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List of countries by total private wealth

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Countries by total wealth, 2022 (2023 publication)
Top 10 countries by total wealth, 2024
  1. United States 163.9 (34.8%)
  2. China 91.082 (19.3%)
  3. Japan 21.332 (4.53%)
  4. United Kingdom 18.056 (3.83%)
  5. Germany 17.695 (3.76%)
  6. India 16.008 (3.40%)
  7. France 15.508 (3.29%)
  8. Canada 11.55 (2.45%)
  9. South Korea 11.04 (2.34%)
  10. Italy 10.6 (2.25%)
  11. Rest of the world 94.29 (20.0%)

National net wealth, also known as national net worth, is the total sum of the value of a country's assets minus its liabilities. It is the total value of net wealth possessed by the residents of a state at a set point in time.[1] Figures in this article only cover household wealth, and exclude government wealth, which may be substantial, as in China, or negative, as in the UK or US, and so do not show total wealth.

National net wealth is an important indicator of a nation's ability to take on debt and sustain spending and is influenced not only by real estate prices, equity market prices, exchange rates, liabilities and incidence in a country of the population, but also by human resources, natural resources, and capital and technological advancements, which may create new assets or render others worthless in the future.

The most significant component by far among most developed nations is commonly reported as household net wealth or worth, and reflects infrastructure investment. National wealth can fluctuate, as evidenced in the United States after the Great Recession and subsequent economic recovery. During periods of strong equity market growth, the relative national and per capita wealth of countries where people are more exposed to those markets, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, tends to rise. On the other hand, when equity markets are depressed, the relative wealth of countries where people invest more in real estate and bonds, such as France and Italy, tends to rise.

Total household wealth by country

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* indicates "Wealth in country or territory" or "Economy of country or territory" links.

