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Mapping Out the Richest Billionaires in Each Country

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December 10, 2022

Truman Du

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Mapping Out The Richest Billionaires in Each Country

While there are nearly 8 billion people in the world, just over 3,000 are billionaires as of November 2022. This tiny group of people is worth nearly $11.8 trillion—Equivalent to about 11.8% of global GDP.

Where do these billionaires live? This graphic by Truman Du uses data from Forbes to map out the richest billionaires around the world.

The Full List

As it turns out, billionaires are a lot more geographically concentrated than you might think.

In fact, of the 195 officially recognized countries around the world, only 76 are home to billionaires. And even within these countries, there’s vast disparities between the quantity of billionaires.

Here’s a breakdown of all the countries that have at least one billionaire. For countries with more than one, we’ve highlighted the billionaire with the highest net worth as of November 28, 2022:

Country/territory	Name	Net worth ($B)	Main source of wealth (sector)
🇩🇿 Algeria	Issad Rebrab	5.1	food
🇦🇷 Argentina	Marcos Galperin	4.0	e-commerce
🇦🇲 Armenia	Ruben Vardanyan	1.3	investment banking
🇦🇺 Australia	Gina Rinehart	27.9	mining
🇦🇹 Austria	Georg Stumpf	7.9	real estate, construction
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	Muhammed Aziz Khan	1.0	power
🇧🇧 Barbados	Rihanna	1.4	music, cosmetics
🇧🇪 Belgium	Eric Wittouck	9.0	investments
🇧🇿 Belize	Kenneth Dart	4.0	investments
🇧🇷 Brazil	Jorge Paulo Lemann	15.6	beer
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	Georgi & Kiril Domuschiev	1.9	animal health, investments
🇨🇦 Canada	David Thomson	53.2	media
🇨🇱 Chile	Iris Fontbona	19.6	mining
🇨🇳 China	Zhong Shanshan	66.7	beverages, pharmaceuticals
🇨🇴 Colombia	Luis Carlos Sarmiento	6.3	banking
🇨🇾 Cyprus	John Fredriksen	11.4	shipping
🇨🇿 Czechia	Renata Kellnerova	16.0	finance, telecommunications
🇩🇰 Denmark	Anders Holch Povlsen	11.9	fashion retail
🇪🇬 Egypt	Nassef Sawiris	7.2	construction, investments
🇪🇪 Estonia	Kristo Kaarmann	1.4	payments, banking
🇫🇮 Finland	Antti Herlin	3.9	elevators, escalators
🇫🇷 France	Bernard Arnault	179.5	LVMH
🇬🇪 Georgia	Bidzina Ivanishvili	4.8	investments
🇩🇪 Germany	Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr.	35.1	supermarkets
🇬🇷 Greece	Vicky Safra	7.1	banking
🇬🇬 Guernsey	Stephen Lansdown	2.3	financial services
🇭🇰 Hong Kong	Li Ka-shing	33.0	diversified
🇭🇺 Hungary	Sandor Csanyi	1.1	finance, real estate
🇮🇸 Iceland	Thor Bjorgolfsson	2.5	investments
🇮🇳 India	Gautam Adani	133.6	infrastructure, commodities
🇮🇩 Indonesia	R. Budi Hartono	23.4	banking, tobacco
🇮🇪 Ireland	John Collison & Patrick Collison	8,1	payments software
🇮🇱 Israel	Eyal Ofer	14.4	real estate, shipping
🇮🇹 Italy	Giovanni Ferrero	34.4	Nutella, chocolates
🇯🇵 Japan	Tadashi Yanai	29.2	fashion retail
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Vladimir Kim	5.0	mining
🇱🇧 Lebanon	Taha Mikati	2.8	telecom
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	Christoph Zeller	2.2	dental materials
🇲🇴 Macau	Hoi Kin Hong	1.2	real estate
🇲🇾 Malaysia	Quek Leng Chan	10.2	banking, property
🇲🇽 Mexico	Carlos Slim Helu	86.2	telecom
🇲🇨 Monaco	Stefano Pessina	9.3	drugstores
🇲🇦 Morocco	Aziz Akhannouch	1.8	petroleum
🇳🇵 Nepal	Binod Chaudhary	1.5	diversified
🇳🇱 Netherlands	Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken	15.0	Heineken
🇳🇿 New Zealand	Graeme Hart	10.1	investments
🇳🇬 Nigeria	Aliko Dangote	12.9	cement, sugar
🇳🇴 Norway	Andreas Halvorsen	6.6	hedge funds
🇴🇲 Oman	Suhail Bahwan	2.0	diversified
🇵🇪 Peru	Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor	4.3	finance
🇵🇭 Philippines	Manuel Villar	7.0	real estate
🇵🇱 Poland	Michal Solowow	6.0	investments
🇵🇹 Portugal	Maria Fernanda Amorim	4.5	energy, investments
🇶🇦 Qatar	Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani	1.9	hotels
🇷🇴 Romania	Ion Stoica & Matei Zaharia	1.6	data analytics
🇷🇺 Russia	Andrey Melnichenko	27.0	coal, fertilizers
🇸🇬 Singapore	Li Xiting	16.6	medical devices
🇸🇰 Slovakia	Ivan Chrenko	1.6	real estate
🇿🇦 South Africa	Johann Rupert	9.0	luxury goods
🇰🇷 South Korea	Jay Y. Lee	7.9	samsung
🇪🇸 Spain	Amancio Ortega	62.5	Zara
🇰🇳 St. Kitts and Nevis	Myron Wentz	1.3	health products
🇸🇿 Swaziland (Eswatini)	Nathan Kirsh	5.4	retail, real estate
🇸🇪 Sweden	Stefan Persson	15.3	H&M
🇨🇭Switzerland	Guillaume Pousaz	23.0	fintech
🇹🇼 Taiwan	Zhang Congyuan	6.7	shoes
🇹🇿 Tanzania	Mohammed Dewji	1.5	diversified
🇹🇭 Thailand	Sarath Ratanavadi	12.2	energy
🇹🇷 Turkey	Ibrahim Erdemoglu	6.5	carpet
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Rinat Akhmetov	4.3	steel, coal
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	Pavel Durov	15.1	messaging app
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Michael Platt	15.2	hedge funds
🇺🇸 United States	Elon Musk	191.2	Tesla, SpaceX
🇻🇪 Venezuela	Juan Carlos Escotet	3.2	banking
🇻🇳 Vietnam	Pham Nhat Vuong	4.7	diversified
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Strive Masiyiwa	1.2	telecom

