Editing Distribution of wealth (section)

===Geographical distribution===
{{Main|World distribution of wealth|List of countries by distribution of wealth|List of countries by income equality}}

Wealth is unevenly distributed across different world regions. At the end of the 20th century, wealth was concentrated among the [[G8]] and Western [[industrialized nations]], along with several [[Asia]]n and [[OPEC]] nations. In the 21st century, wealth is still concentrated among the G8 with United States of America leading with 30.2%, along with other developed countries, several Asia-pacific countries and OPEC countries.[[File:Countries by total wealth (trillions USD), Credit Suisse.png|thumb|270px|Countries by total wealth (trillions USD), [[Credit Suisse]]]]
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File:Wdpiechartppp2000.gif|World distribution of wealth by country ([[Purchasing power parity|PPP]])
File:Worldwealthdistribution2000PPP.gif|World distribution of wealth by region (PPP)
File:Wdpiechartexchangerates2000.gif|World distribution of wealth by country (exchange rates)
File:Worldwealthdistributionexchangerates.gif|World distribution of wealth by region (exchange rates)
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[[File:Worlds regions by total wealth(in trillions USD), 2018.jpg|thumb|250px|Worlds regions by total wealth (in trillions USD), 2018]]

====By region====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=3 | Region
! colspan=5 | Proportion of world (%)<ref name="Domhoff" /><ref>Data for the following table obtained from [http://www.wider.unu.edu/events/past-events/2006-events/en_GB/05-12-2006/ UNU-WIDER World Distribution of Household Wealth Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716052041/http://www.wider.unu.edu/events/past-events/2006-events/en_GB/05-12-2006/ |date=July 16, 2010 }} ([http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgirs/mgi/mgi-5/ The University of California also hosts a copy of the report])</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2 | Population
! colspan=2 | Net worth
! colspan=2 | GDP
|-
! [[Purchasing power parity|PPP]]
! Exchange rates
! PPP
! Exchange rates
|-
| North America
| 5.2
| 27.1
| 34.4
| 23.9
| 33.7
|-
| Central/South America
| 8.5
| 6.5
| 4.3
| 8.5
| 6.4
|-
| Europe
| 9.6
| 26.4
| 29.2
| 22.8
| 32.4
|-
| Africa
| 10.7
| 1.5
| 0.5
| 2.4
| 1.0
|-
| Middle East
| 9.9
| 5.1
| 3.1
| 5.7
| 4.1
|-
| Asia
| 52.2
| 29.4
| 25.6
| 31.1
| 24.1
|-
| Other
| 3.2
| 3.7
| 2.6
| 5.4
| 3.4
|-
| Totals (rounded)
| 100%
| 100%
| 100%
| 100%
| 100%
|}

World distribution of financial wealth.
In 2007, 147 companies controlled nearly 40 percent of the monetary value of all transnational corporations.<ref name="sciencenews">[http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/333389/title/Financial_world_dominated_by_a_few_deep_pockets Financial world dominated by a few deep pockets]. By Rachel Ehrenberg. September 24, 2011; Vol.180 #7 (p. 13). ''[[Science News]]''. Citation is in the right sidebar. Paper is here [https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.5728] with PDF here [https://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1107/1107.5728v2.pdf].</ref>