List by UBS and Credit Suisse pertaining to total wealth of countries in 2022[2][irrelevant citation][failed verification]
Country (or area) Region Total wealth
(USD bn) 		% of world Wealth to GDP
ratio[3] 		Population (Millions) Wealth per capita
(USD)
 World 454,385 100.0% N/a 7,995,707,304 57,150
 Asia and Oceania Asia and Oceania 177,824 39.1% N/a
 Northern America Northern America 151,170 33.3% N/a
 United States * Americas 139,866 30.8% 5.493 333,287,557 419,726
 East Asia East Asia 125,887 27.7% N/a
 Europe Europe 104,410 23.0% N/a
 China * Asia 84,485 18.6% 4.470 1,412,175,000 59,827
 Japan * Asia 22,582 5.0% 4.918 124,500,000 181,382
 South Asia South Asia 17,581 3.87% N/a
 Germany * Europe 17,426 3.8% 3.797 84,358,845 206,568
 France Europe 15,989 3.5% 5.071 68,042,591 234,984
 United Kingdom * Europe 15,972 3.5% 5.069 67,508,936 236,593
 India * Asia 15,365 3.38% 5.414 1,417,173,173 15,535
 Latin America and the Caribbean Americas 15,071 3.3% N/a
 Canada * Americas 11,263 2.5% 4.937 38,929,902 289,313
 Oceania Oceania 11,201 2.47% N/a
 Italy * Europe 11,020 2.4% 5.669 58,983,122 186,831
 West Asia West Asia 10,920 2.40% N/a
 South Korea * Asia 9,890 2.2% N/a 51,628,117 191,559
 Australia * Oceania 9,720 2.1% 5.157 25,978,935 374,083
 Southeast Asia Southeast Asia 9,687 2.13% N/a
 Spain * Europe 8,487 1.9% 5.577 47,475,420 178,770
 Africa Africa 5,909 1.3% N/a
 Taiwan * Asia 5,422 1.2% N/a 23,923,276 226,641
 Netherlands * Europe 4,869 1.1% 4.104 17,533,044 277,710
 Mexico * Americas 4,863 1.1% 2.129 127,504,125 38,152
 Switzerland * Europe 4,829 1.1% 5.514 8,740,472 552,313
 Brazil * Americas 4,628 1.0% 1.921 215,313,498 21,505
 Russia * Europe 4,386 0.97% 1.795 144,713,314 30,310
 Hong Kong * Asia 3,493 0.77% 8.384 7,335,200 476,377
 Indonesia * Asia 3,256 0.72% 1.629 275,501,339 11,820
 Belgium * Europe 3,195 0.70% 4.116 11,655,000 274,000
 Iran * Asia 3,034 0.67% 1.707 88,550,000 34,300
 Sweden * Europe 2,335 0.51% 3.860 10,520,520 222,171
 Saudi Arabia * Asia 2,268 0.50% 1.962 36,400,000 62,305
 Singapore * Asia 1,906 0.42% 3.712 5,637,000 338,000
 Denmark * Europe 1,869 0.41% 3.630 5,882,000 318,000
 Austria * Europe 1,794 0.39% 4.381 8,940,432 200,655
 Norway * Europe 1,644 0.36% 2.717 5,425,270 303,044
 Poland * Europe 1,592 0.34% 2.972 37,766,327 42,161
 New Zealand * Oceania 1,426 0.31% 5.181 5,124,110 278,406
 Thailand * Asia 1,421 0.31% 2.134 71,697,336 19,829
 Israel * Asia 1,368 0.30% 2.739 9,593,413 142,595
 Portugal * Europe 1,324 0.29% 4.598 10,271,492 128,959
 Egypt * Africa 1,249 0.27% 2.900 104,258,327 11,979
 United Arab Emirates * Asia 1,242 0.27% 2.189 9,441,129 131,550
 Bangladesh * Asia 1,241 0.27% 2.304 171,186,372 7,249
 Turkey * Asia 1,041 0.23% 1.780 85,279,553 12,209
 Vietnam * Asia 1,017 0.22% 3.043 98,186,698 10,358
 Philippines * Asia 1,011 0.22% 2.501 115,559,384 8,746
 South Africa * Africa 926 0.20% 2.191 60,756,135 15,250
 Ireland * Europe 913 0.20% 2.447 5,123,987 178,235
 Greece * Europe 890 0.20% 4.131 10,445,321 85,212
 Central Asia Central Asia 889 0.196% N/a
