Global Wealth Report 2022
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Global Wealth Report 2022

Leading perspectives to navigate the future

Credit Suisse Research Institute
CSRI, 2022
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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...

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

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