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.

In 2024, there were nearly 24 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. France followed in third with around three million millionaires.

In 2024, China had more than *** million millionaires. In comparison, Japan recorded about *** million millionaires that year.

Through 2022 and 2023, inflation rates rose worldwide as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine in *************. This also had an impact on millionaires worldwide, with over **** million millionaires in the United States when using a nominal U.S. dollar, but **** when adjusting for inflation.

This statistic presents the American states with highest ratio of millionaire households per capita in 2020. In that year, New Jersey had the highest ratio of millionaire households per capita in the country, with 9.76 percent of households holding over one million U.S. dollars in assets.

In 2019, there were **** 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 **** million millionaires in 2019.

South Africa was home to the highest number of millionaires in Africa as of 2023. The country had ****** high net worth individuals (HNWIs), corresponding to roughly ********* of the total number of millionaires on the continent. Second, in rank, Egypt counted ****** HNWIs. According to the source, approximately ******* HNWIs lived in Africa, each with *** million U.S. dollars or more net assets, excluding government funds. The wealth value refers to assets such as cash, properties, and business interests held by individuals living in a country with fewer liabilities. The rich in Africa Compared to 2020, the number of African millionaires increased by nearly **** percent. This means that ****** people joined the group of individuals with minimum net assets of *** million U.S. dollars. The number of centi- and multimillionaires has increased as well. In 2022, the Nigerian Aliko Dangote held the title of the wealthiest person in Africa. Founder and chairman of Dangote Cement, the largest cement producer in the whole African continent, the billionaire also owns salt and sugar manufacturing companies. His net worth is estimated at nearly ** billion U.S. dollars. Trillions of U.S. dollars in riches Total private wealth in Africa amounted to *** trillion U.S. dollars in 2021, a slight increase from 2020. That year, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had led to job losses, drops in salaries, and the closure of many local businesses. Compared to other African countries, South Africa concentrated the largest private wealth. Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco, and Kenya completed the leading wealth markets. The five nations accounted for over ** percent of Africa’s total wealth in 2021.

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 Q2 2025 about net worth, wealth, percentile, Net, and USA.

This dataset is extracted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_the_number_of_millionaires. Context: There s a story behind every dataset and heres your opportunity to share yours.Content: What s inside is more than just rows and columns. Make it easy for others to get started by describing how you acquired the data and what time period it represents, too. Acknowledgements:We wouldn t be here without the help of others. If you owe any attributions or thanks, include them here along with any citations of past research.Inspiration: Your data will be in front of the world s largest data science community. What questions do you want to see answered?

The statistic shows countries or regions preferred by surveyed Chinese millionaires for higher education abroad as of 2024. That year, about ** percent of surveyed millionaires in China chose the United States as the country to which they would send their children for undergraduate or higher level education.

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. recently, 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 richest people in the world, only *** were women. 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.

This dataset provides a synthetic overview of the 1,000 wealthiest individuals in the world, offering insights into the distribution of wealth across industries and regions. It is designed to help analysts, researchers, and data enthusiasts explore global wealth trends, industry dominance, and regional wealth concentration.

Whether you're conducting market research, financial analysis, or data modeling, this dataset serves as a valuable resource for understanding the characteristics of the world's top billionaires.

📊 Key Features: Name 👤: The name of the billionaire. Country 🌍: Country of residence or primary business operation. Industry 🏭: Industry in which the individual has built their wealth. Net Worth (in billions) 💵: Estimated net worth in billions of USD. Company 🏢: The primary company or business associated with the billionaire. ⚠️ Important Note: This dataset is 100% synthetic and does not contain real financial or personal data. It is artificially generated for educational, analytical, and research purposes.

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.

In 2022, nearly ****** high net worth individuals (HNWIs) emigrated from China, the highest in the world that year. Moreover, ***** HNWIs left Russia that year. By comparison, ***** HNWIs emigrated from the United States.

A dataset listing the 20 richest counties in Florida for 2024, including information on rank, county, population, average income, and median income.

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).

A dataset listing the 20 richest counties in Indiana for 2024, including information on rank, county, population, average income, and median income.

In 2020, California had the highest number of millionaire households in the U.S., with **** million households having one million or more in investible assets. This is nearly double the ******* millionaire households in Texas, the state with the second-highest number.

As of December 2023, there were over ******* millionaires in India with a wealth of *********** US dollars or more. There were *** billionaires with a wealth of over *********** US dollars. There was an ** percent growth in millionaires from 2013 to 2023 in the country.

The statistic displays the number of households that own net private wealth of at least one million euros in Europe as of 2014. The countries with the largest number of millionaire households include Germany (1.4 million of ultra-rich households) and France (1.3 million households).