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When compared to the 2013 wealth distribution pyramid, an overall increase of 4.8% can be seen. The bottom half of the world’s total adult population, the bottom quartile in the pyramid, owns only 1.3% of the total wealth. Again, when compared to the 2013 wealth distribution pyramid, a decrease of 1.7% can be observed.
Here are the average income and wealth for Americans in the top 1 percent. ... But just the top 0.1 percent own 13.5 percent of the total wealth, giving them a stunning average of more than $158 ...
Country % of income of the richest 1% Albania 8.2 Algeria 9.7 Angola 15.2 Australia 9.1 Austria 9.3 Bahrain 18.0 Belgium 7.8 Benin 17.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.9
As of 2013, the top 1% of households owned 38% of the stock market wealth. As of 2013, the top 10% own 81% of the stock wealth, the next 10% (80th to 90th percentile) own 11% and the bottom 80% own 8%. The Federal Reserve reported the median value of stock ownership by income group for 2016: Bottom 20% own $5,800. 20th-40th percentile own $10,000.
More than one-quarter of all household wealth, 26.5%, belongs to the super rich, and their wealth is growing. The top 1% of American earners now own more wealth than the entire middle class Skip ...
Not only do America's top 10% own the majority of wealth in the country, but the top 1% control nearly a third. ... Families in the top 1% held 23% of the nation's wealth in 1989, which has now ...
After the Great Recession which started in 2007, the share of total wealth owned by the top 1% of the population grew from 34.6% to 37.1%, and that owned by the top 20% of Americans grew from 85% to 87.7%. The Great Recession also caused a drop of 36.1% in median household wealth but a drop of only 11.1% for the top 1%. [55] [53]
In 2000, the top 1 percent held 45.5 percent of the world's wealth. Today, they hold 50.1 percent — more than half of the rest of the world.