In 2024, North America had the highest number of high net worth individuals, with 8.45 million HNWIs living there. In Asia Pacific, there were also 7.59 billion HNWIs registered in 2024. High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) are people with wealth exceeding one million U.S. dollars.

In 2021, the number of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in China amounted to over **** million. The number of HNWIs in the country was projected to increase significantly, reaching more than ** million by 2026. In comparison, Southeast Asia's most populous country Indonesia had just over ** thousand high net worth individuals in 2021.China also had the highest number of ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) in APAC that year.

The United States is leading the ranking by number of high networth individuals , recording **** million individuals. Following closely behind is China with **** million individuals, while Lesotho is trailing the ranking with * thousand individuals, resulting in a difference of **** million individuals to the ranking leader, the United States. High Net Worth Individuals are here defined as persons with investible assets of at least *********** U.S. dollars in current exchange rate terms.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in more than *** countries and regions worldwide. All input data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical offices, and trade associations. All data has been are processed to generate comparable datasets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

In 2021, there were around about *** million high net worth individuals individuals in North America. High net worth individuals are those with financial assets worth at least *** ******* U.S. dollars.

The high net worth individuals (HNWI) and ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWI) in North America had the highest value of assets worldwide in 2023. The largest part of North American HNWI and UHNWI's assets were financial assets, such as cash and deposits, bonds, equities, and shares, which reached a value of over *** trillion U.S. dollars in 2023. North American wealth management clients also had the highest liabilities, amounting to ** trillion U.S. dollars.

According to Capgemini, across the Asia Pacific region Japan had the most high net worth individuals (HNWIs), with about 3.4 million, followed by China with around 1.3 million in 2019. In that year, the financial wealth of the HNWIs in the region amounted to around 22.2 trillion U.S. dollars. There were about 6.5 million high net worth individuals (HNWI) in the Asia Pacific region.

This statistic illustrates the number of individuals with a personal net wealth of over *********** US dollars in Europe, in selected years from 2017 to 2022 and projections for 2027. The number of millionaires in Europe has increased overall, amounting to approximately ***** million individuals in 2022. The number of millionaires in Europe has been forecast to grow between 2021 and 2027, estimated to reach over ** million.

This statistic illustrates the number of high and ultra-high net worth individuals in France from 2014 to 2019 with a forecast for 2024, by wealth bracket. By 2024 it is estimated the number of individuals in France with a net worth of over *********** US dollars will be approximatively *** millions, compared with *** in 2019.

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.

As of 2024, investments in real estate equity accounted for ** percent of overall asset allocation of high-net-worth-individuals (HNWI`s) globally. Allocation to public company equity accounted for the largest portion of asset allocation, at almost ****. While private company allocations accounted for ** percent.

In financial year 2020, there were over 278 thousand Indians were considered to be high-net-worth individuals (HNWI). HNWIs own financial assets worth at least one million U.S. dollars. This number was estimated to grow over 611 thousand in 2025.

This statistic illustrates the number of high net worth individuals in Hong Kong in 2022, broken down by wealth range group. That year, there were *** people in Hong Kong whose wealth exceeded *** million U.S. dollars.

This statistic illustrates the number of high net worth individuals in Saudi Arabia in 2022, broken down by wealth range group. That year, there were ** people in Saudi Arabia whose wealth exceeded *** million U.S. dollars.

The wealth of high income individuals in Europe between 2009 and 2023 showed a general growing trend. In 2009 the wealth of high net worth individuals in Europe amounted to more than 9.5 trillion U.S. dollars and it grew to over 4.2 trillion U.S. dollars by the end of 2016. Overall, high-net worth individuals in Europe held approximately 18.8 trillion U.S. dollars in investable wealth in 2023.

In 2021, the population with high and ultra-high net worth in Russia increased relative to the previous year, measuring at approximately ***** thousand and *** thousand individuals, respectively, For 2026, the estimates forecast a further increase.

Average income in Russia

The average per capita monthly income in Russia has been gradually increasing, estimated at nearly **** thousand Russian rubles in 2021. The largest share, or over one quarter of the employed population, earned between ** thousand and ** thousand Russian rubles per month in 2021.

Russia’s super rich

Less than six percent of Russians had a monthly income of over 100 thousand Russian rubles in 2021. Among them were members of the Bakalchuk family, the richest in the country by total compound assets. The total wealth of its members, who managed the e-commerce company Wildberries, was estimated at **** billion U.S. dollars as of July 2021. To compare, the total declared income of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin was reported at about ** million Russian rubles in 2020.

This statistic illustrates the number of millionaire (HNWI, UHNWI) and billionaire individuals in Turkey in selected years from 2014 to 2021, with a forecast for 2026, by wealth bracket. The population of individuals who had a personal wealth of over *********** U.S. dollars fluctuated between 2014 and 2021 but has been forecast to grow towards 2026.

This statistic illustrates the number of millionaire (HNWI, UHNWI) and billionaire individuals in the United Kingdom (UK) in selected years from 2013 to 2018 and a forecast for 2023, by wealth bracket. The high, ultra-high and billionaire's population grew steadily throughout time, with projection to increase approximately ** percent, ** percent and ** percent respectively by 2023 in comparison to 2018.

The number of high-net-worth individuals' (HNWI) in the Asia-Pacific region was *** million in 2023. According to Capgemini, in 2022, the HNWIs in the region reached *** million.

In 2024, the assets of high net worth individuals in North America, which amounted to **** trillion U.S. dollars, exceeded the assets of Asian Pacific HNWIs by *** billion U.S. dollars. The value of assets of HNWIs worldwide increased over ***** billion U.S. dollars in 2024. High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) are people with wealth exceeding *** million U.S. dollars.

This statistic illustrates the number of millionaire (HNWI, UHNWI) and billionaire individuals in Germany in selected years from 2014 to 2019, with a forecast for 2024, by wealth bracket. The high, ultra-high and billionaire's population are set to see continued growth. By 2024, the number of billionaires in Germany is set to reach ***.