The United States is well known to have one of the highest concentrations of billionaires. It’s home to over 900, with Elon Musk the wealthiest of them all with a staggering net worth of over $191 billion in November 2022. That makes him not just the richest billionaire in America, but the richest person in the world.

China has the second highest concentration of billionaires, with 400 ultra-wealthy that have a combined net worth of $1.45 trillion. China’s richest billionaire, Zhong Shanshan, is the founder of the Nongfu Spring beverage company.

Interestingly, there are no clear patterns when it comes to the type of industry or sector that these billionaires are involved in. The exception is the U.S., where a significant number of billionaires are linked to the tech industry.

And it’s important to note that some heads of states are reportedly billionaires, and in many cases might be the wealthiest people in their respective countries. But their wealth is often a state secret, well-diversified, and too difficult to accurately estimate.

Male vs. Female Billionaires

One trend that does stand out is the number of men versus women who are billionaires. Of the 76 billionaires on the list, only 7 are women.

This pattern is also evident when looking at the entire billionaire population—of the 3,311 billionaires worldwide, only 12.9% are women.

It’s worth mentioning that this population of billionaire women is rising. According to Forbes, the 2021 list included 328 women, 36% more than in 2020.

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Mapped: Financial Literacy Levels in All 50 U.S. States

Which Americans are the best at managing their money? This financial literacy audit reveals the best and worst.

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April 19, 2025

Pallavi Rao

Mapped: Financial Literacy Levels in All 50 States

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Key Takeaways

Minnesota is the most financially literate state, scoring 73/100 according to WalletHub’s latest analysis.
Arkansas scores the worst, with 53/100.

How well are Americans managing their money, and how does it vary between the states?

This financial literacy map attempts to answer both questions using 2025 data from WalletHub, a personal finance services company.

They ranked and scored states on three main benchmarks: financial education, financial planning (or consumer habits), and how Wallethub’s own users performed on their financial literacy survey.

ℹ️ These benchmarks are further subdivided into 17 metrics (credit score, savings, personal finance courses, etc.) and are weighted differently. Please read the source’s methodology section for a full breakdown.

The Most Financially Savvy U.S. State

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Minnesota is the most financially literate U.S. state with 73 points, according to WalletHub’s latest analysis.

Here’s some sub indicators where Minnesota outperformed the rest of the country.

High-schoolers must take at least one personal finance program.
Only 15% of the surveyed Minnesotans spent more than they made—the lowest across all states.
Highest median credit score in the country (751).

And here’s how each state scores out of 100. Figures are rounded.

