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The world's total wealth and how it's divided up

All the money in the world
Financial wealth
Real assets
High net worth individuals own a lot of the world's wealth
Why has the world's wealth grown?
Why has the world’s wealth grown?
Rising markets making the rich richer
Getting rich(er) quick
Billionaire wealth surge
Billionaire bonanza
China to overtake the US
Global wealth of $500 trillion before 2025
A widening gap between rich and poor
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All the money in the world

The total net wealth of the entire world comes to a staggering $431 trillion (£310tn), according to a new report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG). It added up financial wealth, such as investments, and real assets, including property, and subtracted liabilities such as debt. This works out at an average $54,556 (£39k) per person, but the wealth of the world isn't shared out equally. Click or scroll through to discover where the wealth is distributed and why global wealth is on the rise despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Hannah Ward-Glenton

22 June 2021

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