Iceland was the country with the highest rate of millionaires worldwide in 2022, with more than ***percent of the adult population owning assets worth more than one million U.S. dollars. Luxembourg followed behind with ** percent of the population being millionaires, with Switzerland in third.

According to the Hurun Global Rich List 2025, the United States housed the highest number of billionaires worldwide in 2025. In detail, there were *** billionaires living in the United States as of January that year. By comparison, *** billionaires resided in China. India, the United Kingdom, and Germany were also the homes of a significant number of billionaires that year. United States has regained its first place As the founder and exporter of consumer capitalism, it is no surprise that the United States is home to a large number of billionaires. Although China had briefly overtaken the U.S. in recent years, the United States has reclaimed its position as the country with the most billionaires in the world. Moreover, North America leads the way in terms of the highest number of ultra high net worth individuals – those with a net worth of more than ***** million U.S. dollars. The prominence of Europe and North America is a reflection of the higher degree of economic development in those states. However, this may also change as China and other emerging economies continue developing. Female billionaires Moreover, the small proportion of female billionaires does little to counter critics claiming the global economy is dominated by an elite comprised mainly of men. On the list of the 20 richest people in the world, only one was a woman. Moreover, recent political discourse has put a great amount of attention on the wealth held by the super-rich with the wealth distribution of the global population being heavily unequal.

Research done by the Credit Suisse Research Institute states that the country with the highest number of millionaires is the U.S., with nearly 30 million millionaires and 17 million people with wealth up to $5 million! To put numbers in perspective, China, Japan, Germany, the U.K., and France, added together, have a total of 17 million millionaires!

Data from the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report shows that in 2023 there were just under 30 million millionaires in the US.

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This dataset contains the list of Top 100 Richest People in the World Column Information:-

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New Jersey has the highest rate of millionaires, with 9.76% of households showing a net worth of $1 million or above. That means that 246,058 New Jersey households are millionaires.

In 2019, there were 5.91 million millionaires in the United States. This makes the United States the country with the highest number of millionaires in the world. Japan is second, with 3.39 million millionaires in 2019.

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The "Richest People in the World - 2024" dataset provides a detailed overview of the wealthiest individuals globally for the year 2024. This dataset includes crucial information about the top executives, their net worth, and the countries they are based in, offering valuable insights for economic analysis, market research, and financial studies.

In 2023, there were nearly 22 million people with a net worth of over one million U.S. dollars in the United States, which put the country on the top of the ranking. China was ranked second in that year, with more than six million individuals with wealth exceeding one million U.S. dollars. The United Kingdom followed in third with around three million millionaires.

This dataset presents the top 10 richest countries in the world as of 2024, ranked by GDP per capita adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). It includes data on GDP-PPP per capita, total GDP, global GDP share, population, and continent for each country.

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Top 10 Billionaires Details Dataset of last 25years from 1987 to 2022.

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1. The dataset contains information about billionaires across the world from 1987 to 2022.
2. It includes variables such as billionaire's name, age, nationality, net worth, and source of wealth.

The Top 10 Billionaires Details Dataset from 1987 to 2022 is a dataset that provides information on the top 10 billionaires of each year from 1987 to 2022. The dataset includes the names of the billionaires, their age, nationality, net worth, and source of wealth.

This dataset is a valuable resource for researchers, analysts, and enthusiasts who are interested in studying the wealth distribution among the top 1% of the population. The dataset can be used for various data analysis tasks such as exploring the trends in the accumulation of wealth over time, analyzing the sources of wealth of the top 10 billionaires, and comparing the net worth of the top 10 billionaires from different years. This dataset is updated annually, and it is a valuable resource for those who want to keep track of the changes in the top 10 billionaires' list over the years.

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The data were collected from the official website of worldbank.org

With a net worth of 342 billion U.S. dollars, Elon Musk, the cofounder of seven companies, such as electric car maker Tesla and the rocket producer SpaceX, was the wealthiest man in the world in March 2025. The wealthiest people in the world Marc Zuckerberg, the cofounder of Meta Platforms, came second with a wealth of 235.6 billion U.S. dollars. Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos followed in third. All the 10 richest people in the world were men. Wealth distribution worldwide As of 2022, one percent of people held nearly half of the world's combined wealth. Moreover, 2.8 billion of the world's population hold a combined wealth of less than 10,000 U.S. dollars, compared to 59 million people having a combined wealth of 1 billion dollars or more, underlining the vast inequalities around the world. Where do the most affluent people live? Most millionaires live in the United States, while Hong Konk was the city hosting the largest number of high net worth individuals worldwide. The country with the highest number of billionaires is China.

This statistic shows the top ten countries with the most billionaires per capita in the world in 2015. In 2015, Monaco had the most billionaires per capita at 1 billionaire per 12,600 residents.

Graph and download economic data for Net Worth Held by the Top 0.1% (99.9th to 100th Wealth Percentiles) (WFRBLTP1246) from Q3 1989 to Q1 2025 about net worth, wealth, percentile, Net, and USA.

