Melt Austria's millionaires: 8,000 less in just one year!

Melt Austria's millionaires: 8,000 less in just one year!

A current analysis shows remarkable changes in the distribution of assets in both Austria and worldwide. According to a report by OE24 The number of dollarmillionaires in Austria sank in 2024 to 162.300. This represents a decrease of 8,000 people compared to the previous year, when 170,300 individuals still had an assets of at least one million dollars. Likewise, the total assets of this group decreased to $ 461 billion, while it was still $ 471.4 billion in 2023.

Austrian fortune has also deteriorated since 2022 when $ 169,600 died of $ 469.1 billion. These figures come from the annually published “World Wealth Report” by Capgemini, which has been created since 1997 and offers insight into the distribution of assets worldwide.

global trends of the millionaires

In international comparison, the report by BlueWin has increased worldwide to an increase of 2,6 Percent corresponds compared to 2023. This marks the highest level since the start of the surveys. The entire assets of the rich has also increased and now reaches $ 90.5 trillion, which corresponds to an increase of 4.2 percent compared to the previous year.

A significant part of the global increase in wealth is eliminated by the USA, which leads the top with $ 7.99 million millionaires, followed by Japan with 3.99 million and Germany with around 1.6 million. These three countries together with China represent almost two thirds (64.5 percent) of all dollar millionaires worldwide.

developments in Europe

The situation in Europe is different. In many large countries in the region, including Austria, a decline in the wealthy private personnel number was found. In Europe, the total number fell by 2.1 percent, with a similar decline of 0.9 percent also recorded in Switzerland. This is in contrast to the positive trends in terms of extremely rich people: the number of $ 30 million or more rose by 6.2 percent worldwide and 3.5 percent in Europe.

According to the report of Tagesschau , the distribution of assets has changed continuously since 1997. While some countries benefit from robust economic development, the distribution of assets in other countries suffer from stagnation and economic challenges.