The variety of millionaires within the U.S. grew final yr, setting the U.S. aside as a world chief in world wealth.
UBS, an funding financial institution and monetary companies firm, launched its annual world wealth report on Wednesday, wanting again at wealth developments in 2024. The corporate outlined a millionaire as anybody with a web price of at the very least $1 million.
UBS discovered that the U.S. added over a thousand new millionaires per day on common in 2024, excess of the 380 new millionaires per day skilled in China, which was in second place. Altogether, there have been 379,000 new millionaires within the U.S. final yr, adopted by China’s 141,000. The 2 nations made up greater than half of the 684,000 new millionaires total.
Wealth progress in North America was “pushed by a secure U.S. greenback and upbeat monetary markets,” based on the report. Monetary markets did effectively final yr: The S&P 500 was up by greater than 23% in 2024, and the Nasdaq was up practically 29%.
UBS discovered that the U.S. has the best variety of millionaires on this planet, greater than Western Europe and China mixed. The U.S. has 23.8 million individuals within the seven-figure membership, the very best out of another nation, and holds virtually 35% of the share of world private wealth. China is available in second with 6.3 million millionaires and shut to twenty% of the share of private wealth.
Nations resembling Japan, France, Germany, the U.Ok., and Canada have over two million millionaires as of 2024.
In sum, there are virtually 60 million millionaires on this planet who management a complete of $226.47 trillion in property.
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UBS expects the variety of millionaires to maintain rising, and an extra 5.34 million individuals to turn out to be price seven figures by 2029, a 9% improve from 2024.
“Over the following 5 years, we anticipate North America and Higher China to be the primary drivers of world wealth progress,” the report reads.
A separate report from Henley & Companions and New World Wealth, launched final month, reveals that the variety of liquid millionaires within the U.S., or these with property of greater than $1 million, has elevated by 78% prior to now decade.
The variety of millionaires within the U.S. grew final yr, setting the U.S. aside as a world chief in world wealth.
UBS, an funding financial institution and monetary companies firm, launched its annual world wealth report on Wednesday, wanting again at wealth developments in 2024. The corporate outlined a millionaire as anybody with a web price of at the very least $1 million.
UBS discovered that the U.S. added over a thousand new millionaires per day on common in 2024, excess of the 380 new millionaires per day skilled in China, which was in second place. Altogether, there have been 379,000 new millionaires within the U.S. final yr, adopted by China’s 141,000. The 2 nations made up greater than half of the 684,000 new millionaires total.
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