Switzerland - Richer than ever but wealth inequality persists - November 30, 2017

The Global Wealth Report 2017 and an accompanying data, published by Credit Suisse, reveal that the average household is 35% richer than it was at the turn of the century, but there has been no reduction in wealth inequality. The country has achieved no reduction in wealth inequality since the year 2000, the only country among those with developed economies not to do so. A combination of high average wealth and relatively high wealth inequality results in a large proportion of the Swiss population being in the upper echelons of the global distribution. Switzerland accounts for 1.7% of the top 1% of global wealth holders, which is remarkable for a country with just 0.1% of the world’s population.

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