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  1. Worldwide wealth distribution by net worth of individuals 2023

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    Updated Jun 16, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Worldwide wealth distribution by net worth of individuals 2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203930/global-wealth-distribution-by-net-worth/
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    Jun 16, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2023
    Area covered
    Worldwide
    Description

    In 2023, roughly 1.49 billion adults worldwide had a net worth of less than 10,000 U.S. dollars. By comparison, 58 million adults had a net worth of more than one million U.S. dollars in the same year. Wealth distribution The distribution of wealth is an indicator of economic inequality. The United Nations says that wealth includes the sum of natural, human, and physical assets. Wealth is not synonymous with income, however, because having a large income can be depleted if one has significant expenses. In 2023, nearly 1,700 billionaires had a total wealth between one to two billion U.S. dollars. Wealth worldwide China had the highest number of billionaires in 2023, with the United States following behind. That same year, New York had the most billionaires worldwide.

  2. Global wealth distribution 2023, by region

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    Updated Jun 16, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Global wealth distribution 2023, by region [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341660/global-wealth-distribution-region/
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    Jun 16, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2023
    Area covered
    Worldwide
    Description

    In 2023, the Middle East and North Africa, and Latin America were the regions with the lowest level of distribution of wealth worldwide, with the richest ten percent holding around ** percent of the total wealth. On the other hand, in Europe, the richest ten percent held around ** percent of the wealth. East and South Asia were the regions where the poorest half of the population held the highest share of the wealth, but still only around **** percent, underlining the high levels of wealth inequalities worldwide.

  3. Distribution of the global population by wealth range in 2022

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    Updated Jun 16, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Distribution of the global population by wealth range in 2022 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270388/distribution-of-the-global-population-by-wealth-status/
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    Jun 16, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2022
    Area covered
    Worldwide
    Description

    The massive wealth inequality in the world is underpinned by this chart: while just above *** percent of the world's population had fortunes of more than one million U.S. dollars in 2022, more than **** of the global population had a total wealth of less than 10,000 U.S. dollars.

  4. w

    Global Income Inequality 1988-2002 - Aruba, Afghanistan, Angola...and 190...

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    Updated Oct 26, 2023
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    Branko L. Milanovic (2023). Global Income Inequality 1988-2002 - Aruba, Afghanistan, Angola...and 190 more [Dataset]. https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1784
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    Oct 26, 2023
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Branko L. Milanovic
    Time period covered
    1988 - 2002
    Area covered
    Angola
    Description

    Abstract

    Is global inequality (inequality among world citizens) stable, decreasing or increasing? How high it is? Is it mostly due to inequalities within nations or between nations? Is there a global middle class? See the working papers above: "True world income distribution 1988 and 1993: first calculations based on household surveys alone" no. 2244, and "Decomposing global income distribution: Does the world have a middle class?" no. 2562

    Household survey data (1988-2002) used in these papers, and subsequent book "Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality", Princeton University Press, 2005. The data are for three benchmark years: 1988, 1993 and 1998

    Kind of data

    Aggregate data [agg]

    Mode of data collection

    Other [oth]

  5. Share of the global wealth held by the richest percent 2002-2023

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    Updated Jun 16, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Share of the global wealth held by the richest percent 2002-2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1334161/global-wealth-richest-percent/
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    Jun 16, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    Around ** percent of the world's collected net personal wealth belongs to the richest one percent. The share of global wealth owned by the richest percent fell during the global financial crisis in 2008/2009, and has been fluctuating since. One-third of the world's billionaires reside in North America.

  6. F

    Net Worth Held by the Top 0.1% (99.9th to 100th Wealth Percentiles)

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    Updated Jun 20, 2025
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    (2025). Net Worth Held by the Top 0.1% (99.9th to 100th Wealth Percentiles) [Dataset]. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFRBLTP1246
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    jsonAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jun 20, 2025
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    https://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/#copyright-public-domainhttps://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/#copyright-public-domain

    Description

    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.

  7. w

    Income Distribution Database

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    Updated Apr 18, 2025
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    (2025). Income Distribution Database [Dataset]. https://data360.worldbank.org/en/dataset/OECD_IDD
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    Dataset updated
    Apr 18, 2025
    Time period covered
    1974 - 2023
    Description

    The OECD Income Distribution database (IDD) has been developed to benchmark and monitor countries' performance in the field of income inequality and poverty. It contains a number of standardised indicators based on the central concept of "equivalised household disposable income", i.e. the total income received by the households less the current taxes and transfers they pay, adjusted for household size with an equivalence scale. While household income is only one of the factors shaping people's economic well-being, it is also the one for which comparable data for all OECD countries are most common. Income distribution has a long-standing tradition among household-level statistics, with regular data collections going back to the 1980s (and sometimes earlier) in many OECD countries.