 Finland * Europe 792 0.17% 2.952 5,548,321 142,901
 Chile * Americas 779 0.17% 2.002 19,678,432 39,512
 Czech Republic * Europe 770 0.17% 2.366 10,701,234 71,934
 Palestine * Asia 733 0.16% N/a 5,378,392 136,334
 Kazakhstan * Asia 720 0.17% 1.761 19,234,567 37,501
 Nigeria * Africa 699 0.17% 1.475 218,987,654 3,190
 Ukraine * Europe 679 0.16% 2.003 36,421,908 18,745
 Pakistan * Asia 678 0.16% 1.671 240,112,345 2,825
 Malaysia * Asia 678 0.16% 1.870 33,456,789 20,310
 Romania * Europe 667 0.16% 2.671 19,038,764 35,032
 Algeria * Africa 601 0.14% 1.473 45,998,112 13,066
 Colombia * Americas 564 0.13% 1.737 52,215,743 10,802
 Kuwait * Asia 564 0.13% 3.008 4,380,326 128,770
 Peru * Americas 519 0.12% 1.662 34,050,342 15,243
 Hungary * Europe 458 0.11% 2.117 9,603,021 47,702
 Kenya * Africa 435 0.10% 2.607 54,985,698 7,909
 Argentina * Americas 420 0.10% 0.698 46,044,703 9,123
 Qatar * Asia 407 0.097% 1.865 2,760,385 147,437
 Macau * Asia 372 0.089% N/a 677,300 550,000
 Sri Lanka * Asia 359 0.086% 3.535 22,181,000 16,186
 Morocco * Africa 347 0.083% 2.548 37,108,492 9,353
 Lebanon * Asia 345 0.082% N/a 5,296,814 65,139
 Ethiopia * Africa 300 0.072% 1.699 123,438,901 2,430
 Luxembourg * Europe 299 0.071% 2.321 660,752 452,818
 Myanmar * Asia 283 0.068% 4.334 54,321,009 5,212
 Slovakia * Europe 270 0.065% 2.731 5,423,118 49,784
 Bulgaria * Europe 258 0.062% 2.086 6,834,291 37,749
 Belarus * Europe 255 0.061% 1.950 9,157,332 27,858
 Ecuador * Americas 255 0.061% 1.908 18,423,119 13,841
 Jordan * Asia 235 0.056% 3.281 11,285,409 20,823
 Croatia * Europe 230 0.055% 3.440 3,875,643 59,357
 Uruguay * Americas 217 0.052% 1.356 3,422,794 63,422
 Costa Rica * Americas 211 0.050% 1.926 5,180,829 40,711
 Oman * Asia 189 0.045% 2.044 4,576,298 41,293
 Slovenia * Europe 188 0.045% 3.784 2,119,409 88,721
 Serbia * Europe 186 0.044% 3.303 6,664,449 27,922
 Tunisia * Africa 177 0.042% 2.887 12,458,223 14,210
 Yemen * Asia 171 0.041% N/a 38,222,276 4,478
 Azerbaijan * Asia 157 0.038% 1.727 10,336,578 15,182
 Panama * Americas 150 0.036% 1.617 4,404,108 34,056
 Lithuania * Europe 147 0.035% 2.105 2,861,203 51,376
 Tanzania * Africa 145 0.035% 1.298 65,498,112 2,215
 Latvia * Europe 141 0.034% 2.727 1,881,231 74,976
 Iceland * Europe 129 0.031% 3.928 387,758 332,711
 Bahrain * Asia 116 0.028% 2.748 1,472,204 78,832
 Ghana * Africa 112 0.027% 1.628 33,475,870 3,346
 Cyprus * Asia 109 0.026% 4.289 1,251,488 87,091
 Bolivia * Americas 105 0.025% 1.907 12,224,110 8,589
 Nepal * Asia 90 0.022% 2.219 30,192,689 2,981
 Bosnia and Herzegovina * Europe 87 0.021% 3.868 3,234,873 26,905
 Estonia * Europe 82 0.020% 1.555 1,365,884 60,042
 Turkmenistan * Asia 78 0.019% 1.398 6,377,645 12,231
 Albania * Europe 77 0.018% 4.581 2,761,785 27,868
 Zimbabwe * Africa 71 0.017% 1.819 15,418,674 4,605
 DR Congo * Africa 71 0.017% N/a 102,972,000 689
 Nicaragua * Americas 69 0.016% 2.955 6,948,393 9,930
 Mauritius * Africa 68 0.016% 3.417 1,273,468 53,388
 Paraguay * Americas 68 0.016% 1.337 7,132,530 9,536
 Moldova * Europe 65 0.016% 3.426 2,510,121 25,889
