List of countries by wealth per adult
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This is a list of countries of the world by wealth per adult, from UBS's Global Wealth Databook.[1] Wealth includes both financial and non-financial assets. Farther down is a mean-wealth-only table, from the World Inequality Database.[2]


UBS publishes various statistics relevant for calculating net wealth. These figures are influenced by real estate prices, equity market prices, exchange rates, liabilities, debts, adult percentage of the population, human resources, natural resources and capital and technological advancements, which may create new assets or render others worthless in the future.
In nations where wealth is highly concentrated in a small percentage of people (a higher Gini % in the tables below), the mean (obtained by dividing the total aggregate wealth by the number of adults) can be much higher than the median (the amount that divides the population into two equal groups). From Investopedia: "Wealth distribution often results in higher Gini coefficients compared to income distribution, reflecting more pronounced inequality in wealth even in affluent countries."[3]
Mean and median wealth (UBS)
By region
Location links are "Economy of LOCATION" links.
| Location | Adults | Median wealth | Mean wealth | Total Wealth (billion USD) | Gini % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern America | 284,248,000 | 108,918 | 531,826 | 151,170 | 82.3 |
| Europe | 589,291,000 | 28,611 | 177,179 | 104,410 | 80.9 |
| 1,115,602,000 | 27,273 | 75,731 | 84,485 | 70.9 | |
| World | 5,363,519,000 | 8,654 | 84,718 | 454,385 | 88.3 |
| Latin America | 460,054,000 | 6,341 | 32,760 | 15,071 | 85.4 |
| Asia-Pacific (excluding China and India) |
1,275,041,000 | 5,176 | 61,154 | 77,974 | 88.1 |
| 931,224,000 | 3,755 | 16,500 | 15,365 | 82.5 | |
| Africa | 708,059,000 | 1,242 | 8,345 | 5,909 | 87.1 |
By country
Gini: Higher Gini coefficients signify greater inequality in wealth distribution. A Gini coefficient of 0 reflects perfect wealth equality, where all wealth values are the same, while a Gini coefficient of 1 (or 100%) reflects maximal wealth inequality, a situation where a single individual has all the wealth while all others have none.
Location links are "Wealth in LOCATION" or "Economy of LOCATION" links. See categories: Wealth by country. And: Economies by country.
| Location | Adults | Median | Mean | Gini % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,200,000 | 17,280 | 34,839 | 68.6 | |
| 28,349,000 | 3,226 | 12,491 | 85.2 | |
| 15,394,000 | 1,716 | 5,418 | 81.2 | |
| 71,000 | 8,916 | 30,634 | 82.5 | |
| 31,540,000 | 4,354 | 13,323 | 80.0 | |
| 2,179,000 | 14,215 | 34,988 | 73.2 | |
| 82,000 | 18,428 | 61,622 | 81.9 | |
| 19,564,000 | 247,453 | 496,819 | 66.3 | |
| 7,314,000 | 68,492 | 245,225 | 76.1 | |
| 7,278,000 | 9,209 | 21,578 | 72.3 | |
| 287,000 | 10,885 | 72,971 | 88.9 | |
| 1,376,000 | 13,904 | 84,313 | 89.7 | |
| 110,099,000 | 3,842 | 9,796 | 75.0 | |
| 223,000 | 31,436 | 91,291 | 80.9 | |
| 7,312,000 | 18,466 | 34,835 | 67.1 | |
| 9,055,000 | 249,937 | 352,814 | 59.6 | |
| 259,000 | 3,928 | 14,966 | 83.4 | |
