3 Richest People Have More Money Than 48 Poorest Nations Combined →[More:] Half the world -- nearly three billion people -- live on less than two dollars a day. The three richest people in the world have more money than the poorest 48 nations -- combined.
The research finds that assets of just $2,200 per adult placed a household in the top half of the world's wealthiest. To be among the richest 10% of adults in the world just $61,000 in assets is needed. If you have more than $500,000, you're part of the richest 1%, the United Nations study found.
These rough numbers illustrate how wide the gulf really is between the haves and the have nots. Its really quite frightening to think about how wide the gap is and what that means in terms of quality of life.