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Global Wealth Report 2022
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Global Wealth Report 2022

Leading perspectives to navigate the future

CSRI, 2022


Editorial Rating

7

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  • Analytical
  • Overview
  • For Experts

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Even as the global population battled through the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, household financial conditions improved impressively. In real terms, world wealth expanded at a robust clip from 2020 levels. But 2022 could bring reversals in these gains and a dramatically different story. This annual report from Credit Suisse assesses the sources of growth and their impacts on wealth distribution, along with a five-year forecast of global wealth. Financial professionals and investors will find useful, detailed information in this authoritative study.

Summary

Total household wealth reached $463.6 trillion in 2021.

In 2021, the level of global wealth exceeded 2020 levels by $41.4 trillion. Adjusting for inflation and the US dollar’s appreciation, total global wealth in 2021 jumped by double-digits – some 12.7%, “the fastest rate achieved this century and almost certainly the fastest rate recorded at any time in history” – and wealth per adult swelled by 11.3% to $87,489.

The United States led the world in wealth growth, followed by China, Canada, India and Australia. Taken together, America...

About the Author

Credit Suisse Research Institute is part of Credit Suisse, a global financial services company.