    Achieving comparability in this field is a challenge, as national practices differ widely in terms of concepts, measures, and statistical sources. In order to maximise international comparability as well as inter-temporal consistency of data, the IDD data collection and compilation process is based on a common set of statistical conventions (e.g. on income concepts and components). The information obtained by the OECD through a network of national data providers, via a standardized questionnaire, is based on national sources that are deemed to be most representative for each country.

    Small changes in estimates between years should be treated with caution as they may not be statistically significant.

    Fore more details, please refer to: https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/IDD-Metadata.pdf and https://www.oecd.org/social/income-distribution-database.htm

  8. Replication dataset and calculations for PIIE WP 15-7, The Future of...

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    Updated Apr 1, 2015
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    Tomas Hellebrandt; Paolo Mauro (2015). Replication dataset and calculations for PIIE WP 15-7, The Future of Worldwide Income Distribution, by Tomas Hellebrandt and Paolo Mauro. (2015). [Dataset]. https://www.piie.com/publications/working-papers/future-worldwide-income-distribution
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    Peterson Institute for International Economicshttp://www.piie.com/
    Authors
    Tomas Hellebrandt; Paolo Mauro
    Description

    This data package includes the underlying data and files to replicate the calculations, charts, and tables presented in The Future of Worldwide Income Distribution, PIIE Working Paper 15-7. If you use the data, please cite as: Hellebrandt, Tomas, and Paolo Mauro. (2015). The Future of Worldwide Income Distribution. PIIE Working Paper 15-7. Peterson Institute for International Economics.

  9. U.S. wealth distribution Q2 2024

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    Updated Oct 29, 2024
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    Statista (2024). U.S. wealth distribution Q2 2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203961/wealth-distribution-for-the-us/
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    Oct 29, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In the first quarter of 2024, almost two-thirds percent of the total wealth in the United States was owned by the top 10 percent of earners. In comparison, the lowest 50 percent of earners only owned 2.5 percent of the total wealth. Income inequality in the U.S. Despite the idea that the United States is a country where hard work and pulling yourself up by your bootstraps will inevitably lead to success, this is often not the case. In 2023, 7.4 percent of U.S. households had an annual income under 15,000 U.S. dollars. With such a small percentage of people in the United States owning such a vast majority of the country’s wealth, the gap between the rich and poor in America remains stark. The top one percent The United States follows closely behind China as the country with the most billionaires in the world. Elon Musk alone held around 219 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. Over the past 50 years, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio has exploded, causing the gap between rich and poor to grow, with some economists theorizing that this gap is the largest it has been since right before the Great Depression.

  10. w

    World Income Inequality Database

    • data.wu.ac.at
    xls
    Updated Oct 11, 2013
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    Global (2013). World Income Inequality Database [Dataset]. https://data.wu.ac.at/odso/datahub_io/NmE4MjM0MmEtMmE0MC00Y2RlLTlmMzktYjFhZTBmMTc1MWQz
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    Dataset updated
    Oct 11, 2013
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    Global
    Description

    The World Income Inequality Database (WIID) contains information on income inequality in various countries, and is maintained by the United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER). The database was originally compiled during 1997-99 for the research project Rising Income Inequality and Poverty Reduction, directed by Giovanni Andrea Corina. A revised and updated version of the database was published in June 2005 as part of the project Global Trends in Inequality and Poverty, directed by Tony Shorrocks and Guang Hua Wan. The database was revised in 2007 and a new version was launched in May 2008.

    The database contains data on inequality in the distribution of income in various countries. The central variable in the dataset is the Gini index, a measure of income distribution in a society. In addition, the dataset contains information on income shares by quintile or decile. The database contains data for 159 countries, including some historical entities. The temporal coverage varies substantially across countries. For some countries there is only one data entry; in other cases there are over 100 data points. The earliest entry is from 1867 (United Kingdom), the latest from 2003. The majority of the data (65%) cover the years from 1980 onwards. The 2008 update (version WIID2c) includes some major updates and quality improvements, in fact leading to a reduced number of variables in the new version. The new version has 334 new observations and several revisions/ corrections made in 2007 and 2008.

