The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018

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MAP ES.1  Percent Growth in Total Wealth Per Capita, 1995–2014

< –5

–5–5

5–50

50–100

>100

Source: World Bank calculations based on wealth data and population figures from World Bank 2017.

FIGURE ES.2  Changes in Total Wealth and Per Capita Wealth, 1995–2014 percent

180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Low-income countries

Lower-middleincome countries

Upper-middleincome countries Total wealth

High-income nonOECD countries

High-income OECD countries

World

Per capita wealth

Source: World Bank calculations. Note: OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

countries affected after 2009 by the financial crisis. Although the growth of wealth from 1995 to 2014 in many Sub-Saharan African countries matched that of other regions, the growth was not sufficient to keep up with relatively high population growth in some of them. Countries with similar or even less investment growth over the period still increased per capita wealth because of lower population growth rates (see figure ES.2).

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