How Does Your Wealth Stack Up on a Global Scale?

What does it take to be in the top half of adults? The top 1%? I hope the answers make you feel better about yourself

Oh wait, that’s not the scale we’re talking about here | Image James Bellerjeau

What does it take to be in the global 1%?

Or, if you’re feeling more modest, do you think you have more wealth* than the median adult in the world?

If all we knew about you was the country you hail from, we could guess your likelihood of being among the world’s wealthiest.

• American, you say? Oh, the chances of finding wealthy people there are as high as they are of finding pickup trucks on the roads.
• But would you be surprised to know that the second highest concentration of one-percenters is to be found in China?
• And on a per capita basis, if you threw a rock into a crowd of citizens, you’re most likely to hit a millionaire in Switzerland. One in nine Swiss adults is a dollar millionaire.

More fascinating glimpses of the top of the wealth pyramid are to come shortly, including who’s considered “ultra-high net worth” and how many of these special creatures roam the earth.

But first…

Are you top half or bottom half?