  11. Bolivia BO: Income Share Held by Lowest 20%

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    Updated Sep 15, 2022
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    CEICdata.com (2022). Bolivia BO: Income Share Held by Lowest 20% [Dataset]. https://www.ceicdata.com/en/bolivia/social-poverty-and-inequality/bo-income-share-held-by-lowest-20
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    Sep 15, 2022
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    CEIC Data
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Dec 1, 2009 - Dec 1, 2021
    Area covered
    Bolivia
    Description

    Bolivia BO: Income Share Held by Lowest 20% data was reported at 5.300 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.700 % for 2020. Bolivia BO: Income Share Held by Lowest 20% data is updated yearly, averaging 3.500 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2021, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.600 % in 1990 and a record low of 1.100 % in 2000. Bolivia BO: Income Share Held by Lowest 20% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bolivia – Table BO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

  12. United States US: Income Share Held by Highest 20%

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    CEICdata.com, United States US: Income Share Held by Highest 20% [Dataset]. https://www.ceicdata.com/en/united-states/poverty/us-income-share-held-by-highest-20
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    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Dec 1, 1979 - Dec 1, 2016
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    United States US: Income Share Held by Highest 20% data was reported at 46.900 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 46.400 % for 2013. United States US: Income Share Held by Highest 20% data is updated yearly, averaging 46.000 % from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2016, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46.900 % in 2016 and a record low of 41.200 % in 1979. United States US: Income Share Held by Highest 20% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

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    Income Distribution by Quintile: Mean Household Income in International...

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    Updated Mar 3, 2025
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    Neilsberg Research (2025). Income Distribution by Quintile: Mean Household Income in International Falls, MN // 2025 Edition [Dataset]. https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/international-falls-mn-median-household-income/
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    Dataset updated
    Mar 3, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Neilsberg Research
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    International Falls, Minnesota
    Variables measured
    Income Level, Mean Household Income
    Measurement technique
    The data presented in this dataset is derived from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates. It delineates income distributions across income quintiles (mentioned above) following an initial analysis and categorization. Subsequently, we adjusted these figures for inflation using the Consumer Price Index retroactive series via current methods (R-CPI-U-RS). For additional information about these estimations, please contact us via email at research@neilsberg.com
    Dataset funded by
    Neilsberg Research
    Description
    About this dataset

    Context

    The dataset presents the mean household income for each of the five quintiles in International Falls, MN, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau. The dataset highlights the variation in mean household income across quintiles, offering valuable insights into income distribution and inequality.

    Key observations

    • Income disparities: The mean income of the lowest quintile (20% of households with the lowest income) is 16,712, while the mean income for the highest quintile (20% of households with the highest income) is 180,382. This indicates that the top earners earn 11 times compared to the lowest earners.
    • *Top 5%: * The mean household income for the wealthiest population (top 5%) is 280,962, which is 155.76% higher compared to the highest quintile, and 1681.20% higher compared to the lowest quintile.
    Content

    When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates.

    Income Levels:

    • Lowest Quintile
    • Second Quintile
    • Third Quintile
    • Fourth Quintile
    • Highest Quintile
    • Top 5 Percent

    Variables / Data Columns

    • Income Level: This column showcases the income levels (As mentioned above).
    • Mean Household Income: Mean household income, in 2023 inflation-adjusted dollars for the specific income level.

    Good to know

    Margin of Error

    Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

    Custom data

    If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

    Inspiration

    Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

    Recommended for further research

    This dataset is a part of the main dataset for International Falls median household income. You can refer the same here

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    Capital Flows and Wealth Distribution in a Global Economy with Asymmetric...

    • data.mendeley.com
    Updated Jun 25, 2025
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    BEEN-LON CHEN (2025). Capital Flows and Wealth Distribution in a Global Economy with Asymmetric Countries [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.17632/f2gdxjhch4.1
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    Jun 25, 2025
    Authors
    BEEN-LON CHEN
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    This folder contains the Python and MATLAB code used to reproduce all numerical results in the paper: “Capital Flows and Wealth Distribution in a Global Economy with Asymmetric Countries” By Been-Lon Chen, Yunfang Hu, and Kazuo Mino

  15. Mexico: adult population distribution 2022, by wealth

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    Updated Dec 3, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Mexico: adult population distribution 2022, by wealth [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1234470/mexico-adults-wealth-group/
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    Dataset updated
    Dec 3, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2022
    Area covered
    Mexico, Latin America
    Description

    In 2022, about 40 percent of adults in Mexico held a net worth under 10,000 U.S. dollars. In contrast, merely 393,000 Mexicans (that is, 0.4 percent of the total) had a net worth of over one million U.S. dollars. Mexico is one of the most unequal countries in Latin America regarding wealth distribution, with 78.7 percent of the national wealth held by the richest ten percent of the population.

