List of countries by total wealth

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Countries by total wealth

The list of countries by total wealth measures countries by their total wealth . For the calculation of the assets, which are based, among other things, on statistics from the central banks , financial and material assets such as real estate , stock exchange shares and bank balances minus debts are used. All assets are denominated in US dollars (nominal).

Top 100 countries by total wealth (2019)

The following list is based on estimates by Bank Credit Suisse for the top 100 countries (November 2019)

rank country Assets in billion US $ (2019)
- world 360.603
01 United StatesUnited States United States 105,990
0 European UnionEuropean Union European Union 81,737
02 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 63,827
03 JapanJapan Japan 24,992
04th GermanyGermany Germany 14,660
05 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 14,341
06th FranceFrance France 13,729
07th IndiaIndia India 12,614
08th ItalyItaly Italy 11,358
09 CanadaCanada Canada 8,573
10 SpainSpain Spain 7,772
11 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 7,302
12 AustraliaAustralia Australia 7.202
13 TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan 4,062
14th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3,877
15th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3,719
16 BrazilBrazil Brazil 3,535
17th Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong 3,066
18th RussiaRussia Russia 3,052
19th MexicoMexico Mexico 2,701
20th BelgiumBelgium Belgium 2,194
21st SwedenSweden Sweden 2,049
22nd AustriaAustria Austria 1,950
23 IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia 1,823
24 PolandPoland Poland 1,771
25th Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 1,556
26th SingaporeSingapore Singapore 1,381
27 TurkeyTurkey Turkey 1,355
28 DenmarkDenmark Denmark 1,271
29 ThailandThailand Thailand 1,160
30th PortugalPortugal Portugal 1,098
31 NorwayNorway Norway 1,096
32 IsraelIsrael Israel 1,081
33 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 1,072
34 IrelandIreland Ireland 951
35 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 922
36 EgyptEgypt Egypt 898
37 GreeceGreece Greece 867
38 VietnamVietnam Vietnam 797
39 FinlandFinland Finland 795
40 IranIran Iran 775
41 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 770
42 PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines 764
43 ChileChile Chile 759
44 BangladeshBangladesh Bangladesh 697
45 MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia 682
46 RomaniaRomania Romania 668
47 ColombiaColombia Colombia 562
48 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 550
49 PakistanPakistan Pakistan 465
50 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 443
51 KuwaitKuwait Kuwait 405
52 PeruPeru Peru 377
53 HungaryHungary Hungary 346
54 QatarQatar Qatar 328
55 IraqIraq Iraq 327
56 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 320
57 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 311
58 UkraineUkraine Ukraine 308
59 MoroccoMorocco Morocco 305
60 Sri LankaSri Lanka Sri Lanka 297
61 SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 287
62 AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 252
63 KenyaKenya Kenya 249
64 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 243
65 LebanonLebanon Lebanon 232
66 CroatiaCroatia Croatia 209
67 EcuadorEcuador Ecuador 205
67 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 205
69 SerbiaSerbia Serbia 170
70 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 165
71 EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia 163
72 OmanOman Oman 156
73 JordanJordan Jordan 146
74 BelarusBelarus Belarus 123
75 El SalvadorEl Salvador El Salvador 122
76 Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica 119
77 MyanmarMyanmar Myanmar 116
78 LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania 115
79 TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 112
80 PanamaPanama Panama 108
81 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 107
82 BahrainBahrain Bahrain 106
83 IcelandIceland Iceland 95
84 LatviaLatvia Latvia 93
85 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 83
86 TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania 82
87 EstoniaEstonia Estonia 81
87 LibyaLibya Libya 81
89 BoliviaBolivia Bolivia 78
89 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 78
91 UruguayUruguay Uruguay 76
92 YemenYemen Yemen 72
93 AlbaniaAlbania Albania 70
94 NepalNepal Nepal 68
95 GhanaGhana Ghana 66
96 TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Turkmenistan 57
97 CambodiaCambodia Cambodia 53
98 ParaguayParaguay Paraguay 51
99 MaltaMalta Malta 50
100 AngolaAngola Angola 49

