Between December 2019 and 2021, the top one percent of earners accumulated 63 percent of all new wealth worldwide. This is more than six times more wealth than accumulated by the bottom 90 percent over the same time period.
Global wealth distribution
Newly generated wealth landing in the hands of the few is not a new story and has been the focus of international development policy for many years. Looking at a regional level, Latin America was the region with the starkest distribution of wealth. In this region, 77 percent of the wealth was held by the richest 10 percent in 2021, and only 0.5 percent held by the poorest 50 percent. At an individual level, around 2.82 billion adults worldwide had a net worth of less than 10,000 U.S. dollars in 2021.
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Oxfam. (January 16, 2023). Share of new wealth accumulation worldwide between December 2019 and 2021, by income percentile [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359627/new-wealth-accumulation-worldwide-income/
Oxfam. "Share of new wealth accumulation worldwide between December 2019 and 2021, by income percentile." Chart. January 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359627/new-wealth-accumulation-worldwide-income/
Oxfam. (2023). Share of new wealth accumulation worldwide between December 2019 and 2021, by income percentile. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359627/new-wealth-accumulation-worldwide-income/
Oxfam. "Share of New Wealth Accumulation Worldwide between December 2019 and 2021, by Income Percentile." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359627/new-wealth-accumulation-worldwide-income/
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Share of new wealth accumulation worldwide between December 2019 and 2021, by income percentile [Graph], Oxfam, January 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359627/new-wealth-accumulation-worldwide-income/