.01	5,506	1,754	0.02	0.01
Malta	0.01	72.46	75,694	40,471	0.02	0.01	18,526	9,761	0.02	0.01
Moldova	0.07	67.7	8,498	1,155	0.02	0.00	2,212	301	0.02	0.00
Monaco	0.00	77.2	99,526	90,277	0.00	0.00	na	22,065	na	0.00
Netherlands	0.26	75.77	120,086	109,418	1.19	1.39	25,759	23,261	0.89	1.15
Netherlands Antilles	0.00	67.98	76,364	53,813	0.01	0.01	na	12,862	na	0.01
Norway	0.07	74.12	72,254	81,188	0.20	0.29	32,057	36,021	0.31	0.50
Poland	0.64	72.08	24,654	10,438	0.59	0.32	9,661	4,090	0.81	0.49
Portugal	0.17	77.05	53,357	33,421	0.34	0.27	17,089	10,614	0.38	0.34
Romania	0.36	74.29	14,827	4,821	0.20	0.09	5,024	1,634	0.24	0.11
Saint-Pierre et Miquelon	0.00	71.67	138,417	136,630	0.00	0.00	na	na	na	na
Serbia and Montenegro	0.17	72.3	12,131	2,457	0.08	0.02	na	1,043	na	0.03
Slovakia	0.09	72.22	23,968	6,779	0.08	0.03	12,619	3,569	0.15	0.06
Slovenia	0.03	77.35	36,672	19,713	0.04	0.03	16,983	9,130	0.07	0.06
Spain	0.67	79	92,253	68,693	2.34	2.24	19,037	14,048	1.68	1.78
Sweden	0.15	75.87	80,091	83,918	0.44	0.60	24,628	25,805	0.47	0.71
Switzerland	0.12	76.69	144,186	170,755	0.64	0.98	28,209	33,407	0.44	0.74
UK	0.96	74.78	128,959	126,832	4.71	5.95	24,252	23,852	3.09	4.35
Ukraine	0.81	74.46	9,890	1,236	0.30	0.05	5,147	643	0.55	0.10
Vatican	0.00	77.2	99,526	90,277	0.00	0.00	na	na	na	na
total:	9.62				26.42	29.19			22.8	27.06