 Cambodia * Asia 64 0.015% 1.956 17,764,289 3,603
 Malta * Europe 58 0.014% 3.336 542,105 107,012
 Angola * Africa 55 0.013% 0.552 36,739,284 1,496
 Trinidad and Tobago * Americas 51 0.012% 1.689 1,534,937 33,245
 Uganda * Africa 49 0.012% 0.853 47,249,585 1,036
 Armenia * Asia 47 0.011% 3.072 2,780,469 16,905
 Georgia * Asia 46 0.011% 2.117 3,688,647 12,472
 Cameroon * Africa 46 0.011% 0.846 28,798,436 1,598
 Jamaica * Americas 45 0.011% 2.552 2,827,377 15,910
 Libya * Africa 44 0.011% 1.298 6,812,341 6,462
 Papua New Guinea * Oceania 43 0.010% 1.208 10,275,546 4,184
 Senegal * Africa 41 0.0098% 1.400 17,196,301 2,384
 Afghanistan * Asia 41 0.0098% N/a 41,128,765 997
 Montenegro * Europe 36 0.0086% 4.691 627,082 57,423
 Laos * Asia 35 0.0084% 1.486 7,548,932 4,636
 Namibia * Africa 31 0.0074% 1.941 2,567,012 12,073
 Madagascar * Africa 30 0.0072% 1.488 29,178,914 1,028
 Rwanda * Africa 28 0.0067% 1.620 13,768,431 2,034
 Botswana * Africa 27 0.0065% 1.14 2,588,432 10,430
 Zambia * Africa 27 0.0065% 0.858 20,084,521 1,344
 Tajikistan * Asia 25 0.0060% 2.218 10,092,114 2,476
 Kyrgyzstan * Asia 25 0.0060% 2.484 6,951,283 3,595
 Gabon * Africa 23 0.0055% 1.007 2,458,673 9,355
 Mali * Africa 22 0.0053% 0.926 22,593,871 973
 Sudan * Africa 22 0.0053% 0.360 48,109,347 457
 Malawi * Africa 22 0.0053% 1.565 20,541,789 1,071
 Equatorial Guinea * Africa 20 0.0048% 1.179 1,696,428 11,791
 Syria * Asia 18 0.0043% N/a 21,324,187 844
 Guinea * Africa 18 0.0043% 1.139 13,859,102 1,299
 Bahamas * Americas 16 0.0038% 2.125 407,381 39,313
 Burkina Faso * Africa 16 0.0038% 0.813 12,998,564 1,231
 Mozambique * Africa 16 0.0038% 0.788 33,897,452 472
 Barbados * Americas 16 0.0038% 2.688 281,895 56,790
 Mongolia * Asia 15 0.0036% 0.857 3,457,987 4,338
 Benin * Africa 5 0.834 13,754,321 1,091
 Liberia * Africa 14 0.0033% 1.628 5,214,889 2,686
 Niger * Africa 13 0.0031% 1.637 26,912,003 483
 Brunei * Asia 12 0.0029% 2.537 452,981 26,508
 Fiji * Oceania 12 0.0029% 0.707 924,871 12,975
 Chad * Africa 10 0.0024% 1.241 17,482,109 572
 Maldives * Asia 10 0.0024% N/a 521,938 19,158
 Congo * Africa 6 0.0014% N/a 6,102,814 984
 Mauritania * Africa 6 0.0014% 0.789 4,823,119 1,243
 Guyana * Americas 6 0.0014% 0.966 816,209 7,352
 Togo * Africa 6 0.0014% 0.911 8,849,204 678
 Eritrea * Africa 5 0.0012% 0.774 3,684,118 1,357
 Haiti * Americas 5 0.0012% 0.349 11,585,874 432
 Seychelles * Africa 4 0.00096% 2.348 107,118 37,329
 Burundi * Africa 4 0.00096% 0.996 12,887,004 310
 Sierra Leone * Africa 4 0.00096% 0.728 8,420,641 475
 Timor-Leste * Asia 4 0.00096% 1.487 1,364,931 2,933
 Belize * Americas 3 0.00072% 1.064 419,198 7,154
 Gambia * Africa 3 0.00072% 1.095 2,759,452 1,087
 Central African Republic * Africa 2 0.00048% 0.901 5,833,172 343
 Comoros * Africa 2 0.00048% 1.716 907,321 2,204
 Djibouti * Africa 2 0.00048% 0.602 1,120,456 1,786
 Guinea-Bissau * Africa 2 0.00048% 1.493 2,089,315 957
 Lesotho * Africa 2 0.00048% 0.842 2,175,418 919
 Suriname * Americas 2 0.00048% 0.541 618,040 3,238
 São Tomé and Príncipe * Africa 2 0.00048% N/a 231,856 8,626

