Amongst the selected Latin American countries, Chile was the nation where billionaires' wealth equated to the largest share of the national GDP in 2021, reaching 16.1 percent. It was closely followed by Brazil, where the wealth of the super-rich represented 14.2 percent of the country's economic output. The average wealth of billionaires' in Brazil amounted to 2.42 billion U.S. dollars.
Wealth of billionaires as a share of the GDP in selected countries of Latin America in 2021
The indicator relates the total wealth of billionaires in each country, in 2021, to the country’s total GDP as projected by the source for the same year, both expressed in current dollars.
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (January 27, 2023). Wealth of billionaires as a share of the GDP in selected countries of Latin America in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1334337/billionaires-wealth-as-share-gdp-countries-latin-america/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Wealth of billionaires as a share of the GDP in selected countries of Latin America in 2021." Chart. January 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1334337/billionaires-wealth-as-share-gdp-countries-latin-america/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2023). Wealth of billionaires as a share of the GDP in selected countries of Latin America in 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1334337/billionaires-wealth-as-share-gdp-countries-latin-america/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Wealth of Billionaires as a Share of The Gdp in Selected Countries of Latin America in 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1334337/billionaires-wealth-as-share-gdp-countries-latin-america/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Wealth of billionaires as a share of the GDP in selected countries of Latin America in 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1334337/billionaires-wealth-as-share-gdp-countries-latin-america/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Wealth of billionaires as a share of the GDP in selected countries of Latin America in 2021 [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, January 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1334337/billionaires-wealth-as-share-gdp-countries-latin-america/
