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Global Rich List: How Rich Are You?

By Dweep Chanana ⋅ November 18, 2006 ⋅  Email this post ⋅ Post a comment

Ff you thought the world was getting richer, you probably thought so because you were getting richer. This Global Rich List calculator tells you where your salary puts you on the global pecking order - in absolute terms.

Now, absolute numbers don’t mean much in a world of unequal incomes and expenses. So I figured I’d compare my Indian and US salaries. The result is a little revealing. In India, my salary put me in the top 13% (around 773 millionth richest person). But my salary in the USA in 2002, 6 months after my move, made me the 49,322,169th richest person, in the top 0.82%.

So, I still have 49,322,168 people to beat!