Africa

nation	percent of world population	share of adult population	Net worth per capita (PPP)	Net worth per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world net worth (PPP)	Percent of world net worth (exchange rates)	Real GDP per capita (PPP)	Real GDP per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world GDP (PPP)	Percent of world GDP (exchange rates)
Algeria	0.50	53.68	7,270	2,087	0.14	0.05	6,107	1,754	0.40	0.17
Benin	0.12	43.24	3,370	950	0.02	0.01	1,225	345	0.02	0.01
Burkina Faso	0.19	40.66	2,123	419	0.01	0.00	986	195	0.02	0.01
Burundi	0.11	40.20	1,876	327	0.01	0.00	619	108	0.01	0.00
Cameroon	0.24	45.90	5,272	1,262	0.05	0.01	2,301	551	0.07	0.03
Chad	0.13	42.61	1,728	329	0.01	0.00	959	183	0.02	0.00
Congo, Democratic Republic	0.82	42.06	1,402	180	0.04	0.01	669	86	0.07	0.01
Congo, Republic	0.06	42.69	2,795	1,127	0.01	0.00	2,533	1,022	0.02	0.01
Côte d'Ivoire	0.27	44.99	5,502	1,589	0.06	0.02	2,028	586	0.07	0.03
Eritrea	0.06	43.66	2,349	577	0.01	0.00	747	203	0.01	0.00
Ethiopia	1.13	43.81	1,414	193	0.06	0.01	720	98	0.11	0.02
Ghana	0.33	47.41	4,129	775	0.05	0.01	1,376	258	0.06	0.02
Guinea	0.14	45.96	7,734	1,062	0.04	0.01	2,961	407	0.05	0.01
Guinea-Bissau	0.02	43.09	1,673	409	0.00	0.00	738	180	0.00	0.00
Kenya	0.50	43.69	3,671	966	0.07	0.02	1,316	346	0.09	0.03
Libya	0.09	53.97	17,339	6,285	0.06	0.03	na	6,484	na	0.11
Madagascar	0.27	44.83	2,223	633	0.02	0.01	877	249	0.03	0.01
Malawi	0.19	43.17	2,683	546	0.02	0.01	808	165	0.02	0.01
Mali	0.19	40.28	1,798	383	0.01	0.00	996	212	0.03	0.01
Mauritania	0.04	46.31	5,207	1,231	0.01	0.00	1,729	409	0.01	0.00
Mauritius	0.02	65.70	62,338	15,983	0.05	0.02	14,406	3,693	0.04	0.01
Morocco	0.48	55.31	13,603	3,687	0.25	0.09	4,299	1,165	0.27	0.11
Mozambique	0.29	45.16	2,817	545	0.03	0.01	1,113	215	0.04	0.01
Niger	0.19	40.39	1,756	329	0.01	0.00	902	169	0.02	0.01
Nigeria	1.93	43.73	960	377	0.07	0.04	826	325	0.21	0.12
Rwanda	0.13	40.50	2,951	638	0.01	0.00	976	211	0.02	0.01
Reunion	0.01	62.67	17,339	6,285	0.01	0.00	na	9,014	na	0.02
Senegal	0.17	43.96	4,294	1,172	0.03	0.01	1,681	459	0.04	0.01
Sierra Leone	0.07	47.38	2,044	353	0.01	0.00	734	127	0.01	0.00
Somalia	0.12	45.76	2,349	577	0.01	0.00	na	235	na	0.01
South Africa	0.75	55.86	16,266	5,977	0.46	0.22	8,017	2,946	0.79	0.42
Sudan	0.54	48.64	2,349	577	0.05	0.02	1,756	367	0.13	0.04
Swaziland	0.02	43.42	13,239	3,377	0.01	0.00	5,047	1,287	0.01	0.00
Tanzania	0.57	44.79	1,246	681	0.03	0.02	490	268	0.04	0.03
Togo	0.09	44.35	2,214	645	0.01	0.00	926	270	0.01	0.00
Tunisia	0.16	58.95	21,237	6,042	0.13	0.05	7,130	2,029	0.15	0.06
Uganda	0.40	38.55	2,905	725	0.04	0.01	1,030	257	0.05	0.02
Zambia	0.18	42.20	2,121	789	0.01	0.01	841	313	0.02	0.01
Zimbabwe	0.21	44.71	6,863	1,465	0.05	0.01	2,607	556	0.07	0.02
total:	10.66				1.52	0.54			2.36	1.01