Development of the top 20 countries by wealth since 2000

Development of the top 20 countries according to total national wealth. Assets are shown in billions of dollars under each year . The United States had the largest national wealth in each year from 2000 to 2019.

rank country 2000 country 2005 country 2010 country 2015 country 2019
- world 116.907 world 178,652 world 238,958 world 289.934 world 360.603
01 United StatesUnited States United States 42,320 United StatesUnited States United States 59,921 United StatesUnited States United States 60,230 United StatesUnited States United States 83,586 United StatesUnited States United States 105,990
02 JapanJapan Japan 19,404 JapanJapan Japan 19,476 JapanJapan Japan 24,800 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 46,546 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 63,827
03 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 6,565 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 10,949 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 24,735 JapanJapan Japan 21,555 JapanJapan Japan 24,992
04th GermanyGermany Germany 6.160 FranceFrance France 9,679 FranceFrance France 13,479 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 13,871 GermanyGermany Germany 14,660
05 ItalyItaly Italy 5,522 ItalyItaly Italy 9,457 GermanyGermany Germany 11,892 GermanyGermany Germany 11,990 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 14,341
06th FranceFrance France 4,704 GermanyGermany Germany 9,073 ItalyItaly Italy 11,504 FranceFrance France 11,575 FranceFrance France 13,729
07th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 3,704 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 8,523 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 10,965 ItalyItaly Italy 8,655 IndiaIndia India 12,614
08th CanadaCanada Canada 2,612 SpainSpain Spain 6,905 SpainSpain Spain 8,670 IndiaIndia India 8,719 ItalyItaly Italy 11,358
09 SpainSpain Spain 2,497 CanadaCanada Canada 4,357 CanadaCanada Canada 6,717 CanadaCanada Canada 6,900 CanadaCanada Canada 8,573
10 TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan 1,868 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 3,512 AustraliaAustralia Australia 6.097 AustraliaAustralia Australia 6,418 SpainSpain Spain 7,772
11 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 1,715 AustraliaAustralia Australia 3,480 IndiaIndia India 5,900 SpainSpain Spain 6.167 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 7,302
12 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1,591 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2,524 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 4,843 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 6.125 AustraliaAustralia Australia 7.202
13 AustraliaAustralia Australia 1,500 IndiaIndia India 2,380 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3,311 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3,401 TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan 4,062
14th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1,273 TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan 2,287 BrazilBrazil Brazil 3,169 TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan 3,340 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3,877
15th IndiaIndia India 1,230 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1,737 TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan 3,024 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2,999 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3,719
16 MexicoMexico Mexico 1,219 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1,488 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2,522 BrazilBrazil Brazil 2,750 BrazilBrazil Brazil 3,535
17th BelgiumBelgium Belgium 931 MexicoMexico Mexico 1,445 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1.953 MexicoMexico Mexico 2,387 Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong 3,066
18th Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong 840 AustriaAustria Austria 1,188 RussiaRussia Russia 1,745 Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong 2,285 RussiaRussia Russia 3,052
19th BrazilBrazil Brazil 736 BrazilBrazil Brazil 1,127 TurkeyTurkey Turkey 1,711 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1,943 MexicoMexico Mexico 2,701
20th AustriaAustria Austria 669 GreeceGreece Greece 1,020 AustriaAustria Austria 1,615 RussiaRussia Russia 1,786 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 2,194

Regions by total wealth (2019)

World regions classified by Credit Suisse according to total assets.

rank region Net worth
(billion US $)
proportion of
- world 360.603 100%
1 North America ( USA and Canada ) 114,607 31.8%
2 Europe 90,752 25.2%
3 Asia-Pacific (excluding China and India ) 64,778 18.0%
4th China 63,827 17.7%
5 India 12,614 3.5%
6th Latin America 9,906 2.7%
7th Africa 4.119 1.1%

See also

Web links

  • Global wealth report English. All editions of the Global Wealth Report and the Global Wealth Databook since 2010 can be found here (pdf)

Individual evidence

  1. Global Wealth Databook 2018
  2. a b Global Wealth Databook 2019. Credit Suisse, accessed April 26, 2017 .