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Sep 20, 2021 · Despite the burden of COVID-19 on the global economy, the world can expect robust GDP growth in the coming years, especially in 2021. The latest estimates by the International Monetary Fund in April 2021 suggest that global GDP in 2021 will total $100.1 trillion in nominal terms, up by 4.1% compared to last year.
Dec 10, 2021 · The report explores various options - mainly rooted in taxation policies - to tackle income & wealth inequality. The examples offer lessons from across the globe and throughout recent history, they explain, and conclude that "inequality is always political choice and learning from policies implemented in other countries or at other points of time is critical to design fairer development pathways."
On this page, you can find all our data, visualizations, and writing relating to economic inequality. This evidence shows us that inequality in many countries is very high and, in many cases, has been on the rise. Global economic inequality is vast and compounded by overlapping inequalities in health, education, and many other dimensions.
Apr 17, 2017 · The chart shows estimates of the distribution of annual income among all world citizens over the last two centuries. To make incomes comparable across countries and time, daily incomes are measured in international-$ — a hypothetical currency that would buy a comparable amount of goods and services that a U.S. dollar would buy in the United States in 2011 (for a more detailed explanation ...
Nov 2, 2023 · The highest wealth rung controls $208.3 trillion in wealth, or 45.8% of the global total. Just 1.1% of the world adult population fall in this bracket. Those with $100,000 to $1 million have the next greatest share, at 39.4% of net household wealth.
- Dorothy Neufeld
Jan 16, 2020 · The 15 wealthiest nations combine for 84.3% of global wealth. Leading the pack is the United States, which holds $106.0 trillion of the world’s wealth — equal to a 29.4% share of the global total. Interestingly, the United States economy makes up 23.9% of the size of the world economy in comparison.
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The 'Market income vs. wealth' tab allows you to compare how the global distributions of wealth and market income have evolved between 1995 and 2020. In the 'Changes in inequality' tab, you can see how market income inequality and wealth inequality have changed since 1995 in each country, for which we have data.
