As well as wielding immense amounts of political power, many world leaders are also extremely wealthy. But this list of richest leaders doesn't just feature the presidents and prime ministers of the world's wealthiest countries, but also includes heads of the world's poorest nations. From India's Narendra Modi to Russia's Vladimir Putin, click or scroll through to find out the world's richest leaders ranked by their wealth. Figures in US dollars unless stated.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and his family's fortune was estimated to be $1.5 million (£1.2m) when he was inaugurated in May 2019. Prior to serving as the country's sixth president, Mr Zelensky was a noted actor, comedian and producer. Indeed he was best known for starring in a satirical TV series Servant of the People, in which he played a history teacher who accidentally becomes the Ukrainian president.

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro may have one of the lowest salaries of any South American leader but is still estimated to have a net worth of $2 million (£1.5m). Presiding over a country crippled by hyperinflation, food and medicine shortages and power cuts, the socialist leader was widely criticized after being pictured enjoying a banquet dinner in Istanbul, while many of his country's citizens couldn't afford to buy meat.

Prayuth Chan-Ocha was a military leader who became prime minister of Thailand in 2014 after leading a successful coup. That year, figures released by the country's anti-corruption agency showed he had assets of more than $3.1 million (£2.4m), including a 2011 Mercedes Benz S600L, a 2009 BMW 700Li, three Rolex watches and more than a dozen handguns. 

While the exact figure is not known, it has been estimated that British prime minister Boris Johnson is worth about $5.2 million (£4m). The new leader has recently sold his former marital home that he shared with his ex-wife Marina Wheeler for $4.8 million (£3.7m) and has since bought a $1.5 million (£1.3m) mansion in south London with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds. Prior to becoming PM, a role which has a salary of just under $195,000 (£150k), Mr Johnson earned a reported $357,000 (£275,000) a year as a columnist for UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph alongside the $96,300 (£74k) he made as an MP.

Shinzo Abe has served as prime minister of Japan since 2012 and has an estimated net worth of $10 million (£7.7m). Born into a prominent political family – his grandfather Nobusuke Kishi served as PM from 1957 to 1960 and his great uncle Eisuke Satō held the same post from 1964 to 1972 – Abe was the country's first leader to be born after the Second World War. Having won re-election in 2019, he now looks set to be Japan's longest-serving PM. 

German chancellor Angela Merkel is the sixth highest-paid world leader, and her annual salary of $369,727 (£285k) is eight times the average wage of the country's citizens, according to USA Today. The famously frugal former research scientist, who is now widely considered to be one of the leading figures in the EU, has an estimated net worth of about $11 million (£8.5m) thanks to property and other assets. 

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau was born into a wealthy political family, with his own father Pierre having served in the top job between from 1968 to 1979 and again between 1980 and 1984. In addition to his annual salary of CA$347,400 (US$263.5k/£202.5k), Trudeau also has an inheritance from his father, which was estimated to be about US$1.2 million (£920k) in cash and investments in 2013. Before his time in public office, Trudeau also made $450,000 (£345k) a year from his public speaking business. His overall net worth has been estimated at $13 million (£10m). 

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is seeking parliamentary immunity from prosecution over corruption charges, was last year estimated to have a personal wealth of 50 million shekels, the equivalent of $14.4 million (£11m). However, the country's longest-serving leader was accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate cases in November 2019; allegations which he strongly denies. 

Narendra Modi has been prime minister of India since 2014 and is still very popular, despite his government's failure to live up to its economic promises. His own assets are doing well and in 2019 it was reported by the Economic Times that Modi is worth 2.5 crore, the equivalent of $25 million (£19.2m). The report was based on his own affidavit filed to the Election Commission in April. The mandatory statement listed his sources of income as his "salary from government" and "interest from bank", but his wife's source of income was stated as "not known", meaning that the Indian prime minister may have access to more funds.

After a stint in an editorial role French president Emmanuel Macron became an investment banker for Rothschild & Cie Banque in 2008. Two years later he entered politics, working on the staff of President François Hollande. He then leaned heavily on his banking money when he took the decision to set up his own political party to run for the role of president. It paid off and he was elected in 2017. He now earns $220,500 (£170k) a year as PM. Reports vary as to his net worth, but Spear's estimates it at $31.5 million (£28.4m).

Authoritarian leader Idriss Déby has been president of the landlocked north African country of Chad since he seized power in 2000.  The president and his administration have been plagued by corruption charges and accusations of brutal repression of rights throughout his tenure. Déby himself is said to have a net worth of $50 million (£38.4m). 

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan served as mayor of Istanbul and Turkey's prime minister before being elected as the country's president in 2014. Supporters say he has improved the Turkish economy, while others accuse him of corruption and autocratic tendencies. In 2018, his net worth was reported to be $58 million (£44.5m), but more recent estimates place it at $50 million ($38.4m).

Singapore's head of government Lee Hsien Loong earns an annual salary of $1.6 million (£1.2m), making him the highest-paid world leader. In fact, his salary is so high that it is 20 times the country's GDP per capita and 12 times what Russian president Vladimir Putin earns, according to USA Today. He is also chair of sovereign wealth fund GIC Private Limited, which has estimated assets under management of about $398 billion (£306bn). His net worth is estimated at $51 million (£39m). 

Paul Kagame has been president of Rwanda since 2000, after he led rebel forces to end the Rwandan genocide that saw more than a million people murdered. Kagame has been key to the African country's economic rehabilitation, which earned it the moniker the "Singapore of Africa", although this has been matched by an intolerance for dissent. In 2012 it was reported by The Economist that Kagame and the Rwandan Patriotic Front are controlling the country’s economy through a holding company called Crystal Ventures, a group that has assets of $500 million (£384m) across everything from private jets to the country’s biggest milk processor. It has been estimated that Kagame, who is the chairman of Crystal Ventures, is worth $500 million (£384m). 

