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Saturday, February 10, 2018

Global Shift in Wealth


The world has now accumulated $215 trillion in private wealth, a 12% increase over 2017, according to the latest report by market research company New World Wealth. This number today includes wealth held by the general population, as well as the 15.2M millionaires ($1M+ in assets), 584,000 multi-millionaires ($10M+ in assets), and 2,252 billionaires ($1B+ in assets) in the world.


Top Countries Adding Wealth

Over the last decade, from 2007 to 2017, here are the top countries based on percentage of new wealth added (in USD terms):

Rank Country Wealth Growth (2007-2017)
#1 Vietnam 210%
#2 China 198%
#3 Mauritius 195%
#4 Ethiopia 190%
#5 India 160%
#6 Sri Lanka 133%
#7 Panama 125%
#8 Uruguay 117%
#9 Malta 95%
#10 Indonesia 92%

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