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Affluence and economic standing within society are often expressed in terms of percentile ranking. The economic ranking is conducted either in terms of giving lower thresholds for a designated group (e.g. the top 5%, 10%, 15%, etc.) or in terms of the percentage of households/individuals with incomes above a certain threshold (e.g. above $75,000, $100,000, $200,000, etc.).
The top 20% of Americans owned 86% of the country's wealth and the bottom 80% of the population owned 14%. In 2011, financial inequality was greater than inequality in total wealth, with the top 1% of the population owning 43%, the next 19% of Americans owning 50%, and the bottom 80% owning 7%. [15]
Average net worth—which heavily weights extremely high-wealth families—substantially exceeds median net worth (families in the fiftieth percentile). Further, average net worth outgrew median net worth from 2019 through 2022. According to PolitiFact, in 2011 the 400 wealthiest Americans "have more wealth than half of all Americans combined."
Countries by median wealth ( US dollars) per adult. From 2021 publication of Credit Suisse. This is a list of countries of the world by wealth per adult or household, from sources such as UBS 's annual Global Wealth Databook [1] and the OECD 's Better Life Index. [2] Wealth includes both financial and non-financial assets.
Personal income is an individual's total earnings from wages, investment interest, and other sources. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a median weekly personal income of $1,037 for full-time workers in the United States in Q1 2022. [1] For the year 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the median annual earnings for all workers ...
The top 10% of American households by net worth had an average of $1.29 million in their retirement accounts in 2022, according to the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances.
The two charts on the right show the average net worth of individuals in the top 1%, top 10%, 50th to 90th percentile, and bottom half of the population from 1962 to 2021. Note that net worth, particularly for high-net-worth individuals, is typically concentrated in illiquid assets such as real estate and corporations whose valuations are ...
share of adult population Net worth per capita (PPP) Net worth per capita (exchange rates) Percent of world net worth (PPP) Percent of world net worth (exchange rates) Real GDP per capita (PPP) Real GDP per capita (exchange rates) Percent of world GDP (PPP) Percent of world GDP (exchange rates) Algeria 0.50 53.68 7,270 2,087 0.14 0.05 6,107 1,754