    The minimum salaryThe minimum wage per day guaranteed by law in Mexico was decreed to increase by 22 percent between 2021 and 2022, reaching 172.87 Mexican pesos in 2022. In the Free Zone located near the northern border the minimum daily wage was raised to 260.34 Mexican pesos.This represented the fourth consecutive incrase since 2019, but could prove to be insufficient to maintain the wellbeing of Mexican workers after the soaring inflation rate registered in 2022 and the economic impact of the COVID-19 in Mexican households. The legal minimum salary has a long history in the North American country, it was first implemented with the approval of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States in 1917. Income inequality in Latin AmericaLatin America, as other developing regions in the world, generally records high rates of inequality, with a Gini coefficient ranging between 38 and 54 among the region’s countries. Moreover, many of the countries with the biggest inequality in income distribution worldwide are found in Latin America. According to the Human Development Report 2019, wealth redistribution by means of tax transfers improves Latin America's Gini coefficient to a lesser degree than it does in advanced economies. Wider access to education and health services, on the other hand, have been proven to have a greater direct effect in improving Gini coefficient measurements in the region.

  16. Switzerland CH: Income Share Held by Lowest 10%

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    Updated Dec 15, 2024
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    CEICdata.com (2024). Switzerland CH: Income Share Held by Lowest 10% [Dataset]. https://www.ceicdata.com/en/switzerland/poverty/ch-income-share-held-by-lowest-10
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    Dataset updated
    Dec 15, 2024
    Dataset provided by
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    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Dec 1, 2006 - Dec 1, 2014
    Area covered
    Switzerland
    Description

    Switzerland Income Share Held by Lowest 10% data was reported at 3.200 % in 2015. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3.200 % for 2014. Switzerland Income Share Held by Lowest 10% data is updated yearly, averaging 3.150 % from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2015, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.300 % in 2013 and a record low of 2.900 % in 2007. Switzerland Income Share Held by Lowest 10% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Switzerland – Table CH.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

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    Measuring Income Inequality (Deininger and Squire) Database 1890-1996 -...

    • microdata.worldbank.org
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    Updated Oct 26, 2023
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    Klaus W. Deininger and Lyn Squire (2023). Measuring Income Inequality (Deininger and Squire) Database 1890-1996 - Argentina, Australia, Austria...and 99 more [Dataset]. https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1790
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    Dataset updated
    Oct 26, 2023
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Klaus W. Deininger and Lyn Squire
    Time period covered
    1890 - 1996
    Area covered
    Argentina, Australia
    Description

    Abstract

    This file contains data on Gini coefficients, cumulative quintile shares, explanations regarding the basis on which the Gini coefficient was computed, and the source of the information. There are two data-sets, one containing the "high quality" sample and the other one including all the information (of lower quality) that had been collected.

    The database was constructed for the production of the following paper:

    Deininger, Klaus and Lyn Squire, "A New Data Set Measuring Income Inequality", The World Bank Economic Review, 10(3): 565-91, 1996.

    This article presents a new data set on inequality in the distribution of income. The authors explain the criteria they applied in selecting data on Gini coefficients and on individual quintile groups’ income shares. Comparison of the new data set with existing compilations reveals that the data assembled here represent an improvement in quality and a significant expansion in coverage, although differences in the definition of the underlying data might still affect intertemporal and international comparability. Based on this new data set, the authors do not find a systematic link between growth and changes in aggregate inequality. They do find a strong positive relationship between growth and reduction of poverty.

    Geographic coverage

    In what follows, we provide brief descriptions of main features for individual countries that are included in the data-base. Without being comprehensive, these notes are intended to indicate some of the considerations underlying our decision to include or exclude certain observations.