Middle East

nation	percent of world population	share of adult population	Net worth per capita (PPP)	Net worth per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world net worth (PPP)	Percent of world net worth (exchange rates)	Real GDP per capita (PPP)	Real GDP per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world GDP (PPP)	Percent of world GDP (exchange rates)
Afghanistan	0.39	42.90	6,561	1,164	0.10	0.02	na	101	na	0.01
Armenia	0.05	64.44	9,545	1,548	0.02	0.00	3,068	498	0.02	0.00
Azerbaijan	0.13	59.14	6,717	1,237	0.03	0.01	3,555	654	0.06	0.02
Bahrain	0.01	63.93	105,287	130,833	0.04	0.07	15,870	11,775	0.02	0.02
Egypt	1.11	52.83	16,650	5,754	0.70	0.31	4,406	1,523	0.64	0.32
Iran	1.09	51.31	17,569	11,621	0.73	0.62	7,202	4,764	1.04	0.98
Iraq	0.41	46.70	12,343	3,480	0.19	0.07	na	766	na	0.06
Israel	0.1	17.29	64,034	59,207	0.88	1.05	19,148	17,705	0.92	1.22
Jordan	0.08	49.76	12,217	4,825	0.04	0.02	4,282	1,691	0.05	0.03
Kazakhstan	0.25	63.24	14,281	2,119	0.13	0.03	8,331	1,236	0.27	0.06
Kuwait	0.04	66.88	105,287	130,833	0.15	0.23	15,743	15,947	0.08	0.11
Kyrgyzstan	0.08	54.64	5,174	433	0.02	0.00	3,205	268	0.03	0.00
Lebanon	0.06	59.56	20,526	12,828	0.04	0.03	6,089	3,806	0.04	0.04
Oman	0.04	53.26	18,943	11,130	0.03	0.02	12,491	7,615	0.07	0.06
Pakistan	2.34	47.65	6,296	1,255	0.56	0.14	2,158	430	0.67	0.19
Palestinian Territory	0.05	43.37	12,343	3,480	0.02	0.01	na	na	na	na
Qatar	0.01	67.09	105,287	130,833	0.04	0.06	na	30,558	na	0.06
Saudi Arabia	0.35	51.16	22,864	16,206	0.31	0.28	12,374	8,771	0.58	0.59
Syria	0.28	47.11	8,789	10,046	0.09	0.14	4,338	4,958	0.16	0.26
Tajikistan	0.10	46.54	2,942	298	0.01	0.00	1,380	140	0.02	0.00
Turkey	1.12	59.20	23,798	9,601	1.01	0.52	7,414	2,991	1.10	0.63
Turkmenistan	0.07	53.14	12,343	3,480	0.03	0.01	3,668	1,062	0.04	0.01
United Arab Emirates	0.05	68.76	105,287	130,833	0.21	0.34	na	18,906	na	0.19
Uzbekistan	0.41	51.83	6,561	1,164	0.10	0.02	1,516	552	0.08	0.04
Yemen	0.29	40.19	1,425	537	0.02	0.01	1,293	487	0.05	0.03
total:	9.88				5.07	3.13			5.69	4.1

Asia

nation	percent of world population	share of adult population	Net worth per capita (PPP)	Net worth per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world net worth (PPP)	Percent of world net worth (exchange rates)	Real GDP per capita (PPP)	Real GDP per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world GDP (PPP)	Percent of world GDP (exchange rates)
Bangladesh	2.12	51.57	6,389	1,250	0.51	0.13	1,772	347	0.50	0.14
Brunei Darussalam	0.01	60.06	105,287	130,833	0.02	0.03	na	12,922	na	0.01
China	20.57	67.27	11,267	2,613	8.77	2.62	3,844	891	10.45	3.47
Hong Kong (China SAR)	0.11	76.61	202,189	173,353	0.83	0.92	27,893	23,915	0.40	0.49
Macao (China SAR)	0.10	5.09	73,072	44,794	0.28	0.22	23,118	14,172	0.31	0.27
Cambodia	0.21	45.88	4,883	753	0.04	0.01	1,859	287	0.05	0.01
India	16.78	55.88	6,513	1,112	4.14	0.91	2,684	458	5.95	1.45
Indonesia	3.44	59.49	7,973	1,440	1.04	0.24	4,035	729	1.83	0.47
Japan	2.09	79.45	124,858	180,837	9.86	18.37	25,924	37,547	7.15	14.84
Kiribati	0.00	52.86	10,084	4,153	0.00	0.00	na	574	na	0.00
Korea, North	0.36	65.41	6,561	1,164	0.09	0.02	na	476	na	0.03
Korea, South	0.77	71.06	45,849	29,687	1.33	1.11	14,937	9,671	1.52	1.41
Laos	0.09	46.75	6,561	1,164	0.02	0.00	1,551	328	0.02	0.01
Malaysia	0.38	56.28	15,046	6,137	0.22	0.11	9,422	3,843	0.47	0.27
Myanmar	0.78	57.18	6,561	1,164	0.19	0.04	na	877	na	0.13
Nepal	0.40	48.53	6,561	1,164	0.10	0.02	1,321	227	0.07	0.02
Niue	0.00	52.85	10,084	4,153	0.00	0.00	na	na	na	na
Philippines	1.25	51.75	14,182	3,533	0.67	0.21	4,065	1,013	0.67	0.24
Singapore	0.07	71.94	113,631	90,960	0.28	0.29	28,644	22,929	0.25	0.29
Sri Lanka	0.33	63.93	10,617	2,329	0.13	0.04	3,841	842	0.17	0.05
Taiwan	0.01	3489.19	100,009	73,654	0.03	0.03	19,714	14,519	0.02	0.02
Thailand	1.01	65.37	14,824	4,390	0.57	0.22	6,715	1,989	0.90	0.38
Timor-Leste	0.01	42.02	6,561	1,164	0.00	0.00	na	457	na	0.00
Vietnam	1.29	55.96	5,633	1,112	0.28	0.07	2,012	397	0.34	0.10
total:	52.18				29.4	25.61			31.07	24.1

