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It's more interesting in chart form: http://imgur.com/GZxm0hD http://imgur.com/GZxm0hD
by jbotttt 11y ago
It's more interesting in chart form:
http://imgur.com/GZxm0hD http://imgur.com/GZxm0hD
- Retric 11y agoThat's a rather biased chart. Net median wealth per adult. Australia 219,505 Luxembourg 182,768 Belgium 148,141 France 141,850 Italy 138,653 United Kingdom 111,524 Japan 110,294 Iceland 104,733 Switzerland 95,916 Finland 95,095 Norway 92,859 Canada 90,252 Netherlands 83,631 New Zealand 76,607 Ireland 75,573 Spain 63,306 Denmark 57,675 Austria 57,450 Greece 53,937 Sweden 52,677 Germany 49,370 Slovenia 44,932 United States 44,911 ... PS: US only has high wealth if you ignore debt. Owing 200k on a 200k house is not wealth.
- jbotttt 11y agoThere was some slight of hand on my part, the ratios are plotted, not the absolute numbers. The wealth inequality is more interesting than absolute country wealth in the context of the simulation I feel. I agree regarding the debt, that's why net and gross values are included in the chart. For the top 3 it makes no difference. Iceland as an outlier isn't something I would have expected though Edit: Also the mean probably isn't defined for whatever power law is generating wealth distribution in each country anyway