    Argentina Various permanent household surveys, all covering urban centers only, have been regularly conducted since 1972 and are quoted in a wide variety of sources and years, e.g., for 1980 (World Bank 1992), 1985 (Altimir 1994), and 1989 (World Bank 1992). Estimates for 1963, 1965, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1974, 1975, 1980, and 1981 (Altimir 1987) are based only on Greater Buenos Aires. Estimates for 1961, 1963, 1970 (Jain 1975) and for 1970 (van Ginneken 1984) have only limited geographic coverage and do not satisfy our minimum criteria.

    Despite the many urban surveys, there are no income distribution data that are representative of the population as a whole. References to national income distribution for the years 1953, 1959, and 1961(CEPAL 1968 in Altimir 1986 ) are based on extrapolation from national accounts and have therefore not been included. Data for 1953 and 1961 from Weisskoff (1970) , from Lecaillon (1984) , and from Cromwell (1977) are also excluded.

    Australia Household surveys, the result of which is reported in the statistical yearbook, have been conducted in 1968/9, 1975/6, 1978/9, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1989, and 1990.

    Data for 1962 (Cromwell, 1977) and 1966/67 (Sawyer 1976) were excluded as they covered only tax payers. Jain's data for 1970 was excluded because it covered income recipients only. Data from Podder (1972) for 1967/68, from Jain (1975) for the same year, from UN (1985) for 78/79, from Sunders and Hobbes (1993) for 1986 and for 1989 were excluded given the availability of the primary sources. Data from Bishop (1991) for 1981/82, from Buhman (1988) for 1981/82, from Kakwani (1986) for 1975/76, and from Sunders and Hobbes (1993) for 1986 were utilized to test for the effect of different definitions. The values for 1967 used by Persson and Tabellini and Alesina and Rodrik (based on Paukert and Jain) are close to the ones reported in the Statistical Yearbook for 1969.

    Austria: In addition to data referring to the employed population (Guger 1989), national household surveys for 1987 and 1991 are included in the LIS data base. As these data do not include income from self-employment, we do not report them in our high quality data-set.

    Bahamas Data for Ginis and shares are available for 1973, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, and 1993 in government reports on population censuses and household budget surveys, and for 1973 and 1975 from UN (1981). Estimates for 1970 (Jain 1975), 1973, 1975, 1977, and 1979 (Fields 1989) have been excluded given the availability of primary sources.

    Bangladesh Data from household surveys for 1973/74, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1981/82, and 1985/86 are available from the Statistical Yearbook, complemented by household-survey based information from Chen (1995) and the World Development Report. Household surveys with rural coverage for 1959, 1960, 1963/64, 1965, 1966/67 and 1968/69, and with urban coverage for 1963/64, 1965, 1966/67, and 1968/69 are also available from the Statistical yearbook. Data for 1963/64 ,1964 and 1966/67, (Jain 1975) are not included due to limited geographic coverage, We also excluded secondary sources for 1973/74, 1976/77, 1981/82 (Fields 1989), 1977 (UN 1981), 1983 (Milanovic 1994), and 1985/86 due to availability of the primary source.

    Barbados National household surveys have been conducted in 1951/52 and 1978/79 (Downs, 1988). Estimates based on personal tax returns, reported consistently for 1951-1981 (Holder and Prescott, 1989), had to be excluded as they exclude the non-wage earning population. Jain's figure (used by Alesina and Rodrik) is based on the same source.

    Belgium Household surveys with national coverage are available for 1978/79 (UN 1985), and for 1985, 1988, and 1992 (LIS 1995). Earlier data for 1969, 1973, 1975, 1976 and 1977 (UN 1981) refer to taxable households only and are not included.

    Bolivia The only survey with national coverage is the 1990 LSMS (World Development Report). Surveys for 1986 and 1989 cover the main cities only (Psacharopoulos et al. 1992) and are therefore not included. Data for 1968 (Cromwell 1977) do not refer to a clear definition and is therefore excluded.

    Botswana The only survey with national coverage was conducted in 1985-1986 (Chen et al 1993); surveys in 74/75 and 85/86 included rural areas only (UN 1981). We excluded Gini estimates for 1971/72 that refer to the economically active population only (Jain 1975), as well as 1974/75 and 1985/86 (Valentine 1993) due to lack of national coverage or consistency in definition.

    Brazil Data from 1960, 1970, 1974/75, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1989 are available from the statistical yearbook, in addition to data for 1978 (Fields 1987) and for 1979 (Psacharopoulos et al. 1992). Other sources have been excluded as they were either not of national coverage, based on wage earners only, or because a more consistent source was available.

