Where do you sit in the global wealth pyramid?
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Where do you sit in the global wealth pyramid?
Type your net worth. We'll place you among 3.81 billion adults — by UBS's numbers.
Billionaire tier — $1bn+
2,891 people, owning 3.3% of global wealth
EMILLI tier — $1M to $5M
52 million adults (1.36% of the world)
Millionaire band — over $1M
Top 1.6% (60 million)
$100k to $1M
16.4% of adults (628 million)
Middle band — $10k to $100k
41.3% of adults (1.57 billion)
Bottom band — under $10,000
40.7% of adults (1.55 billion)
The global wealth pyramid (2024)
Every adult on Earth sits in one of six wealth bands, measured by UBS across 56 markets that cover over 92% of global wealth.
$1bn+ (Billionaire)
2,891 people worldwide · 0.00008% of adults
holds 3.3% of global wealth
$5M — $1bn (UHNW)
0.21% of adults
holds 22% of global wealth
$1M — $5M (EMILLI)
1.36% of adults
holds 22.7% of global wealth
$100k — $1M
16.4% of adults
holds 39.2% of global wealth
$10k — $100k
41.3% of adults
holds 12.1% of global wealth
Under $10k
40.7% of adults
holds 0.6% of global wealth
EMILLI = Everyday Millionaire ($1M–$5M in assets). UHNW = Ultra-High-Net-Worth ($5M–$1bn). Terms used in the UBS Global Wealth Report 2025.
What the UBS Global Wealth Report 2025 actually says
$1M puts you in the global top 1.6%.
60 million adults worldwide are USD millionaires. It's rarer than it feels in developed-country newsfeeds.
The top 1.6% owns 48% of all global wealth.
The richest 60 million adults hold $226 trillion. The bottom 40% combined hold less than 1%.
Just 2,891 adults are billionaires worldwide.
Fifteen of them own more than $100bn each. Together the 2,891 hold $15.7tn — 3.3% of all global wealth.
40.7% of adults own less than $10,000.
Roughly 1.55 billion people. Their combined wealth is under $3 trillion — a rounding error in global terms.
EMILLIs have quadrupled since 2000.
52 million Everyday Millionaires today, up from 13 million in 2000. Rising real estate values did most of the lifting.
40% of the world's millionaires live in the United States.
24 million USD millionaires in the US alone — more than Western Europe and Greater China combined.
$83 trillion will change hands within 25 years.
$74 trillion vertically between generations, $9 trillion horizontally between spouses. The US alone accounts for $29 trillion.
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