10. Korea
Middle class population (million): 17
Share of world wealth: 0.7%
Percentage of country’s population: 44.6%
Despite the fact that middle class is on the rise in Asia, that is not the case with Korea. The situation here is getting somewhat worse because the shrinkage was caused by people who fell lower to the lower class: low-income in 2015 represented 14.3% of the population compared to 1990 when it was 7.6%.
Let’s see what else we have on our list of top countries with the largest middle class population in the world, shall we?