    Bulgaria: Data from household surveys are available for 1963-69 (in two year intervals), for 1970-90 (on an annual basis) from the Statistical yearbook and for 1991 - 93 from household surveys by the World Bank (Milanovic and Ying).

    Burkina Faso A priority survey has been undertaken in 1995.

    Central African Republic: Except for a household survey conducted in 1992, no information was available.

    Cameroon The only data are from a 1983/4 household budget survey (World Bank Poverty Assessment).

    Canada Gini- and share data for the 1950-61 (in irregular intervals), 1961-81 (biennially), and 1981-91 (annually) are available from official sources (Statistical Yearbook for years before 1971 and Income Distributions by Size in Canada for years since 1973, various issues). All other references seem to be based on these primary sources.

    Chad: An estimate for 1958 is available in the literature, and used by Alesina and Rodrik and Persson and Tabellini but was not included due to lack of primary sources.

    Chile The first nation-wide survey that included not only employment income was carried out in 1968 (UN 1981). This is complemented by household survey-based data for 1971 (Fields 1989), 1989, and 1994. Other data that refer either only to part of the population or -as in the case of a long series available from World Bank country operations- are not clearly based on primary sources, are excluded.

    China Annual household surveys from 1980 to 1992, conducted separately in rural and urban areas, were consolidated by Ying (1995), based on the statistical yearbook. Data from other secondary sources are excluded due to limited geographic and population coverage and data from Chen et al (1993) for 1985 and 1990 have not been included, to maintain consistency of sources..

    Colombia The first household survey with national coverage was conducted in 1970 (DANE 1970). In addition, there are data for 1971, 1972, 1974 CEPAL (1986), and for 1978, 1988/89, and 1991 (World Bank Poverty Assessment 1992 and Chen et al. 1995). Data referring to years before 1970 -including the 1964 estimate used in Persson and Tabellini were excluded, as were estimates for the wage earning population only.

    Costa Rica Data on Gini coefficients and quintile shares are available for 1961, 1971 (Cespedes 1973),1977 (OPNPE 1982), 1979 (Fields 1989), 1981 (Chen et al 1993), 1983 (Bourguignon and Morrison 1989), 1986 (Sauma-Fiatt 1990), and 1989 (Chen et al 1993). Gini coefficients for 1971 (Gonzalez-Vega and Cespedes in Rottenberg 1993), 1973 and 1985 (Bourguignon and Morrison 1989) cover urban areas only and were excluded.

    Cote d'Ivoire: Data based on national-level household surveys (LSMS) are available for 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1995. Information for the 1970s (Schneider 1991) is based on national accounting information and therefore excluded

    Cuba Official information on income distribution is limited. Data from secondary sources are available for 1953, 1962, 1973, and 1978, relying on personal wage income, i.e. excluding the population that is not economically active (Brundenius 1984).

    Czech Republic Household surveys for 1993 and 1994 were obtained from Milanovic and Ying. While it is in principle possible to go back further, splitting national level surveys for the former Czechoslovakia into their independent parts, we decided not to do so as the same argument could be used to

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    Supplementary information file for Long-term relatedness and income...

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    Trung V Vu (2023). Supplementary information file for Long-term relatedness and income distribution: understanding the deep roots of inequality [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.17028/rd.lboro.24118338.v1
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    Supplementary files for article Long-term relatedness and income distribution: understanding the deep roots of inequalityThis article explores the role of long-term relatedness between countries, captured by an index of genetic distance, in driving worldwide differences in income inequality. The main hypothesis is that genetic distance gives rise to barriers to the international diffusion of redistributive policies and measures, and institutions, leading to greater income disparities. Using cross-country data, I consistently find that countries that are genetically distant to Denmark—the world frontier of egalitarian income distribution—tend to suffer from higher inequality, ceteris paribus. I also demonstrate that genetic distance is associated with greater bilateral differences in income inequality between countries. Employing data from the European Social Survey, I document that second-generation Europeans descending from countries with greater genetic distance to Denmark are less likely to exhibit positive attitudes towards equality. Further evidence suggests that effective fiscal redistribution is a key mechanism through which genetic distance to Denmark transmits to greater income inequality.

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    Net Worth Held by the Bottom 50% (1st to 50th Wealth Percentiles)

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    (2025). Net Worth Held by the Bottom 50% (1st to 50th Wealth Percentiles) [Dataset]. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFRBLB50107
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    Graph and download economic data for Net Worth Held by the Bottom 50% (1st to 50th Wealth Percentiles) (WFRBLB50107) from Q3 1989 to Q1 2025 about net worth, wealth, percentile, Net, and USA.