| 6,218,000 | 922 | 2,823 | 79.8 | |
| 7,395,000 | 4,913 | 14,222 | 80.6 | |
| 2,627,000 | 16,484 | 33,593 | 69.0 | |
| 1,427,000 | 3,591 | 16,567 | 88.5 | |
| 157,120,000 | 5,702 | 29,452 | 88.4 | |
| 318,000 | 6,983 | 39,908 | 89.0 | |
| 5,487,000 | 22,759 | 47,074 | 70.6 | |
| 10,144,000 | 563 | 1,713 | 79.6 | |
| 5,741,000 | 453 | 947 | 70.2 | |
| 10,532,000 | 2,185 | 6,036 | 77.5 | |
| 13,517,000 | 910 | 3,271 | 83.7 | |
| 30,474,000 | 137,633 | 369,577 | 72.3 | |
| 2,296,000 | 260 | 952 | 85.3 | |
| 7,581,000 | 483 | 1,297 | 77.2 | |
| 14,409,000 | 19,544 | 54,082 | 78.8 | |
| 1,115,602,000 | 27,273 | 75,731 | 70.9 | |
| 36,500,000 | 4,450 | 15,464 | 83.1 | |
| 471,000 | 1,256 | 5,285 | 86.2 | |
| 42,527,000 | 492 | 1,662 | 83.0 | |
| 2,868,000 | 380 | 1,465 | 85.4 | |
| 3,795,000 | 19,356 | 55,545 | 79.7 | |
| 3,270,000 | 34,837 | 70,461 | 69.6 | |
| 691,000 | 40,957 | 158,321 | 78.4 | |
| 8,519,000 | 23,502 | 90,393 | 78.5 | |
| 4,559,000 | 186,041 | 409,954 | 73.6 | |
| 645,000 | 1,285 | 3,853 | 78.4 | |
| 50,000 | 13,789 | 44,406 | 81.1 | |
| 11,782,000 | 7,610 | 21,650 | 80.3 | |
| 61,853,000 | 6,656 | 20,195 | 79.2 | |
| 4,304,000 | 15,049 | 47,422 | 81.7 | |
| 821,000 | 7,501 | 30,333 | 87.1 | |
| 1,802,000 | 1,431 | 3,688 | 76.0 | |
| 1,035,000 | 39,586 | 78,777 | 73.1 | |
| 61,191,000 | 2,124 | 4,905 | 72.5 | |
| 574,000 | 5,950 | 17,998 | 78.5 | |
| 4,399,000 | 84,093 | 179,986 | 72.4 | |
| 50,368,000 | 133,137 | 312,235 | 70.3 | |
| 1,270,000 | 5,487 | 16,217 | 79.8 | |
| 1,189,000 | 735 | 2,996 | 86.0 | |
| 2,930,000 | 9,451 | 28,169 | 79.7 | |
| 68,024,000 | 66,735 | 256,179 | 77.2 | |
| 17,493,000 | 2,622 | 6,423 | 75.6 | |
| 8,421,000 | 53,501 | 105,724 | 68.1 | |
| 79,000 | 19,736 | 64,092 | 81.3 | |
| 6,533,000 | 2,060 | 6,638 | 81.6 | |
| 1,004,000 | 664 | 1,791 | 77.6 | |
| 509,000 | 6,896 | 18,587 | 76.8 | |
| 6,885,000 | 207 | 626 | 81.3 | |
| 6,338,000 | 202,406 | 551,194 | 73.7 | |
| 7,725,000 | 26,416 | 59,348 | 67.7 | |
| 259,000 | 413,193 | 498,290 | 64.5 | |
| 931,224,000 | 3,755 | 16,500 | 82.5 | |
| 186,544,000 | 4,819 | 17,457 | 78.0 | |
| 59,323,000 | 17,341 | 51,147 | 78.8 | |
| 3,695,000 | 90,741 | 247,080 | 79.9 | |
| 5,812,000 | 77,604 | 235,445 | 74.9 | |
| 49,781,000 | 107,315 | 221,370 | 67.8 | |
| 2,078,000 | 7,529 | 24,547 | 82.4 | |
| 104,511,000 | 103,681 | 216,078 | 65.0 | |
| 6,041,000 | 14,219 | 38,923 | 76.5 | |
| 12,373,000 | 25,225 | 58,205 | 77.4 | |
| 29,346,000 | 4,356 | 14,829 | 82.8 | |
| 3,224,000 | 41,605 | 175,072 | 85.4 | |
| 4,040,000 | 3,398 | 8,542 | 74.8 | |
| 4,472,000 | 1,366 | 6,191 | 87.3 | |
| 1,441,000 | 46,899 | 97,583 | 80.4 | |
| 1,276,000 | 266 | 1,531 | 91.1 | |
| 2,661,000 | 1,977 | 5,886 | 80.1 | |
| 4,590,000 | 5,223 | 13,420 | 76.2 | |
| 2,115,000 | 32,385 | 69,541 | 70.6 | |
| 510,000 | 360,715 | 585,950 | 64.8 | |
| 14,747,000 | 658 | 2,257 | 82.2 | |
| 9,542,000 | 620 | 2,415 | 85.1 | |
| 23,130,000 | 8,523 | 29,314 | 83.1 | |
| 401,000 | 7,970 | 25,187 | 81.3 | |
| 9,235,000 | 863 | 2,658 | 80.2 | |
| 360,000 | 96,835 | 160,265 | 60.9 | |
| 2,518,000 | 1,125 | 3,013 | 76.4 | |
| 984,000 | 31,103 | 68,846 | 71.4 | |
| 87,983,000 | 18,920 | 55,274 | 79.3 | |