Rank	State	State Code	Total Score (Out of 100)
1	Minnesota	MN	73
2	Colorado	CO	69
3	Nebraska	NE	69
4	Virginia	VA	69
5	Wisconsin	WI	68
6	New Hampshire	NH	68
7	Iowa	IA	67
8	Washington	WA	67
9	Vermont	VT	67
10	New Jersey	NJ	67
11	Maryland	MD	67
12	Florida	FL	66
13	Utah	UT	66
14	Pennsylvania	PA	65
15	Maine	ME	65
16	Michigan	MI	65
17	Oregon	OR	65
18	North Carolina	NC	65
19	Ohio	OH	65
20	Indiana	IN	65
21	Missouri	MO	65
22	Arizona	AZ	64
23	Massachusetts	MA	64
24	Kansas	KS	64
25	Connecticut	CT	64
26	Delaware	DE	64
27	North Dakota	ND	64
28	West Virginia	WV	63
29	Texas	TX	63
30	Idaho	ID	63
31	Rhode Island	RI	63
32	Illinois	IL	62
33	Georgia	GA	62
34	Wyoming	WY	62
35	New York	NY	61
36	Nevada	NV	61
37	South Carolina	SC	61
38	Montana	MT	60
39	New Mexico	NM	60
40	Alabama	AL	60
41	Hawaii	HI	60
42	District of Columbia	DC	58
43	California	CA	58
44	Alaska	AK	58
45	Louisiana	LA	58
46	Mississippi	MS	58
47	Tennessee	TN	58
48	Kentucky	KY	57
49	South Dakota	SD	56
50	Oklahoma	OK	54
51	Arkansas	AR	53

Meanwhile, Arkansas tested the worst, with 53 points. Its score is impacted by having the second-worst performance on WalletHub’s financial literacy survey.

And here’s each state’s rank within the three main benchmarks.

Rank	State	WalletLiteracy Rank (50% Weight)	Financial Planning Rank (25% Weight)	Financial Knowledge Rank (25% Weight)
1	Minnesota	7	2	3
2	Colorado	8	1	20
3	Nebraska	9	25	6
4	Virginia	31	9	1
5	Wisconsin	14	6	14
6	New Hampshire	4	8	23
7	Iowa	10	27	15
8	Washington	12	3	30
9	Vermont	5	20	26
10	New Jersey	15	29	12
11	Maryland	13	11	22
12	Florida	37	16	9
13	Utah	47	10	2
14	Pennsylvania	26	23	17
15	Maine	1	28	40
16	Michigan	22	22	19
17	Oregon	46	21	4
18	North Carolina	35	37	8
19	Ohio	29	43	7
20	Indiana	33	40	10
21	Missouri	40	39	5
22	Arizona	18	33	25
23	Massachusetts	20	7	39
24	Kansas	11	35	35
25	Connecticut	50	5	11
26	Delaware	28	15	29
27	North Dakota	23	13	37
28	West Virginia	25	47	13
29	Texas	41	38	16
30	Idaho	39	19	28
31	Rhode Island	32	18	34
32	Illinois	27	32	33
33	Georgia	34	44	21
34	Wyoming	3	30	43
35	New York	24	17	42
36	Nevada	45	31	24
37	South Carolina	30	34	41
38	Montana	2	36	47
39	New Mexico	21	48	36
40	Alabama	44	42	27
41	Hawaii	19	12	48
42	District of Columbia	17	24	49
43	California	42	4	46
44	Alaska	6	14	51
45	Louisiana	43	49	32
46	Mississippi	36	51	31
47	Tennessee	49	41	38
48	Kentucky	51	45	18
49	South Dakota	16	26	50
50	Oklahoma	38	50	45
51	Arkansas	48	46	44

There’s some further insights to explain some noticeable geographic trends.

Colorado and Nebraska also require personal finance education in high school.
Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arkansas have the lowest share of adults with emergency cash.
A higher share of Southern state residents borrow from non-bank lenders, affecting their financial planning score.

The Overlooked Part of Financial Literacy: Managing Debt

While investing in the markets is all the rage—particularly with the rise of no-fee platforms—WalletHub’s benchmarks prioritize an often overlooked part of money management: debt.

America’s credit card debt collectively crossed $1 trillion in 2023, and it’s only been growing since.

On average, American households have about $5,000 in outstanding credit card balances, which can take anywhere between one to two years to pay off depending on monthly incomes.

Of course, managing expenditures to avoid or reduce debt has been particularly difficult in the multiple years of post-pandemic inflation.