The US loses only to Switzerland in mean wealth per capita, but ranks below even a country like Italy in median WPC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_count

The US loses only to Switzerland in mean wealth per capita, but ranks below even a country like Italy in median WPC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_pe... Basically, the US 1% is much richer than other countries, but the typical American is probably less wealthy than someone in other developed countries.