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    Data from: Global subnational Gini coefficient (income inequality) and gross...

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    Matti Kummu; Venla Niva; Daniel Chrisendo; Juan Carlos Rocha; Roman Hoffmann; Vilma Sandström; Frederick Solt; Sina Masoumzadeh Sayyar (2024). Global subnational Gini coefficient (income inequality) and gross national income (GNI) per capita PPP datasets for 1990-2021 [Dataset]. https://iro.uiowa.edu/esploro/outputs/dataset/Global-subnational-Gini-coefficient-income-inequality/9984757687502771
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    Matti Kummu; Venla Niva; Daniel Chrisendo; Juan Carlos Rocha; Roman Hoffmann; Vilma Sandström; Frederick Solt; Sina Masoumzadeh Sayyar
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    Nov 29, 2024
    Description

    This dataset provides a gridded subnational datasets for Income inequality (Gini coefficient) at admin 1 level Gross national income (GNI) per capita PPP at admin 1 level The datasets are based on reported subnational admin data and spans three decades from 1990 to 2021. The dataset is presented in details in the following publication. Please cite this paper when using data. Chrisendo D, Niva V, Hoffman R, Sayyar SM, Rocha J, Sandström V, Solt F, Kummu M. 2024. Income inequality has increased for over two-thirds of the global population. Preprint. doi: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5548291/v1 Code is available at following repositories: Gini coefficient data creation: https://github.com/mattikummu/subnatGini GNI per capita data creation: https://github.com/mattikummu/subnatGNI analyses for the article: https://github.com/mattikummu/gini_gni_analyses The following data is given (formats in brackets) Income inequality (Gini coefficient) at admin 0 level (national) (GeoTIFF, gpkg, csv) Income inequality (Gini coefficient) at admin 1 level (subnational) (GeoTIFF, gpkg, csv) Gross national income (GNI) per capita PPP at admin 0 level (national) (GeoTIFF, gpkg, csv) Gross national income (GNI) per capita PPP at admin 1 level (subnational) (GeoTIFF, gpkg, csv) Slope for Gini coefficient at admin 1 level (GeoTIFF; slope is given also in gpk and csv files) Slope for GNI per capita at admin 1 level (GeoTIFF; slope is given also in gpk and csv files) Input data for the script that was used to generate the Gini coefficient (input_data_gini.zip) Input data for the script that was used to generate the GNI per capita PPP (input_data_GNI.zip) Files are named as followsFormat: raster data (GeoTIFF) starts with rast_*, polygon data (gpkg) with polyg_*, and tabulated with tabulated_*. Admin levels: adm0 for admin 0 level, adm1 for admin 1 levelProduct type: _gini_disp_ for gini coefficient based on disposable income _gni_perCapita_ for GNI per capita PPP Metadata Grids Resolution: 5 arc-min (0.083333333 degrees) Spatial extent: Lon: -180, 180; -90, 90 (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax) Coordinate ref system: EPSG:4326 - WGS 84 Format: Multiband geotiff; one band for each year over 1990-2021 Unit: no unit for Gini coefficient and PPP USD in 2017 international dollars for GNI per capita Geospatial polygon (gpkg) files: Spatial extent: -180, 180; -90, 83.67 (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax) Temporal extent: annual over 1990-2021 Coordinate ref system: EPSG:4326 - WGS 84 Format: gkpk Unit: no unit for Gini coefficient and PPP USD in 2017 international dollars for GNI per capita

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Statista (2025). Worldwide wealth distribution by net worth of individuals 2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203930/global-wealth-distribution-by-net-worth/
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Worldwide wealth distribution by net worth of individuals 2023

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Time period covered
2023
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Description

In 2023, roughly 1.49 billion adults worldwide had a net worth of less than 10,000 U.S. dollars. By comparison, 58 million adults had a net worth of more than one million U.S. dollars in the same year. Wealth distribution The distribution of wealth is an indicator of economic inequality. The United Nations says that wealth includes the sum of natural, human, and physical assets. Wealth is not synonymous with income, however, because having a large income can be depleted if one has significant expenses. In 2023, nearly 1,700 billionaires had a total wealth between one to two billion U.S. dollars. Wealth worldwide China had the highest number of billionaires in 2023, with the United States following behind. That same year, New York had the most billionaires worldwide.

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