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has an estimated net worth of $500 million (£384m). He is the title holder of at least 500,000 acres of prime farmland in his home country, which was inherited from his father Jomo Kenyatta, the first leader of Kenya. Kenyatta also has a large stake in Kenya's leading dairy company as well as shares in a commercial bank and TV station. 

Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev's official monthly salary is reportedly along the lines of $230,000 (£177k) but his family are known to have large property assets abroad and his net worth is said to be $500 million (£384m). In 2010, his 12-year-old son Heydar was reported by the UK's Telegraph newspaper to have purchased nine waterfront mansions in Dubai worth some $44 million (£34m) – roughly 10,000 years' worth of salary for the average Azerbaijan citizen. His daughter is also known to have extensive assets. 

After taking up the role in 2018, Cyril Ramaphosa has an annual salary of $273,470 (£209.6k) as South Africa's president, which is more than 25 times the average household income of his people at $10,872 (£385), according to USA Today. South Africa has recently seen more civil unrest due to unemployment and a stagnating economy. The government responded by announcing salary cuts for MPs, but the country's 2019 budget actually saw an increase in salary for the president. Ramaphosa stepped down as chairman of investment group Shanduka Group in 2015 to avoid a conflict of interest and completed the sale of his stake a year later. It's estimated that he could be worth as much as $550 million (£422m).

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has been president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea since 1979, when he ousted his uncle Francisco Macías Nguema in a military coup. Forbes has estimated his wealth at $600 million (£462m) and he is said to have several homes in South Africa, and an estate in Malibu, California. A taste for luxury seems to run in the family: in 2016 his son Teodoro 'Teodorin' Nguema Obiang (who's the country's vice-president) saw his fleet of 26 luxury cars including seven Ferraris, five Bentleys, three Lamorghinis, a Maserati, a McLaren and a Bugatti Veyron seized by Swiss authorities as part of a corruption probe. The fleet was sold at a charity auction in 2019 for $27 million (£20.7m).

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Gabon's president Ali Bongo Ondimba is said to be worth a cool $1 billion (£768m), despite reportedly only making $65,000 (£50k) a year. Rights groups in the country have long accused Ondimba of looting the country of its oil and natural resources to create his fortune. In 2009 Transparency International filed a case against his family and the ensuing corruption inquiry discovered assets including 39 properties in France and nine luxury cars, but the case was dropped in 2017. A year later, it was reported that he spent $111 million (£85m) on a 14-bedroom mansion in Paris.

In 2012 Syria's leader Bashar al-Assad was estimated to have amassed a fortune of up to $1.2 billion (£920m) for his relatives and close associates, despite moves to freeze his assets in the UK, the US and Switzerland. Prior to the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, the Assads and their friends are said to have owned between 60% and 70% of the country's assets, including land, energy plants and factories. 

Ji Xinping may hold the distinguished titles of general secretary of the Communist Party of China, president of the People’s Republic of China, and chairman of the Central Military Commission, but has a very modest salary at just $22,000 (£16.9k) per year. However, it was revealed in 2012 by The Telegraph that Xinping and his family have hidden investments in multiple holding companies, including a $244 million (£188m) share of property investment firm Shenzen Yuanwei. Xinping is said to have a net worth of $1.5 billion (£1.2bn) according to Spear's. 

Sebastian Pinera served as Chilean president between 2010 and 2014 and then started another four-year term in 2018. Forbes has estimated his and his family's net wealth at $2.8 billion (£2.1bn), having made a fortune from credit card company Bancard, which was founded in 1976. After the 2010 election, he also offloaded his 26% stake in Chilean airline LAN and sold TV channel Chilevision to Time Warner for a reported $150 million (£116m). 

US president and property tycoon Donald Trump was estimated to have a fortune of $3.1 billion (£2.4bn) by Forbes in September 2019. This includes New York City real estate worth $1.5 billion (£1.2bn), golf courses and clubs worth $590 million (£454m), as well as cash and personal assets of $310 million (£238m). 

Czech president Andrej Babiš was an agricultural magnate prior to winning office in 2017 and has an estimated net worth of $3.7 billion (£2.8bn), according to Forbes. Often known as the "Czech Donald Trump", Babiš has styled himself as a self-made businessman who is fed up with corruption in politics. But last year thousands of Czechs took to the streets to call for his resignation due to alleged conflicts of interest involving his former business and a criminal inquiry into fraud relating to EU subsidies.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has been estimated to have a net worth of $5 billion (£3.8bn) since 2013. Around then, US and South Korean officials discovered the assets and bank accounts controlled by the supreme leader and his family, finding that much of his wealth is stashed away in over 200 bank accounts held in China and other countries including, Austria, Luxembourg, Russia and Switzerland. 

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Aged 94, Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad is the oldest serving head of government. He previously served as the country's PM between 1981 and 2003 and was re-elected to the top job in 2018. Mahathir is thought to have about $45 billion (£35bn) stashed away via his proxy Tun Daim Zainuddin and is also said to have interests in 50 banks across the world. His son Mokhazani Mahathir is a former petroleum engineer-turned-entrepreneur who has a net worth of $325 million (£250m).

Quite a lot of mystery surrounds the finances of Russian president Vladimir Putin, but an estimate by former Hermitage Capital Management CEO Bill Browder, given under oath to the US Senate Judiciary Committee in 2017, puts the former KGB officer's net worth at $200 billion (£153.6bn). That's considerably higher than the net wealth of the world's richest man and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. However, in 2018 the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation said that Putin had officially only earned $673,000 (£518k) between 2011 and 2016. It also revealed he had an apartment in St Petersburg and 230 shares in Bank St Petersburg. 

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