Qatar tops Arab countries in term of percentage of wealthy people in the population

In a report published by Boston Consulting Group, 10.6% of population in Singapore are wealthy, possessing at least $1 million, Qatar came second, followed by Switzerland, UAE, Kuwait and USA.

Top countries in term of percentage of millionaire households:
1. Singapore: 10.6%
2. Qatar: 7.9%
3. Switzerland: 7.3%
4. United Arab Emirates: 6.6%
5. Kuwait: 5.3%
6. USA: 4.3%
7. Saudi Arabia: 2.2%

Top countries in term of number of millionaire households:
1. USA
2. Japan
3. United Kingdom
5. Germany
6. China

Top cities in term of number of millionaire households:
1. New York
2. London
3. Tokyo
4. Los Angeles
5. Chicago

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2 Comments so far

  1. on September 13, 2008 at 4:07 pm Palforce wrote:

    Salam,

    Do you have a link for that report?

    Peace

  2. on September 14, 2008 at 8:56 am Samer Marzouq wrote:

    I read it in Al-Ghad newspaper yesterday but couldn’t find the link, anyway here are two links:

    http://forum.channelnewsasia.com/viewtopic.php?t=174722&postdays=0&postorder=desc
    http://www.bcg.com/about_bcg/media_center/press_releases.jsp?id=2730

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