{"id":49385,"date":"2025-06-05T14:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T09:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=49385"},"modified":"2025-06-10T10:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T05:21:49","slug":"world-wealth-report-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/world-wealth-report-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wealth Report 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>World Wealth Report Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>India saw an 8.8 percent rise in high-net-worth individual (HNWI) wealth in 2024, witnessing 378,810 millionaires with a total wealth of $1.5 trillion by the end of last year, according to the World Wealth Report 2025 released recently.<\/p>\n<h2>About World Wealth Report 2025<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is released by the\u00a0<strong>Capgemini Research Institute.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0<strong>covers 71 countries,<\/strong>\u00a0accounting for more than 98% of global gross national income and 99% of world stock market capitalization.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Highlights of World Wealth Report 2025<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Global high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs)<\/strong>\u00a0population\u00a0<strong>rose by 2.6 percent<\/strong>\u00a0in 2024.<\/li>\n<li>This increase was\u00a0<strong>driven by the growth in<\/strong>\u00a0the population of\u00a0<strong>ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs),<\/strong>\u00a0which<strong>\u00a0grew by 6.2 percent,<\/strong>\u00a0as strong stock markets and AI optimism boosted portfolio returns.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>HNWIs\u00a0<\/strong>are\u00a0<strong>individuals with investable assets of $1 million or more,<\/strong>\u00a0excluding their primary residence, collectibles, consumables, and consumer durables.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>HNWIs are segmented into three categories based on wealth bands:\u00a0<strong>Ultra-HNWIs($30 million or more),<\/strong>\u00a0Mid-Tier Millionaires ($5-30M), and Millionaires Next Door (USD 1-5M).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The data indicates that\u00a0<strong>alternative investments<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>such as private equity<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>cryptocurrencies<\/strong>, are now an established presence in HNWI holdings, representing\u00a0<strong>15 percent of their portfolios.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Within the largest individual markets, the\u00a0<strong>U.S. was the clear leader, adding 562,000 millionaires<\/strong>\u00a0as the country\u2019s H<strong>NWI population grew by 7.6% to 7.9 million.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This dominance in wealth extends across all tiers:\u00a0<strong>36% of the world\u2019s centi-millionaires<\/strong>\u00a0(those with over $100 million) and\u00a0<strong>33% of the world\u2019s billionaires reside in the United States.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>India and Japan<\/strong>\u00a0were\u00a0<strong>standouts in the Asia-Pacific region,<\/strong>\u00a0with both countries registering\u00a0<strong>5.6% growth,\u00a0<\/strong>adding 20,000 and 210,000 millionaires, respectively.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>In contrast, growth in\u00a0<strong>China was negative,<\/strong>\u00a0with the\u00a0<strong>HNWI population declining\u00a0<\/strong>by 1.0%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India saw an 8.8 percent rise in high-net-worth individual (HNWI) wealth<\/strong>\u00a0in 2024, witnessing 378,810 millionaires with a\u00a0<strong>total wealth of $1.5 trillion<\/strong>\u00a0by the end of last year.<\/li>\n<li>The report further highlights<strong>\u00a0the presence of a growing segment of &#8220;millionaires next door,&#8221; with India counting 333,340 individuals in this category,<\/strong>\u00a0holding a combined wealth of $628.93 billion.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>At the pinnacle of wealth,\u00a0<strong>India also saw 4,290 ultra-high-net-worth individuals\u00a0<\/strong>(UHNWIs) by the close of 2024, collectively<strong>\u00a0possessing $534.77 billion.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>World Wealth Report FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong>\u00a0Who releases the World Wealth Report 2025?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Capgemini Research Institute<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>\u00a0What was the growth rate of India&#8217;s high-net-worth individual (HNWI) wealth in 2024?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a08.8%<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong>\u00a0According to the report, which country added the largest number of millionaires in 2024?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zeenews.india.com\/economy\/india-sees-8-8-rise-in-hnwi-wealth-in-2024-has-378810-millionaires-worth-1-5-trillion-2911059.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ZEE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Wealth Report 2025, released by the Capgemini Research Institute, provides insights into global wealth trends and high-net-worth individual statistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,22,23,708],"class_list":{"0":"post-49385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"tag-world-wealth-report-2025","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}