According to the Forbes Billionaires List of 2022, most of the world’s richest people are at home in the United States. The country counted 867 billionaires per the list’s last release Tuesday. This is several more than the next country on the list, China with 607 and many more than in third-placed India with 196.
According to Forbes, 236 new billionaire were minted in the last year, translating into an average of 4.5 new billionaires every week. This included the first billionaires from Estonia, Bulgaria, Uruguay and Barbados. The newcomer for the latter country is, you guessed it, singer Rihanna, who build her fortune through her music career and cosmetics line Fenty.
This chart shows the geographical distribution of the world’s billionaires (2022).
