In 2017, the business world paused at a shocking statistic: eight men held as much wealth as the poorest half of humanity. By ...

Until now, however, little has been known about where the richest households are located, which cities are the most unequal and how these trends have evolved. The overall picture is worrying. The ...

The richest 10 percent of the world’s population now owns three-quarters of all personal wealth, according to the newly released World Inequality Report 2026. Income is not much different, where the ...

Global wealth is concentrated at the top. This is true for all countries to varying degrees. Yet—according to the World Inequality Database—in almost all nations, the richest 10% hold more than 50% of ...