Countries with the Most Billionaires

Got 100%. What changed vs. last time? I assume China moved up in the rankings.

maybe some billionaires died and split up the children's inheritances to make 3 or 4 multi-millionaires.

With the last update looks like Israel slipped off the top of the list making room for... Singapore? I think the rest is the same.

It's possible to get 100% by just guessing... interesting though.

obviously some have to be guesses, what sort of person would know the top twenty countries that have the most billionaires.

I mean, I just guessed some of the largest countries in population, and also rich countries and got a 100

Really all you have to do is avoid all of Africa and most of the Middle East and you should be fine.

and most of Latin America, too.

but not all of it haha.

I tried a lot of the middle east countries. I thought that the oil could make 20 billionaires easy, but it turned out to be wrong in most cases.

Nice quiz. Easily completed.

How is Taiwan's percentage lower than Israel's? I honestly didn't even think Israel would be on the list, but Taiwan was my second answer...

Israel is not on the list now.

Oh, man! I forgot Indonesia!

me too...only one

Surprised Qatar is not on here, it has the highest average income per person

But that average income is not anywhere close to being north of a billion dollars.

The more the nations money is spread out the less chance of billionaires, probably if everyone in the USA had a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank they wouldn't have so many billionaires.

or they lied

Hardly.

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.

You've heard the saying "The buck stops with me"

India, Israel and Turkey suprised me. But Switzerland? That's the poorest country in Europe so the fact might've been a little off. And Taiwan? That's part of China according to the United Nations.

I live in Switzerland...and we are probably the richest country in Europe apart from some Scandinavian ones. Also, Taiwan isn't part of China.

Switzerland... Moldova... everybody mixes those two up.

@Agreed with TinklePork, you can't make the most wildly inaccurate comment until you're at least level 60.

Israel is not on this list

... anymore.

Uhm, Switzerland is one of the richest countries in Europe? Poor countries are those in the east of Europe.

Wow Turkey has 43?! I didn’t even think of Turkey...

Probably is Monaco...... they keep their worth secret for obvious reasons!

I'm guessing many of the very rich people in Monaco won't be citizens of Monaco. But I don't know if many billionaires, if any, live there as it has a low population.

Turkey! Every single one of these lists I forget Turkey. It's not Europe. It's not Asia. It's not the MIddle East.

It's all three.

It's all right, Kim.

How could I forget Taiwan and SOuth Korea?

100% on second try.

Italy of course! Lira billionaires a-plenty! Well, no, not any more. Damn the Euro!

You really think that Britishers did not steal anything from India?

British aid is mostly given to private associations and our government never asked for any aid and don't forget how British were earning in 18th and 19th century..... by stealing our money. And if you think Indians don't donate money then an example is that Ratan Tata donates 64% of his annual income. British are just fixing their earlier deeds by donating.

I don't know what you're talking about. I've got a million krónur in my bank accounts. Granted, that's barely enough to buy a used car, but still, I'm an Icelandic millionnaire. And if I could find a bureau de change, I could be a Vietnamese millionnaire just on what's in my wallet. Granted, 1 000 000 đồng is about £30, but still.

I think it should specify in the instructions that 'billionaire' refers to the equivalent of 1,000,000,000 USD.

And think how many billionaires have been in Zimbabwe when Zimbabwean Dollar was still country's currency

+1

You'll need to move Spain up to #19 soon. I'm moving to Barcelona next year. :-P

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_the_number_of_US_dollar_billionaires

I was so busy trying to think of other countries, that I ended up missing my own country. The only one I missed! Very embarrassing.

And not one of them has become Batman.

Are you so sure about it?

George Clooney apparently has a net worth of $500 million. I'd say he's halfway there.

What about Nigeria? I've gotten tonnes of emails from Nigerian billionaires.

Are you sure they weren't asking for billions?

Sorry, China, communism machine broke

20/21 :( didn't get Turkey

Is this magic? Canada higher than France? Sweden and Turkey on the list? MINDBLOWN

*Greece

wow i'm surprised i got all of them

Tried to spell "Australia" in the last 3 seconds, Screwed up really badly.

Isn’t Taiwan technically a part of China? It’s not fully recognised by the UN. I failed because of Taiwan. Anyways, good job for the quiz!

Yes Colonialism is still very strong in some parts of the world:

^ what is comment supposed to mean, baby? You think that the government of the Republic of China that fled to Taiwan were colonizing it? Or... that Maoists were colonists? Or that Taiwan's claims on China or China's claims on Taiwan are somehow rooted in colonialism? Did you get Taiwan mixed up with Hong Kong or Macau and missed the memo that China reclaimed both? I'm genuinely confused.

i got everyone except germany and thailand damn

The Netherlands has 31 billionaires but is not in this list.

How many does Monaco have?

According to this quiz, Sweden has more billionaires per capita than the US does, but that can't be right. I keep hearing from reliable sources that Scandinavia's superior education, healthcare, environmental, and welfare programs are not worth it because it's just a socialist hellscape where it's impossible to make money.

Yes, but how much less would you spend in expenses if your family's healthcare and education were covered? My original comment was mostly tongue-in-cheek because I know people who seriously think Sweden is on the verge of having bread lines, but I think Americans often do the math wrong because we are so conditioned to think of everything in terms of income. I think a better metric is how much the average person can *save* in an average year. For the average American, the numbers are pretty abysmal. I have no idea what it's like in Sweden or anywhere else, but I am a lot more concerned what I have left after expenses than what's printed on my paycheck.

I meant the generic "you" (which should really be "one"), but that is very impressive. I am curious to know what kind of employer pays for your health insurance.

Surprised no gulf countries. Then again, those rich princes aren't obliged to disclose their earnings so I guess it's just because there's no data. I've heard rumors that the king of Saudi Arabia might be a trillionaire. EDIT: Double checked. 1.4 trillion is the net worth of the whole royal family, not the king alone.

missed thailand

21 countries too many....

Surprised Mexico is not on this list as it is home to the richest person in the world. Great quiz!

I am very surprised to see how few billionaires Japan has.

I’d imagine being a billionaire in Japan isn’t all that impressive considering how much a billion yen is actually worth.