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- Decades of low interest rates led equities and real estate values to soar, and these assets are disproportionately held among the world’s wealthiest. While a steep rise in interest rates decreased these fortunes in 2022, the share of wealth controlled by the global millionaire population remains substantial.
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Sep 1, 2017 · And, there are poor people in very wealthy countries. In 2013 (the most recent year comprehensive data on global poverty are available), 767 million people, or 10.7 percent of the world population, were estimated to be living below the international poverty line of $1.90 per person per day. 3
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Global wealth has grown overall—but at the expense of future prosperity and by exacerbating inequalities, according to the World Bank’s new Changing Wealth of Nations report.
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How are incomes and wealth distributed between people? Both within countries and across the world as a whole? On this page, you can find all our data, visualizations, and writing relating to economic inequality.
