You Are One Of The Richest People In The World

The mind boggling aspect of this chart is how poor the vast majority of people in the world are. If you have net worth of $10,000, you are richer than 4.8 billion people on the planet. If you have net worth of $100,000, you are richer than 6.4 billion people on the planet. If and when things go south, there are going to be a lot more have-nots looking to skewer the haves. It should be interesting.

Financial inequality is steadily rising alongside global wealth, which reached a grand total of $263 trillion in 2014. According to Crédit Suisse, people with a net worth of over $1 million represent just 0.7 percent of the planet’s population, but they control 41 percent of its wealth.

69 percent of the world’s population have a net worth of under $10,000 – they account for a mere 3 percent of global wealth. Meanwhile, 23 percent fall into the $10,000-$100,000 bracket and they control 14 percent of worldwide wealth. In order to be counted among the wealthiest half of the world’s citizens, a person requires a net worth of $3,650.