Credit Suisse has released its annual report on the welfare of the global economy. And it turns out that 45.6% of global assets are at 0.7% of the global population - by AMarkets materials.
45.6% of the people own the $ 255 trillion. However, only 33 million of the total population have incomes of over 1 million. This is about 0.7% of the total world population.
Interesting facts about poverty:
1. About 50% of the world's population (more than 3 billion people.) Spent on life less than $ 2.50 a day. More than 1.3 billion live below the poverty line, spending on the lives of less than $ 1.25 a day.
2. More than 750 million people are unable to drink clean water. Because of this, more than 842,000 people die each year. It is about 2.3 thousand. People a day.
3. Easily treatable in developed countries the disease erase from the earth like pneumonia and diarrhea of 2 million children per year.
4. ¼ of all people do not have electricity in the house. This is 1.6 billion people.
5. The $ 60 billion is needed annually to improve the living standards of the poorest countries - is less than a quarter of revenue hundred most prosperous billionaires from Forbes.
6. Hunger - is the basic cause of mortality in the context of the world. Hunger - the number one cause of death, leaving behind HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
The structure of ownership of the world's assets ( "Pyramid of global wealth from Credit Suisse):