Countries ranking through time

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The following table ranks the 30 countries with the largest national net wealth from 2000 to 2020, according to UBS and Credit Suisse S.A. (August 2023).[4]

The 30 largest countries by net national wealth (in billions USD)
Country Peak Historical data Peak to
2000 ratio
Value Year 2020 2015 2010 2005 2000
 World 465,666 2021 422,718 297,743 252,084 182,218 117,825 3.952
 United States 145,793 2021 126,300 87,959 64,661 62,634 43,423 3.358
 China 85,947 2021 73,866 46,535 25,493 8,522 3,704 23.204
 Japan 29,718 2011 26,744 21,519 28,640 19,476 19,404 1.532
 Germany 18,412 2021 18,053 12,009 11,934 9,073 6,160 2.989
 United Kingdom 16,741 2021 15,454 13,978 11,199 10,949 6,565 2.550
 France 16,326 2020 16,326 11,594 13,526 9,679 4,704 3.471
 India 15,365 2022 12,688 8,948 6,810 3,266 1,553 9.894
 Italy 12,820 2007 12,176 10,506 11,545 9,457 5,522 2.322
 Canada 12,501 2021 10,586 6,930 6,832 4,363 2,613 4.784
 Australia 10,734 2021 9,268 6,424 6,662 3,480 1,500 7.156
 Spain 10,296 2007 8,759 6,177 8,701 6,905 2,497 4.123
 South Korea 9,946 2021 9,625 6,128 4,744 3,508 1,721 5.779
 Taiwan 5,776 2021 4,920 3,514 2,628 1,883 1,437 4.019
 Netherlands 5,447 2020 5,447 3,255 3,323 2,524 1,591 3.424
 Switzerland 4,893 2021 4,673 3,428 2,892 1,737 1,273 3.844
 Mexico 4,863 2022 3,767 2,659 2,261 1,563 828 5.873
 Brazil 4,628 2022 3,092 2,398 3,128 1,064 646 7.164
 Russia 4,386 2022 3,177 1,824 2,165 869 – –
 Belgium 3,544 2020 3,544 2,531 2,565 1,826 1,110 3.193
 Hong Kong 3,495 2021 3,446 2,548 1,588 976 871 4.013
 Indonesia 3,256 2022 3,087 1,899 1,359 704 364 8.945
 Iran 3,034 2022 1,443 – – – – –
 Sweden 2,865 2021 2,742 1,783 1,628 966 522 5.489
 Saudi Arabia 2,268 2022 1,905 1,437 – 620 415 5.465
 Denmark 1,998 2021 1,793 1,055 1,022 799 451 4.430
 Turkey 1,970 2013 1,509 1,777 1,718 1,034 525 3.752
 Singapore 1,906 2022 1,637 1,075 – – 324 5.883
 Austria 1,855 2020 1,855 1,408 1,460 1,067 719 2.580
 New Zealand 1,658 2021 1,436 – – – – –
 Norway 1,644 2022 – – 988 – 336 4.893
 Poland – – 1,465 993 936 622 – –
 Egypt – – – 1,035 – – – –
 Thailand – – – 1,000 926 – – –
 Greece – – – – 1,252 1,020 618 –
 Portugal – – – – 958 731 422 –
 Ireland – – – – – 696 336 –

Shares of global wealth

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The following table shows the share of global wealth held by the ten wealthiest countries, measured by net national wealth, for the given years. The share of a country's global wealth that is 5% or greater in a given year is in bold.

