Romania is ranked 26th among 45 European states regarding ultra wealthy population, reads the second edition of the World Ultra Wealth Report.
In Europe, Germany tops the ranking with 15,770 ultra rich people and cumulated wealth of $2,050 billion. It is followed by the UK (10,515 ultra wealthy people and cumulated wealth of $1,325 billion), Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Norway, The Netherlands, Russia and Sweden.
The last five spots are filled by Estonia (40 ultra rich people), Macedonia (35), Montenegro (21), Andorra (19) and Malta (16).
Europe has 53,441 ultra rich people with cumulated wealth of about $7,000 billion. Europe’s ultra wealthy population dropped about 2% over the past year.
Worldwide, the number of people whose income exceeds $30 million rose to 187,380, while their cumulated wealth decreased 1.8% to $25,800 billion. The number of billionaires increased by 9.4% to 2,160 people, and their wealth climbed 14%, to $6,200 billion.