Top 0.1% net worth: $5.81 million worldwide, $26.5 million in the US (2026)
What net worth puts you in the top 0.1%? About $5.81 million worldwide, $26.5 million in the US, $14.1 million in Canada and $17.6 million in Australia. Income thresholds too, for 77 countries.
Short answer: to be among the richest 0.1% of adults in the world (one in a thousand) you need a net worth of about $5.81 million, or an income of about $603,000 a year before tax. In the United States the bars are $26.5 million in net worth and $2.78 million in income. In the United Kingdom they are $8.48 million and $1.28 million; in Germany $13.6 million and $1.2 million.
The top 0.1% is where ordinary prosperity ends and real fortunes begin. Worldwide, this richest thousandth of adults owns 20% of all household wealth.
Net worth needed for the top 0.1%
Switzerland has the highest threshold at $36.2 million, ahead of the United States ($26.5 million). Both combine high average wealth with very large private fortunes. Iceland, Australia and Singapore follow. Germany ($13.6 million) ranks above the UK ($8.48 million): German wealth at the very top is concentrated in family-owned companies.
Income needed for the top 0.1%
Income thresholds are lower than wealth thresholds by roughly a factor of ten. At the top, Singapore and Luxembourg lead, ahead of the United States at $2.78 million. Top incomes in these places are driven by finance, company ownership and the profits of internationally mobile businesses.
Every country: top 1% and top 0.1%
| # | Country | Top 1% net worth from | Top 0.1% net worth from | Top 0.1% own (wealth) | Top 1% income from | Top 0.1% income from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | $7.17M | $36.2M | 16% | $454,000 | $1.57M |
| 2 | United States | $5.42M | $26.5M | 17% | $591,000 | $2.78M |
| 3 | Iceland | $6.18M | $20M | 6% | $420,000 | $1.26M |
| 4 | Australia | $4.89M | $17.6M | 9.4% | $398,000 | $1.37M |
| 5 | Singapore | $4.44M | $17M | 11% | $696,000 | $3.46M |
| 6 | Austria | $2.77M | $14.2M | 13% | $291,000 | $814,000 |
| 7 | Canada | $2.65M | $14.1M | 15% | $315,000 | $1.2M |
| 8 | Luxembourg | $3.74M | $13.7M | 12% | $1.06M | $3.4M |
| 9 | Germany | $3.21M | $13.6M | 13% | $329,000 | $1.2M |
| 10 | Hong Kong | $3.27M | $13.1M | 12% | $495,000 | $1.82M |
| 11 | France | $2.54M | $12.1M | 10% | $261,000 | $960,000 |
| 12 | Ireland | $4.93M | $12M | 3.9% | $515,000 | $1.84M |
| 13 | Taiwan | $2.97M | $12M | 13% | $318,000 | $1.14M |
| 14 | New Zealand | $3.3M | $11.9M | 8.9% | $266,000 | $890,000 |
| 15 | Denmark | $2.79M | $11.3M | 9.4% | $355,000 | $1.41M |
| 16 | Sweden | $3.3M | $11.1M | 8.1% | $279,000 | $966,000 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | $2.45M | $10.1M | 13% | $450,000 | $1.25M |
| 18 | Norway | $1.98M | $9.61M | 12% | $495,000 | $1.71M |
| 19 | United Kingdom | $3.6M | $8.48M | 6% | $321,000 | $1.28M |
| 20 | South Korea | $2.84M | $8.45M | 6% | $186,000 | $644,000 |
| 21 | Netherlands | $2.83M | $7.99M | 3.9% | $330,000 | $736,000 |
| 22 | Portugal | $1.94M | $7.92M | 9.4% | $164,000 | $482,000 |
| 23 | Spain | $2.26M | $7.91M | 9.3% | $188,000 | $720,000 |
| 24 | Belgium | $3.76M | $7.77M | 3.2% | $300,000 | $791,000 |
| 25 | Japan | $2M | $7.52M | 10% | $277,000 | $541,000 |
| 26 | Italy | $2.31M | $7.32M | 9.2% | $193,000 | $591,000 |
| 27 | Estonia | $1.38M | $6.52M | 13% | $196,000 | $839,000 |
| 28 | Malta | $2M | $5.66M | 4.5% | $242,000 | $771,000 |
| 29 | Uruguay | $1.38M | $5.56M | 19% | $230,000 | $849,000 |
| 30 | Hungary | $1.15M | $5.07M | 17% | $132,000 | $458,000 |
| 31 | Poland | $1.1M | $4.77M | 16% | $133,000 | $556,000 |
| 32 | Slovenia | $1.32M | $4.7M | 11% | $151,000 | $420,000 |
| 33 | Greece | $1.4M | $4.66M | 5.6% | $133,000 | $472,000 |
| 34 | Czechia | $1.29M | $4.58M | 8.6% | $133,000 | $475,000 |
| 35 | Finland | $1.6M | $4.43M | 4.4% | $237,000 | $810,000 |
| 36 | Latvia | $808,000 | $3.91M | 12% | $125,000 | $321,000 |
| 37 | Croatia | $1.13M | $3.85M | 8.8% | $146,000 | $389,000 |
| 38 | Costa Rica | $855,000 | $3.63M | 13% | $226,000 | $657,000 |
| 39 | Chile | $636,000 | $3.61M | 19% | $203,000 | $315,000 |
| 40 | Russia | $579,000 | $3.58M | 31% | $124,000 | $642,000 |
| 41 | Cyprus | $1.71M | $3.35M | 3.2% | $136,000 | $345,000 |
| 42 | Lithuania | $982,000 | $3.27M | 9.8% | $153,000 | $444,000 |
