Hello,
I am looking for data on distribution of wealth/net worth within countries around the world. Something like a frequency distribution of net worth within a population, that would allow me to compare these distributions across countries. Is anyone aware of such data?
Here are some suggestions:
For the OECD countries see this report:
http://www.oecd.org/social/in-it-together-why-less-inequality-benefits-all-9789264235120-en.htm
Perhaps also interesting: The World Wealth and Income Database
http://wid.world/
Finally, the Credite Suisse Institute publishes the Global Wealth Report:
https://www.credit-suisse.com/corporate/en/research/research-institute/global-wealth-report.html
Since Gini Coefficient is a standardized index of inequality, it is reasonably comparable and can be adopted for your inquiry. The World Bank indicators are easily accessible from World Bank data (www,worldbank.org)
As the others have said, the world Bank data is cool. The other useful information source is the Human Development Indicators (HDI) reports. http://hdr.undp.org/en/data.
If the World Bank data would actually show the distribution of *wealth* and not just income that would be great -- so far I haven't seen this, though.
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