Other

nation	percent of world population	share of adult population	Net worth per capita (PPP)	Net worth per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world net worth (PPP)	Percent of world net worth (exchange rates)	Real GDP per capita (PPP)	Real GDP per capita (exchange rates)	Percent of world GDP (PPP)	Percent of world GDP (exchange rates)
Australia	0.31	71.78	90,906	67,990	1.08	1.04	27,193	20,338	1.13	1.21
New Zealand	0.06	70.14	55,823	37,026	0.13	0.11	20,008	13,271	0.17	0.16
Israel	0.1	17.29	64,034	59,207	0.88	1.05	19,148	17,705	0.92	1.22
Russian Federation	2.41	73.34	17,610	3,036	1.61	0.36	9,996	1,723	3.18	0.79
total:	3.14				3.7	2.56			5.4	3.38

Net worth per capita (2016)

Data for the following tables is obtained from The UN-WIDER World Distribution of Household Wealth Report.^[2]

nation	percent of world population	Net worth per capita (PPP)	rank	nation	percent of world population	Net worth per capita (exchange rates)
World	98.52	26,202	n/a	World	99.53	20,372
Hong Kong	0.11	202,189	1	Japan	2.09	180,837
Luxembourg	0.01	182,567	2	Hong Kong	0.11	173,353
Switzerland	0.12	144,186	3	Switzerland	0.12	170,755
USA	4.67	143,727	4	Luxembourg	0.01	160,030
UK	0.96	128,959	5	USA	4.67	143,727
Japan	2.09	124,858	6	Qatar	0.01	130,833
Netherlands	0.26	120,086	7	Bahrain	0.01	130,833
Italy	0.95	119,704	8	United Arab Emirates	0.05	130,833
Singapore	0.07	113,631	9	Brunei Darussalam	0.01	130,833
Brunei Darussalam	0.01	105,287	10	Kuwait	0.04	130,833
United Arab Emirates	0.05	105,287	11	UK	0.96	126,832
Bahrain	0.01	105,287	12	Netherlands	0.26	109,418
Kuwait	0.04	105,287	13	Italy	0.95	98,317
Qatar	0.01	105,287	14	Singapore	0.07	90,960
Taiwan	0.01	100,009	15	Cyprus	0.01	90,277
Cyprus	0.01	99,526	16	Germany	1.35	86,369
France	0.97	93,729	17	France	0.97	85,794
Spain	0.67	92,253	18	Sweden	0.15	83,918
Australia	0.31	90,906	19	Ireland	0.06	82,555
Germany	1.35	89,871	20	Norway	0.07	81,188
Ireland	0.06	89,327	21	Belgium	0.17	76,577
Canada	0.5	89,252	22	Taiwan	0.01	73,654
Belgium	0.17	85,818	23	Canada	0.5	70,916
Sweden	0.15	80,091	24	Denmark	0.09	70,751
Guadeloupe	0.01	76,364	25	Spain	0.67	68,693
Martinique	0.01	76,364	26	Australia	0.31	67,990
Malta	0.01	75,694	27	Austria	0.13	62,420
Puerto Rico	0.06	75,582	28	Israel	0.1	59,207
Macao	0.1	73,072	29	Puerto Rico	0.06	54,362
Greece	0.18	72,825	30	Martinique	0.01	53,813
Norway	0.07	72,254	31	Guadeloupe	0.01	53,813
Austria	0.13	66,639	32	Greece	0.18	50,240
Denmark	0.09	66,191	33	Macao	0.1	44,794
