All these stats really tell you is: - how expensive housing is in that country - how privatized pensions are in that country For instance, Australia has very

All these stats really tell you is: - how expensive housing is in that country - how privatized pensions are in that country For instance, Australia has very high wealth per capita. But that's mainly because: - housing is extremely expensive - pensions are extremely privatized (via the superannuation system) So it's actually a measure of dysfunction in many ways.