The gap between rich and poor has reached historic highs. According to the World Inequality Report 2026, released in recent ...

In 2025, the average wealth of people in North America and Oceania, which the report has grouped together, stood at 338 ...

The world is more unequal than ever, and South Africa remains among the countries with the highest levels of wealth and ...

The world's richest 10% control three-quarters of personal fortunes, according to the 2026 Global Inequality Report, and the ...

The World Inequality Report 2026, the third report in the series after earlier 2018 and 2022 editions, is based on the work ...

A study published in 'Nature Sustainability' highlights a significant rise in global income inequality. Despite increased ...

Globally, the top 0.001% own three times more than the poorest half of humanity combined, said the 2026 World Inequality ...

“Gender inequality remains a defining feature of the global economy”, according to the latest World Inequality Report, which ...

Widening disparities in income and wealth both within and across countries have become among the most pressing global challenges of our time. As inequalities deepen, the call for coordinated ...

The level of economic inequality in the city of Santiago in Brazil is evident along the border of a high-density, low-income favela neighborhood next to high-rise ...

As Congress debates tax cuts and safety-net reforms in the One Big Beautiful Bill, a major line of attack against the proposal is that it would worsen inequality, which, to hear some critics tell it, ...

Income inequality in India has "declined sharply", Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the Lok Sabha on Monday, adding that the rich-poor divide in terms of asset ownership has also narrowed.