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According to the Economic Policy Institute, as of 2019, the average wage of the top 1% was $758,434. [1] However, the 1% is not necessarily a reference to top 1% of wage earners, but a reference to the top 1% of individuals by net worth, whose earned wages are only a fraction of their total sources of wealth. [2]
GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living; [1] [2] however, this is inaccurate because GDP per capita is not a measure of personal income. Comparisons of national income are also frequently made on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust for differences in the cost of living in different ...
Statistical subregions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division [1]. This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects.
The list of richest Indians by net worth based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine. As of April 2023, India has 167 billionaires, which put the country third in the world, after the United States and China. [1]
Roughly 1.5% of US$ millionaires are "ultra-high-net-worth individuals" (ultra-HNWIs), defined as those with a net worth or wealth of $30 million or more. There are approximately 226,000 ultra-HNWIs in the world in 2017, according to Wealth-X. [ 22 ] The rising prevalence of people possessing ever increasing quantities of wealth has given rise ...
Map of the world showing national-level sales tax / VAT rates as of October 2019. Additional local taxes may apply. [citation needed]A comparison of tax rates by countries is difficult and somewhat subjective, as tax laws in most countries are extremely complex and the tax burden falls differently on different groups in each country and sub-national unit.
Household net worth Source: OECD [5]; Country % of net disposable income, 2017 Belgium 699.4 Netherlands 687.9 United States 683 Canada 585.1 Denmark 582.8 Sweden 578 France
Top 5 states by high net worth individuals (more than $1 million, in 2009) [30] State Percentage of millionaire households Number of millionaire households Hawaii: 6.4%: 28,363 Maryland: 6.3%: 133,299 New Jersey: 6.2%: 197,694 Connecticut: 6.2%: 82,837 Virginia: 5.5%: 166,596