Shares of global wealth (%) of the ten wealthiest countries by net national wealth for 2000–22
Year  Australia  Canada  China  France  Germany  India  Italy  Japan  South Korea  Spain  United Kingdom  United States Aggregate
share of
the top 10
2000 — 2.2% 3.1% 4.0% 5.2% — 4.7% 16.5% 1.5% 2.1% 5.6% 36.9% 81.8%
2001 — 2.1% 3.6% 4.0% 5.2% — 4.6% 14.1% 1.5% 2.3% 5.6% 38.8% 81.8%
2002 — 2.0% 3.7% 4.6% 5.5% — 5.3% 13.8% 1.7% 2.9% 6.1% 35.1% 80.7%
2003 1.9% 2.2% 3.7% 5.2% 5.8% — 5.7% 12.9% — 3.5% 6.2% 32.8% 79.9%
2004 1.9% 2.2% 3.9% 5.6% 5.7% — 5.7% 11.5% — 3.9% 6.5% 32.5% 79.4%
2005 — 2.4% 4.7% 5.3% 5.0% — 5.2% 10.7% 1.9% 3.8% 6.0% 34.4% 79.4%
2006 2.0% 2.3% 5.0% 5.8% 5.0% — 5.5% 9.5% — 4.2% 6.4% 32.3% 78.0%
2007 2.3% 2.6% 6.0% 6.1% 5.3% — 5.5% 8.6% — 4.4% 6.2% 29.3% 76.3%
2008 — 2.2% 8.2% 6.0% 5.4% 2.2% 5.6% 11.2% — 4.4% 4.4% 27.5% 77.1%
2009 2.4% 2.6% 8.6% 5.7% 5.3% — 5.4% 10.2% — 4.1% 4.8% 26.3% 75.4%
2010 — 2.7% 10.1% 5.4% 4.7% 2.7% 4.6% 11.4% — 3.5% 4.4% 25.7% 75.2%
2011 — 2.7% 11.9% 5.1% 4.6% 2.5% 4.3% 11.4% — 3.4% 4.5% 25.2% 75.6%
2012 — 2.8% 12.5% 4.8% 4.6% 2.7% 4.2% 9.8% — 2.9% 4.4% 25.6% 74.3%
2013 — 2.7% 13.8% 4.8% 4.7% 2.6% 4.1% 7.8% — 2.7% 4.5% 26.8% 74.5%
2014 2.2% 2.6% 15.1% 4.2% 4.3% 2.8% 3.9% 7.1% — — 4.7% 28.6% 75.5%
2015 2.2% 2.3% 15.6% 3.9% 4.0% 3.0% 3.5% 7.2% — — 4.7% 29.5% 75.9%
2016 2.2% 2.5% 16.7% 3.8% 3.9% 3.2% 3.3% 7.2% — — 4.0% 29.9% 76.7%
2017 2.2% 2.4% 17.4% 3.9% 4.1% 3.3% 3.3% 6.7% — — 4.1% 28.4% 75.8%
2018 — 2.2% 18.4% 3.8% 4.1% 3.4% 3.0% 6.7% 2.2% — 3.7% 28.5% 76.0%
2019 — 2.3% 18.1% 3.6% 4.0% 3.4% 2.8% 6.5% 2.1% — 3.6% 29.6% 76.0%
2020 — 2.5% 17.5% 3.9% 4.3% 3.0% 2.9% 6.3% 2.3% — 3.7% 29.9% 76.3%
2021 2.3% 2.7% 18.5% 3.5% 4.0% 3.2% 2.5% 5.4% — — 3.6% 31.3% 77.0%
2022 — 2.5% 18.6% 3.5% 3.8% 3.4% 2.4% 5.0% 2.2% — 3.5% 30.8% 75.7%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Statistics, Republic of China (Taiwan)". stat.gov.tw. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ^ Shorrocks, Anthony; Davies, James; Lluberas, Rodrigo (2023). Global Wealth Databook 2024. UBS and Credit Suisse Research Institute.
  3. ^ "GDP (current US$) | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Global wealth report". UBS & Credit Suisse. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
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