Friday, June 28, 2013

US comes in 27th in median wealth

 US comes in 27th in median wealth -- all time shocker~
 
http://www.middleclasspoliticaleconomist.com/

1. Australia                    $193,653
2. Luxembourg              $153,967
3. Japan                         $141,410
4. Italy                           $123,710
5. Belgium                     $119,937
6. United Kingdom        $115,245
7. Iceland                       $ 95,685
8. Singapore                   $ 95,542
9. Switzerland                $ 87,137
10. Denmark                  $ 87,121
11. Austria                     $ 81,649
12. Canada                     $ 81,610
13. France                      $ 81,274
14. Norway                    $ 79,376
15. Finland                     $ 73,487
16. New Zealand            $ 63,000
17. Netherlands              $ 61,880
18. Ireland                      $ 60,953
19. Qatar                        $ 57,027
20. Spain                        $ 53,292
21. United Arab Emir.   $ 47,998
22. Taiwan                     $ 45,451
23. Germany                  $ 42,222
24. Sweden                    $ 41,367
25. Cyprus                     $ 40,535
26. Kuwait                     $ 40,346
27. United States           $ 38,786

[Since the chart above is news I believe I can borrow it without permission -- anyway lawyers don't take food stamps.]

1 comment:

Edward Lambert said...

These numbers must be based on housing prices being at bubble levels in many of those countries.