The variety of millionaires within the U.S. grew final yr, setting the U.S. aside as a world chief in international wealth.
UBS, an funding financial institution and monetary companies firm, launched its annual international wealth report on Wednesday, wanting again at wealth tendencies in 2024. The corporate outlined a millionaire as anybody with a internet 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, way over 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 international locations made up greater than half of the 684,000 new millionaires general.
Wealth progress in North America was “pushed by a secure U.S. greenback and upbeat monetary markets,” in keeping with the report. Monetary markets did properly final yr: The S&P 500 was up by greater than 23% in 2024, and the Nasdaq was up almost 29%.
UBS discovered that the U.S. has the best variety of millionaires on the planet, greater than Western Europe and China mixed. The U.S. has 23.8 million individuals within the seven-figure membership, the best out of every other nation, and holds nearly 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 non-public wealth.
Nations comparable to Japan, France, Germany, the U.Okay., and Canada have over two million millionaires as of 2024.
In sum, there are nearly 60 million millionaires on the 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 develop into price seven figures by 2029, a 9% enhance from 2024.
“Over the following 5 years, we count on North America and Larger 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% previously decade.
The variety of millionaires within the U.S. grew final yr, setting the U.S. aside as a world chief in international wealth.
UBS, an funding financial institution and monetary companies firm, launched its annual international wealth report on Wednesday, wanting again at wealth tendencies in 2024. The corporate outlined a millionaire as anybody with a internet 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, way over 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 international locations made up greater than half of the 684,000 new millionaires general.
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