| 3,173,000 | 10,131 | 20,590 | 69.3 | |
| 2,097,000 | 3,003 | 7,578 | 74.2 | |
| 477,000 | 43,438 | 81,900 | 68.0 | |
| 25,026,000 | 3,896 | 13,862 | 82.3 | |
| 15,210,000 | 570 | 1,353 | 74.9 | |
| 36,861,000 | 3,636 | 7,670 | 68.0 | |
| 1,432,000 | 4,832 | 20,690 | 87.0 | |
| 19,193,000 | 1,685 | 4,672 | 77.6 | |
| 13,591,000 | 112,450 | 358,235 | 78.8 | |
| 3,668,000 | 193,065 | 388,761 | 69.9 | |
| 4,263,000 | 5,133 | 16,083 | 81.6 | |
| 10,550,000 | 599 | 1,436 | 73.9 | |
| 101,545,000 | 1,507 | 6,879 | 86.5 | |
| 4,267,000 | 143,887 | 385,338 | 76.9 | |
| 3,858,000 | 11,377 | 48,951 | 87.5 | |
| 129,747,000 | 2,076 | 5,226 | 74.4 | |
| 2,955,000 | 15,724 | 50,917 | 82.5 | |
| 5,197,000 | 1,828 | 8,606 | 88.6 | |
| 4,616,000 | 4,930 | 14,809 | 81.0 | |
| 23,041,000 | 7,555 | 22,514 | 80.1 | |
| 69,804,000 | 3,155 | 14,486 | 87.3 | |
| 30,181,000 | 20,263 | 52,741 | 68.4 | |
| 8,337,000 | 70,409 | 158,840 | 70.3 | |
| 2,465,000 | 90,262 | 164,992 | 58.6 | |
| 15,057,000 | 21,545 | 44,320 | 69.3 | |
| 110,998,000 | 8,595 | 39,514 | 86.9 | |
| 6,990,000 | 1,711 | 5,561 | 82.0 | |
| 109,000 | 4,150 | 11,929 | 77.7 | |
| 110,000 | 1,775 | 4,162 | 73.7 | |
| 24,925,000 | 20,701 | 90,975 | 86.7 | |
| 8,492,000 | 1,664 | 5,009 | 79.8 | |
| 5,451,000 | 16,462 | 34,080 | 69.9 | |
| 69,000 | 37,787 | 94,620 | 76.2 | |
| 4,158,000 | 329 | 749 | 73.3 | |
| 4,977,000 | 99,488 | 382,957 | 78.8 | |
| 4,341,000 | 40,703 | 62,125 | 50.8 | |
| 1,668,000 | 75,600 | 112,526 | 64.4 | |
| 367,000 | 3,429 | 11,660 | 82.0 | |
| 38,667,000 | 5,141 | 23,956 | 88.8 | |
| 42,859,000 | 92,719 | 230,760 | 67.9 | |
| 37,855,000 | 107,507 | 224,209 | 68.3 | |
| 14,966,000 | 8,615 | 23,991 | 77.2 | |
| 141,000 | 12,454 | 42,301 | 82.7 | |
| 79,000 | 7,357 | 23,728 | 81.1 | |
| 392,000 | 1,444 | 7,885 | 89.2 | |
| 7,866,000 | 77,515 | 296,800 | 87.4 | |
| 7,047,000 | 167,353 | 685,226 | 77.2 | |
| 12,229,000 | 680 | 1,911 | 77.8 | |
| 19,803,000 | 108,247 | 273,788 | 69.8 | |
| 5,442,000 | 1,863 | 4,592 | 73.8 | |
| 29,686,000 | 2,005 | 4,869 | 74.7 | |
| 54,741,000 | 9,602 | 25,956 | 76.0 | |
| 4,336,000 | 488 | 1,520 | 81.5 | |
| 60,000 | 20,960 | 55,898 | 75.9 | |
| 1,042,000 | 22,957 | 55,939 | 76.3 | |
| 8,372,000 | 7,298 | 21,087 | 78.4 | |
| 59,247,000 | 5,488 | 17,578 | 80.2 | |
| 21,416,000 | 798 | 2,780 | 83.0 | |
| 8,138,000 | 31,761 | 152,556 | 86.9 | |
| 52,752,000 | 151,825 | 302,783 | 70.2 | |
| 253,681,000 | 107,739 | 551,347 | 83.0 | |
| 2,560,000 | 33,522 | 84,778 | 77.2 | |
| 170,000 | 5,276 | 16,347 | 79.9 | |
| 19,383,000 | 12,955 | 33,420 | 77.8 | |
| 69,792,000 | 5,309 | 14,569 | 78.8 | |
| 16,241,000 | 1,406 | 6,492 | 88.4 | |
| 8,987,000 | 774 | 3,761 | 89.0 |
See also
- Financial and social rankings of sovereign states in Europe
- High-net-worth individual
- List of countries by financial assets
- List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
- List of countries by GNI (nominal) per capita
- List of countries by income inequality
- List of countries by total private wealth
- List of sovereign states by wealth inequality
- Wealth distribution by country
- Wealth distribution in Europe
- Wealth inequality in the United States