Israel	0.1	64,034	34	Malta	0.01	40,471
Mauritius	0.02	62,338	35	Finland	0.09	37,171
New Zealand	0.06	55,823	36	New Zealand	0.06	37,026
Trinidad and Tobago	0.02	53,429	37	Portugal	0.17	33,421
Portugal	0.17	53,357	38	Korea, South	0.77	29,687
Korea, South	0.77	45,849	39	Argentina	0.61	25,410
Finland	0.09	38,754	40	Trinidad and Tobago	0.02	23,408
Argentina	0.61	38,481	41	Slovenia	0.03	19,713
Slovenia	0.03	36,672	42	Saudi Arabia	0.35	16,206
Hungary	0.17	32,456	43	Mauritius	0.02	15,983
Czech Republic	0.17	32,431	44	Chile	0.25	13,722
Chile	0.25	30,760	45	Hungary	0.17	13,562
Estonia	0.02	26,361	46	Mexico	1.64	13,070
Poland	0.64	24,654	47	Lebanon	0.06	12,828
Slovakia	0.09	23,968	48	Uruguay	0.05	11,807
Turkey	1.12	23,798	49	Iran	1.09	11,621
Saudi Arabia	0.35	22,864	50	Oman	0.04	11,130
Croatia	0.07	22,439	51	Czech Republic	0.17	10,797
Lithuania	0.06	22,126	52	Costa Rica	0.06	10,615
Mexico	1.64	21,493	53	Poland	0.64	10,438
Tunisia	0.16	21,237	54	Croatia	0.07	10,221
Brazil	2.86	21,092	55	Venezuela	0.4	10,101
Lebanon	0.06	20,526	56	Syria	0.28	10,046
Uruguay	0.05	20,207	57	Turkey	1.12	9,601
Latvia	0.04	19,162	58	Brazil	2.86	9,566
Oman	0.04	18,943	59	El Salvador	0.1	8,632
El Salvador	0.1	18,893	60	Jamaica	0.04	8,562
Russian Federation	2.41	17,610	61	Estonia	0.02	8,420
Iran	1.09	17,569	62	Panama	0.05	8,152
Libya	0.09	17,339	63	Lithuania	0.06	8,076
Reunion	0.01	17,339	64	Gabon	0.02	7,491
Egypt	1.11	16,650	65	Latvia	0.04	6,951
Botswana	0.03	16,457	66	Slovakia	0.09	6,779
South Africa	0.75	16,266	67	Botswana	0.03	6,396
Panama	0.05	15,677	68	Libya	0.09	6,285
Bulgaria	0.13	15,356	69	Reunion	0.01	6,285
Malaysia	0.38	15,046	70	Malaysia	0.38	6,137
Costa Rica	0.06	14,973	71	Tunisia	0.16	6,042
Romania	0.36	14,827	72	South Africa	0.75	5,977
Thailand	1.01	14,824	73	Egypt	1.11	5,754
Venezuela	0.4	14,629	74	Dominican Republic	0.14	5,713
Macedonia	0.03	14,606	75	Peru	0.43	5,328
Belarus	0.16	14,591	76	Guatemala	0.18	4,934
Gabon	0.02	14,539	77	Jordan	0.08	4,825
Colombia	0.69	14,291	78	Romania	0.36	4,821
Kazakhstan	0.25	14,281	79	Colombia	0.69	4,730
Philippines	1.25	14,182	80	Macedonia	0.03	4,652
Djibouti	0.01	14,118	81	Cuba	0.18	4,587
Dominican Republic	0.14	13,729	82	Suriname	0.01	4,587
Morocco	0.48	13,603	83	Djibouti	0.01	4,470
Swaziland	0.02	13,239	84	Thailand	1.01	4,390
Guatemala	0.18	12,769	85	Fiji	0.01	4,153
Iraq	0.41	12,343	86	Morocco	0.48	3,687
Turkmenistan	0.07	12,343	87	Bulgaria	0.13	3,544
Palestinian Territory	0.05	12,343	88	Philippines	1.25	3,533
Georgia	0.08	12,315	89	Iraq	0.41	3,480
