Cat to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 month agoIf you became an owner of 1KG of gold. How rich does that make you compared to the rest of the world?message-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareIf you became an owner of 1KG of gold. How rich does that make you compared to the rest of the world?Cat to AskBeehaw@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareisosphere@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoAt the present spot price, that’s worth about $100k, I think? Based on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult It would put you at just a bit above the average wealth per adult for the entire world, but also just about at the median wealth for North America which has an average weath per adult of 500k. Averages are wonky when some people have SO MUCH.
minus-squareHelixDab2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoUsing the median should give you a more accurate representation of per person wealth. …But I don’t think that’s as easy to find.
At the present spot price, that’s worth about $100k, I think?
Based on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult
It would put you at just a bit above the average wealth per adult for the entire world, but also just about at the median wealth for North America which has an average weath per adult of 500k. Averages are wonky when some people have SO MUCH.
Using the median should give you a more accurate representation of per person wealth.
…But I don’t think that’s as easy to find.