Net Worth Percentiles Worldwide (2026)

There is no official line. A common yardstick is the top 10% of households, which starts at about $210K worldwide. The top 5% starts at about $410K, and the top 1% at about $1.4M.

The middle half of households worldwide hold between about $6K and $69K, with the median at about $20K.

A $1 million household net worth ranks around the 98.3th percentile worldwide. Put differently, about 2% of households worldwide are millionaires in US dollar terms.

A household. Everyone living together counts as one unit, so a couple's combined net worth is a single entry. If you are single and compare yourself with these figures, you are measured against many two-earner households, so your rank among individuals would come out somewhat higher.

Everything a household owns minus everything it owes: home equity, savings, investments, retirement accounts, and business assets, less mortgages and other debts. State pension entitlements are usually not counted.