| 43 | Romania | $860,000 | $3.18M | 10% | $139,000 | $517,000 |
| 44 | Mexico | $542,000 | $3.06M | 21% | $209,000 | $559,000 |
| 45 | Brazil | $494,000 | $2.79M | 21% | $160,000 | $473,000 |
| 46 | Slovakia | $853,000 | $2.65M | 4.4% | $101,000 | $308,000 |
| 47 | South Africa | $330,000 | $2.63M | 30% | $112,000 | $311,000 |
| 48 | China | $961,000 | $2.6M | 16% | $94,100 | $291,000 |
| 49 | Peru | $478,000 | $2.56M | 20% | $134,000 | $465,000 |
| 50 | Turkey | $477,000 | $2.22M | 15% | $163,000 | $536,000 |
| 51 | Argentina | $556,000 | $2.13M | 11% | $144,000 | $583,000 |
| 52 | Colombia | $318,000 | $1.81M | 21% | $102,000 | $239,000 |
| 53 | Bulgaria | $462,000 | $1.74M | 10% | $125,000 | $518,000 |
| 54 | Malaysia | $472,000 | $1.71M | 9.8% | $81,400 | $328,000 |
| 55 | Algeria | $304,000 | $1.26M | 12% | $64,600 | $279,000 |
| 56 | Thailand | $265,000 | $1.19M | 15% | $71,100 | $224,000 |
| 57 | Iran | $244,000 | $946,000 | 11% | $56,400 | $164,000 |
| 58 | Ghana | $213,000 | $871,000 | 12% | $52,200 | $143,000 |
| 59 | Vietnam | $215,000 | $808,000 | 10% | $36,400 | $135,000 |
| 60 | Morocco | $198,000 | $788,000 | 12% | $49,400 | $110,000 |
| 61 | Cambodia | $193,000 | $740,000 | 11% | $25,800 | $110,000 |
| 62 | Indonesia | $221,000 | $618,000 | 4% | $40,100 | $160,000 |
| 63 | India | $99,100 | $609,000 | 26% | $29,100 | $115,000 |
| 64 | Bangladesh | $139,000 | $514,000 | 9.7% | $21,500 | $95,900 |
| 65 | Egypt | $122,000 | $489,000 | 12% | $43,000 | $145,000 |
| 66 | Philippines | $125,000 | $475,000 | 11% | $37,200 | $145,000 |
| 67 | Côte d’Ivoire | $122,000 | $460,000 | 10% | $42,100 | $96,000 |
| 68 | Kenya | $104,000 | $406,000 | 11% | $31,300 | $78,600 |
| 69 | Uganda | $85,100 | $386,000 | 15% | $20,800 | $80,900 |
| 70 | Pakistan | $103,000 | $383,000 | 9.7% | $17,800 | $78,300 |
| 71 | Tanzania | $66,500 | $289,000 | 14% | $19,400 | $58,300 |
| 72 | Senegal | $74,700 | $286,000 | 11% | $29,400 | $69,200 |
| 73 | Ethiopia | $62,900 | $231,000 | 9.4% | $10,800 | $24,000 |
| 74 | Nepal | $57,100 | $211,000 | 10% | $14,000 | $48,300 |
| 75 | Nigeria | $52,800 | $196,000 | 10% | $15,000 | $40,100 |
| 76 | Rwanda | $39,200 | $174,000 | 14% | $18,100 | $53,700 |
| 77 | Niger | $33,600 | $128,000 | 10% | $12,200 | $31,600 |
| World | $1.31M | $5.81M | 20% | $179,000 | $603,000 |
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“Top 0.1% own” is the share of each country’s household wealth held by its richest 0.1% of adults. For thresholds further down see top 1% net worth by country and top 1% income by country.
How many people are in the top 0.1%?
By definition, one adult in a thousand. With 262.7 million American adults, that is roughly a quarter of a million people in the US top 0.1%, and about 5.5 million in the world’s. That is far more than the 3,100 billionaires, who make up only a tiny sliver of this group. Most people in the top 0.1% are business owners, senior executives, partners in finance and law firms, and heirs to family fortunes, with wealth in company shares rather than in salaries.
How reliable are these numbers?
Less reliable than thresholds further down. Surveys rarely reach the very rich, and tax data covers income better than wealth. The model fills the top with the World Inequality Database estimates, which combine tax records, national accounts and rich lists, and smooths the extreme tail with a Pareto curve calibrated to the Forbes 2026 billionaire counts for the largest countries. Treat each figure as an estimate with a margin of error of tens of percent; the ranking between countries is more robust than the exact level. Each country page shows a data-quality score.
Frequently asked questions
What net worth is top 0.1% in the US?
About $26.5 million per adult. The top 1% starts at $5.42 million and the top 10% at $1.19 million.
What income is top 0.1% in the US?
About $2.78 million a year before tax, on a broad measure that includes capital income and retained company profits. Wage income alone rarely gets there: most top-0.1% income comes from businesses and investments.
What is the top 0.1% in the world?
$5.81 million in net worth or $603,000 a year in income. See what it takes to join the global top 1% for the wider group.
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