{"id":64944,"date":"2014-08-09T23:45:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T21:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=64944"},"modified":"2014-08-08T12:49:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T10:49:23","slug":"top-countries-for-multi-millionaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/64944\/top-countries-for-multi-millionaires\/","title":{"rendered":"Top countries for multi-millionaires"},"content":{"rendered":"

The number of multi-millionaires in the world is growing, making up close to 4% of the world total millionaire population.<\/p>\n

This is according to a New World Wealth report, which pegs the total number of dollar millionaires in the world at 13 million, with approximately 495,000 of that number classified as multi-millionaires.<\/p>\n

Millionaires are individuals with net assets of US$1 million or more, while multi-millionaires are individuals with assets of at least US$10 million.<\/p>\n

Over the past 10 years, the number of multi-millioniares has increased by 71%, the group noted, while millionaire numbers increased by 58% over the same period.<\/p>\n

The USA is the top ranked country for both classifications of millionaires, with the nation housing 37% of the world’s multi-millionaires and about 33% of the world’s millionaires.<\/p>\n

Top millionaire and multi-millionaire countries<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/strong><\/td>\nMillionaires<\/strong><\/td>\n#<\/strong><\/td>\nMulti-Millionaires<\/strong><\/td>\n#<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n4,105,000<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n183,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\n1,255,400<\/td>\nChina<\/td>\n26,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nUK<\/td>\n840,000<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n25,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n821,900<\/td>\nUK<\/td>\n21,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nChina<\/td>\n608,500<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\n21,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

However, it’s Hong Kong which takes the city crown for the most multi-millionaires, hosting 15,400 multi-millionaires within its boundaries.<\/p>\n

London ranks as the top city for millionaires, with 376,600 millionaires living there.<\/p>\n

Top millionaire and multi-millionaire cities<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/strong><\/td>\nMillionaires<\/strong><\/td>\n#<\/strong><\/td>\nMulti-millionaires<\/strong><\/td>\n#<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nLondon<\/td>\n376,600<\/td>\nHong Kong<\/td>\n15,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nNew York<\/td>\n319,700<\/td>\nNew York<\/td>\n14,300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nTokyo<\/td>\n265,800<\/td>\nLondon<\/td>\n9,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSingapore<\/td>\n223,800<\/td>\nMoscow<\/td>\n7,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nHong Kong<\/td>\n211,700<\/td>\nLos Angeles<\/td>\n7,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Geneva remains the most millionaire-dense city in the world, with a millionaire density of 7.8%, or one in every 13 people.<\/p>\n

More on global millionaires<\/h3>\n

Where are the world\u2019s millionaires going?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Cities with the most millionaires<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The richest city in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mapping the world\u2019s billionaires<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The number of multi-millionaires in the world is growing, making up close to 4% of the world total millionaire population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,6441,6440],"class_list":["post-64944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-headline","tag-millionaires","tag-new-world-wealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64944"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65326,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64944\/revisions\/65326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}