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The number of millionaires worldwide skyrocketed last year

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

11:29 23 Jun 2021


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Alright fess up, who came into a few quid during the pandemic?

Pandemic Unemployment Payment (Source: Flickr)

The number of millionaires around the world apparently increased by 5-point-2 million last year.

That's despite the affects of a little thing we like to call the deadly global coronavirus pandemic.

A report by Credit Suisse found the figure reached over 56-million in 2020, thanks to rising house prices and rebounding stock markets.

The US came out on top, with over 1.73m millionaires in 2020, followed (a long way back) by Germany with 633,000.

It also found a widening gap between rich and poor people.


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