Wealth is the total sum value of monetary assets and
valuable material possessions owned by an individual, minus
private debt, at a set point in time.
There is a difference between
median
In statistics and probability theory, the median is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution. For a data set, it may be thought of as "the middle" value. The basic fe ...
and
mean wealth. Median wealth is the amount that divides the
wealth distribution into two equal groups: half the adults have wealth above the median, and the other half below. Mean wealth is the amount obtained by dividing the total aggregate wealth by the number of adults. In nations where wealth is highly concentrated in a small percentage of people, the mean can be much higher than the median.
A Global Wealth Report is published annually by
Credit Suisse
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.
[ Full data, including mean and median wealth, gini coefficient and number of adults for all countries on pages 115-118.] This article shows the distribution of wealth in Europe.
2021
* indicates "Income in COUNTRY" or "Economy of COUNTRY" links.
For several European countries, Credit Suisse could only provide rough estimates of mean wealth, with no information about the distribution of said wealth, citing poor data quality.
[ Page 5 mentions "26 countries for which it is difficult to estimate either the level of household wealth or the distribution of wealth, or both". Pages 21-24 then feature estimates for mean wealth per adult for said countries, with wealth data quality characterized as "poor" or "n.a.".]
* indicates "Income in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Economy of COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
See also
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Distribution of wealth by country
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Financial and social rankings of sovereign states in Europe
This page compares the sovereign states of Europe on economic, financial and social indicators.
Definition of Europe
For the purposes of comparison the broader definition of Europe will be used. A sovereign state must meet at least one of t ...
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High-net-worth individual
High-net-worth individual (HNWI) is a term used by some segments of the financial services industry to designate persons whose investible wealth (assets such as stocks and bonds) exceeds a given amount. Typically, these individuals are defined ...
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List of countries by financial assets per capita
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List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
A country's gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita is the PPP value of all final goods and services produced within an economy in a given year, divided by the average (or mid-year) population for the same y ...
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List of countries by GNI (nominal) per capita
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List of countries by income equality
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List of countries by total wealth
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List of countries by wealth per adult
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Ultra high-net-worth individual
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Wealth inequality in the United States
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Wealth
References
External links
Wealth - OECD Statistics - OECD.org
{{Extreme wealth
Lists of countries by per capita values
European Union member economies