NZ has second highest wealth per capita
Credit Suisse has its annual report on wealth and wealth per capita.
The opposition would have you think NZ is a hellhole. But seems it isn’t too bad. Here’s the countries with wealth per capita of over US$100,000:
- Switzerland $567,122
- New Zealand $400,811
- Australia $364,896
- US $352,996
- Iceland $351,037
- Norway $321,352
- UK $320,368
- Sweden $311,353
- Luxembourg $303,695
- Singapore $296,408
- France $262,070
- Belgium $259,406
- Denmark $251,634
- Canada $248,276
- Italy $203,577
- Austria $196,092
- Taiwan $194,701
- Ireland $194,650
- Japan $190,230
- Netherlands $182,782
- Germany $177,984
- Hong Kong $173,685
- Qatar $156,986
- Israel $155,982
- Finland $149,917
- UAE $144,377
- Kuwait $113,419
- Spain $111,643
- Malta $110,998
UPDATE: The data is disputed and we may only be US$252,000 which would 13th place (which is still very good).