Top 0.001% holds three times more wealth than poorest half of humanity – report

A tiny elite controls vast economic power while billions are struggling to survive, according to the World Inequality Report

Global inequality remains at “extreme” levels, with fewer than 60,000 multi-millionaires, the top 0.001%, now controlling three times more wealth than the bottom 50% of humanity combined, according to the World Inequality Report 2026.

Compiled by more than 200 researchers and published on Wednesday, the study says the disparity is reflected across all categories, as the richest tenth of the world’s population now owns close to three-quarters of all wealth, while the poorest half holds barely 2%.

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