This article introduces an original dataset of formal political participation for over 2,000 individuals included in the Forbes Billionaires List. We find that billionaire politicians are a surprisingly common phenomenon: Over 11% of the world’s billionaires have held or sought political office. Even compared to other elite groups known for producing politicians from their ranks, this is a high rate of political participation. Moreover, billionaires focus their political ambitions on influential positions, have a strong track record of winning elections, and lean to the right ideologically. We also document substantial cross-national variation: A country’s number of billionaire politicians is not simply a product of its total number of billionaires but is instead related to regime type. Indeed, billionaires formally enter the political sphere at a much higher rate in autocracies than in democracies. We conclude by discussing the normative implications of our findings and outlining a new research agenda on billionaire politicians.

In Europe, the variation in average amounts of financial wealth per adult varied considerably as of 2022, from approximately 449,000 U.S. dollars in Switzerland to roughly 1,200 U.S. dollars in Azerbaijan. In Europe, the overall average financial wealth per adult as of 2022 was 84,308 U.S. dollars. In terms of private wealth, Europe held the second highest value in the world, after North America.

What is financial wealth?

Financial wealth, also known as financial assets or liquid assets can include wealth that an individual has in the forms of cash, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and bank deposits. In addition to financial wealth, wealth can also be measured in other assets, called non-financial wealth. This includes physical assets, such as real estate, land, vehicles, jewelry, and art, just to name a few.

Where do most wealthy individuals live?

Individuals with a net worth over one million U.S. dollars are called high-net worth individuals (HNWI). The United States was the home country to the highest number of HNWIs in 2021. China followed, although their number of HNWIs did not even reach one third of the number in the United States. In Europe, Switzerland is the country with the highest average financial wealth per adult, but with its small population size, the number of HNWIs does not come near the numbers in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Italy – the European countries with the highest number of HNWIs. Considering Switzerland’s small population size, however, it is the country in the world with the highest proportion of millionaires.

Graph and download economic data for Share of Net Worth Held by the Top 1% (99th to 100th Wealth Percentiles) (WFRBST01134) from Q3 1989 to Q1 2025 about net worth, wealth, percentile, Net, and USA.

In 2023, by far the highest number of individuals with net assets of at least ** million U.S. dollars worldwide were residing in North America, reaching over ******* people. Asia recorded the second highest number of UHNWIs in the world with over ******* individuals.A small share owns vast sums of wealthThe vast majority of global wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few people. Only *** percent of the global population owns assets worth more than *** million U.S. dollars. The richest people in the world are Elon Mask, Jeff Bezos, and Bernard Arnault. When it comes to women, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers led the ranking of the most affluent women worldwide. The wealth of over ** percent of UHNWIs was self-made. Where UHNWIs live and where they leave Unsurprisingly, as North America is the world region with the highest number of UHNWIs, the United States is the country with the highest UHNWI count. However, Hong Kong, special administrative (SAR) region in China, is the city with the highest number of UHNWIs. Nevertheless, China was the country that recorded the highest outflux of UHNWIs in 2022.

Between 2020 and 2025, Bernard Arnault's fortune grew by around 134 percent, representing the largest growth rate among the ten richest people in France. Out of the top 10, Francois Pinault was the only billionaire who saw his fortune decrease, going from 27 billion in 2020 to 21.7 billion in 2025. Record wealth growth for French billionaires In 2023, there were 980 billionaires in Europe, among whom 72 in France, and 44 in the capital. In 2025, Bernard Arnault was the fifth richest man in the world. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the luxury magnate, whose group LVMH includes brands such as Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, and Dior, could spend a dollar a second (without increasing his wealth, and in the absence of inflation or deflation) that his fortune would still last him more than five millennia.The second wealthiest woman in the world was French: between 2020 and 2025, the fortune of Françoise Bettencourt Meyers grew almost 70 percent. Moreover, in 2021, the top five French family-owned groups listed on the CAC40 received around five billion euros in dividends, and almost half of these profits went to the Arnault family. CAC40 companies' CEOs seem unaffected by crises The annual remuneration of CAC40 CEOs has reached new heights in 2021. Indeed, while inflation and prices are rising, affecting the most modest households, the average annual remuneration of the CEOs of CAC40 companies has increased by more than two million euros between 2020 and 2021, reaching 6.6 million euros. The best paid CAC40 CEOs that year were those of Dassault Système (44.1 million euros), Téléperformance (19.6 million euros), and Stellantis (19.2 million euros). Conversely, heads of groups in which the French government is a shareholder (Safran, Thalès, Orange) were those whose remuneration was the lowest, although at quite comfortable levels, ranging from two to three million euros per year. A growing gap with employee compensation While CAC40 companies experienced historic profits in 2021 and 2022, spending per employee remains low in many groups, and the ratio between average CEO pay and average spending per employee is increasing. Indeed, in 2021, CEO pay was on average 139 times that of an employee, compared to 115 in 2020, and 108 in 2018. In other words, an employee had to work an average of 139 days to earn what their CEO earned in one day. The groups with the lowest spending per employee were Stellantis, Dassault Systemes, and especially Teleperformance: an employee at this company had to work an average of five years to make their CEO's daily salary.

This dataset consists of a complete list of the world’s highest-paid athletes since Forbes's first list in 1990. In 2002, they changed the reporting period from the full calendar year to June-to-June, and consequently, there are no records for 2001. The dataset consists of records till the year 2021.