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The chart compares

population

shares in various regions of the

world

with the distribution of

wealth

in these same regions. It can be seen that

wealth

is heavily concentrated in North America, Europe, and

high income

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Asia-Pacific countries which together account for almost 90% of global

wealth

. Even though North America has only approximately 6% of the

world

's

population

, it boasts nearly 34% of global

wealth

. A similar situation can be seen in Europe, which has 15% of the global

population

but 30% of global

wealth

, and

high income

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Asia-Pacific countries with 5% of the

world

's

population

but 24% of its

wealth

.

In contrast

, the overall share of

wealth

owned by people in Africa, China, India, and other

lower income

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countries in Asia is considerably less than their

population

share, sometimes by a factor of more than ten.

This

is most striking in India, where 16% of the

world

's

population

own only 1% of the

world

's

wealth

and in China, which has the highest percentage of

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population

(24%) but only 3% of the

world

's

wealth

.