5 Wealthiest Countries in the World

2. China

Total wealth of the country (in billions of dollars): 85,107

China’s rapid growth has made the West quite wary considering that their interests don’t align. Most of the top companies in China are owned by the state. Despite being the second-wealthiest country in the world, China is not even in the top 20 of either mean wealth per adult or median wealth per adult, which shows that the wealth is not trickling down to its population of 1.4 billion. On the other hand, the number of millionaires in China have been steadily growing, with the country now boasting 10% of the total millionaires in the world.