Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Billionaires

The following table shows the ratio of billionaires to population. HK has the highest ratio followed by USA. They tend to reflect nations with the widest disparity of income. I wonder where Singapore stands?


Country Billionaires Population Ratio
USA 269 303 m 0.88
Japan 29 127 m 0.23
Germany 28 82 m 0.34
Hong Kong 14 10 m 1.40
UK 12 60 m 0.20
Singapore ? 5 m ?