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World distribution of wealth is the
distribution Distribution may refer to: Mathematics *Distribution (mathematics), generalized functions used to formulate solutions of partial differential equations * Probability distribution, the probability of a particular value or value range of a vari ...
of how
wealth Wealth is the abundance of Value (economics), valuable financial assets or property, physical possessions which can be converted into a form that can be used for financial transaction, transactions. This includes the core meaning as held in the ...
is distributed around the world. The guideline for categorizing the data is to organize it based on the continent on which the people with wealth reside.


Data organization

Sometimes the data is organized by household wealth. It is useful to do it this way because sometimes the holders of wealth take care of other people who have no wealth, such as children or other family members.


World distribution of wealth (2016)

Data for the following tables is obtained from ''The UN-WIDER World Distribution of Household Wealth Report''.


Northern America


Central and South America


Europe


Africa


Middle East


Asia


Other


Net worth per capita (2016)

Data for the following tables is obtained from ''The UN-WIDER World Distribution of Household Wealth Report''.''The World Distribution of Household Wealth''. James B. Davies, Susanna Sandstrom,
Anthony Shorrocks Anthony F. Shorrocks is a British development economist. Academic career Between January 2001 and April 2009 he was Director of UNU-WIDER. Prior to that he was Professor at the London School of Economics and before that he worked at the Uni ...
, and Edward N. Wolff. 5 December 2006.
Launch of the WIDER study on The World Distribution of Household Wealth
(includes press release, summary, and data)

(copy of full report with a cover page added)
The World Distribution of Household Wealth
(exact copy of report published at United Nations website)


References

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See also

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Distribution of wealth The distribution of wealth is a comparison of the wealth of various members or groups in a society. It shows one aspect of economic inequality or economic heterogeneity. The distribution of wealth differs from the income distribution in that ...
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List of countries by distribution of wealth This is a list of countries by distribution of wealth, including Gini coefficients. Wealth distribution can vary greatly from income distribution in a country (see List of countries by income equality). Higher Gini coefficients signify greater i ...
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Distribution of wealth Global inequality