The Wealth-X World Ultra Wealth Report 2021, the ninth edition in this series, providesan in-depth analysis of the ultra high net worth (UHNW) population — an exclusivegroup of wealthy individuals located across the globe, each with $30m or more innet worth.

In a year of dramatic upheaval and polarizing trends in wealth generation, we firstexplore the distribution of wealth among the global rich1, providing context thathighlights the considerable influence of the UHNW class. We then examine in moredetail the global UHNW population and its wealth in 2020, set amid the huge disruptionof the Covid-19 pandemic, volatile capital markets, a surge in digitalization and thedeepest contraction in world economic output for a generation. We analyze generalwealth drivers, regional trends and rankings of the leading UHNW countries and cities.