Peru	0.43	12,234	90	Palestinian Territory	0.05	3,480
Jordan	0.08	12,217	91	Turkmenistan	0.07	3,480
Serbia and Montenegro	0.17	12,131	92	Swaziland	0.02	3,377
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.06	12,131	93	Paraguay	0.09	3,163
Suriname	0.01	12,086	94	Cape Verde	0.01	3,157
Cuba	0.18	12,086	95	Albania	0.05	3,155
China	20.57	11,267	96	Russian Federation	2.41	3,036
Paraguay	0.09	11,101	97	Namibia	0.03	2,742
Cape Verde	0.01	10,720	98	China	20.57	2,613
Sri Lanka	0.33	10,617	99	Serbia and Montenegro	0.17	2,457
Albania	0.05	10,504	100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.06	2,457
Jamaica	0.04	10,416	101	Bolivia	0.14	2,450
Fiji	0.01	10,084	102	Honduras	0.11	2,356
Ukraine	0.81	9,890	103	Sri Lanka	0.33	2,329
Armenia	0.05	9,545	104	Kazakhstan	0.25	2,119
Namibia	0.03	9,219	105	Equatorial Guinea	0.01	2,097
Syria	0.28	8,789	106	Algeria	0.5	2,087
Moldova	0.07	8,498	107	Ecuador	0.2	1,996
Indonesia	3.44	7,973	108	Belarus	0.16	1,698
Guinea	0.14	7,734	109	Haiti	0.13	1,611
Equatorial Guinea	0.01	7,355	110	Côte d'Ivoire	0.27	1,589
Algeria	0.5	7,270	111	Armenia	0.05	1,548
Bolivia	0.14	7,215	112	Zimbabwe	0.21	1,465
Ecuador	0.2	6,911	113	Indonesia	3.44	1,440
Zimbabwe	0.21	6,863	114	Georgia	0.08	1,371
Azerbaijan	0.13	6,717	115	Guyana	0.01	1,328
Korea, North	0.36	6,561	116	Cameroon	0.24	1,262
Uzbekistan	0.41	6,561	117	Pakistan	2.34	1,255
Nepal	0.4	6,561	118	Bangladesh	2.12	1,250
Laos	0.09	6,561	119	Nicaragua	0.08	1,248
Afghanistan	0.39	6,561	120	Azerbaijan	0.13	1,237
Mongolia	0.04	6,561	121	Ukraine	0.81	1,236
Myanmar	0.78	6,561	122	Mauritania	0.04	1,231
Timor-Leste	0.01	6,561	123	Senegal	0.17	1,172
Bhutan	0.03	6,561	124	Nepal	0.4	1,164
India	16.78	6,513	125	Mongolia	0.04	1,164
Bangladesh	2.12	6,389	126	Uzbekistan	0.41	1,164
Pakistan	2.34	6,296	127	Bhutan	0.03	1,164
Haiti	0.13	6,221	128	Korea, North	0.36	1,164
Guyana	0.01	5,647	129	Afghanistan	0.39	1,164
Viet Nam	1.29	5,633	130	Laos	0.09	1,164
Honduras	0.11	5,523	131	Myanmar	0.78	1,164
Côte d'Ivoire	0.27	5,502	132	Timor-Leste	0.01	1,164
Cameroon	0.24	5,272	133	Moldova	0.07	1,155
Mauritania	0.04	5,207	134	Congo, Republic	0.06	1,127
Kyrgyzstan	0.08	5,174	135	Viet Nam	1.29	1,112
Comoros	0.01	5,170	136	India	16.78	1,112
Nicaragua	0.08	5,138	137	Guinea	0.14	1,062
Cambodia	0.21	4,883	138	Comoros	0.01	1,026
Senegal	0.17	4,294	139	Solomon Islands	0.01	1,004
Ghana	0.33	4,129	140	Papua New Guinea	0.09	1,004
Gambia	0.02	3,885	141	Kenya	0.5	966
Kenya	0.5	3,671	142	Benin	0.12	950
Papua New Guinea	0.09	3,617	143	Gambia	0.02	945
Solomon Islands	0.01	3,617	144	Lesotho	0.03	848
Benin	0.12	3,370	145	Zambia	0.18	789
Rwanda	0.13	2,951	146	Ghana	0.33	775
Tajikistan	0.1	2,942	147	Cambodia	0.21	753
Uganda	0.4	2,905	148	Uganda	0.4	725
Lesotho	0.03	2,870	149	Tanzania	0.57	681
Mozambique	0.29	2,817	150	Togo	0.09	645
Congo, Republic	0.06	2,795	151	Rwanda	0.13	638
Malawi	0.19	2,683	152	Madagascar	0.27	633
Liberia	0.05	2,349	153	Angola	0.23	577
Sudan	0.54	2,349	154	Eritrea	0.06	577
Somalia	0.12	2,349	155	Sudan	0.54	577
Eritrea	0.06	2,349	156	Somalia	0.12	577
Angola	0.23	2,349	157	Liberia	0.05	577
Madagascar	0.27	2,223	158	Malawi	0.19	546
Togo	0.09	2,214	159	Mozambique	0.29	545
Burkina Faso	0.19	2,123	160	Yemen	0.29	537
Zambia	0.18	2,121	161	Kyrgyzstan	0.08	433
Sierra Leone	0.07	2,044	162	Central African Republic	0.06	428
Central African Republic	0.06	1,949	163	Burkina Faso	0.19	419
Burundi	0.11	1,876	164	Guinea-Bissau	0.02	409
Mali	0.19	1,798	165	Mali	0.19	383
Niger	0.19	1,756	166	Nigeria	1.93	377
Chad	0.13	1,728	167	Sierra Leone	0.07	353
Guinea-Bissau	0.02	1,673	168	Chad	0.13	329
Yemen	0.29	1,425	169	Niger	0.19	329
Ethiopia	0.01	1,414	170	Burundi	na	na
Congo, Democratic Republic	0.82	1,402	171	Tajikistan	0.1	298
Tanzania	0.57	1,246	172	Ethiopia	1.13	193
Nigeria	1.93	960	173	Congo, Democratic Republic	0.82	180

See also

• Distribution of wealth
• List of countries by distribution of wealth
• List of countries by income equality

Notes and References

1. The World Distribution of Household Wealth. James B. Davies, Susanna Sandstrom, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. 5 December 2006.
   • Launch of the WIDER study on The World Distribution of Household Wealth (includes press release, summary, and data)
   • Estimating the Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth (copy of full report with a cover page added)
   • The World Distribution of Household Wealth (exact copy of report published at United Nations website)
2. The World Distribution of Household Wealth. James B. Davies, Susanna Sandstrom, Anthony Shorrocks, and Edward N. Wolff. 5 December 2006.
   • Launch of the WIDER study on The World Distribution of Household Wealth (includes press release, summary, and data)
   • Estimating the Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth (copy of full report with a cover page added)
   • The World Distribution of Household Wealth (exact copy of report published at United Nations website)