Since mid-2011 to mid-2012 due to the ongoing debt crisis, the euro zone combined wealth of European households decreased by 10.9 trillion. USD. Mentioned in the annual report of the Global Wealth Report, which prepared the Swiss bank Credit Suisse.
Overall, for the 12 months of capital households around the world because of the recession and the economic downturn in many countries fell by 5.2% to 223 trillion. USD. According to the compilers of the report, after the financial crisis of 2007 - 2008 is the first annual decrease in capital.
In the Asia-Pacific region, the household (excluding India and China) over the past year to 1.3 trillion poorer. USD. In Latin America, India and Africa, the loss amounted to 880 billion USD, in China - 560 billion USD. In the North American standard of living, on the contrary, increased by 882 billion USD.
As experts Credit Suisse, despite the decline in the capital in almost all regions of the world, in general, the state of the world's households since 2000 has grown by 38%. Leading position in terms of capital per capita ranks Switzerland (over 468,000 USD), Australia (about 355,000 USD) and Norway (about 326,000 USD).
Authors of the report suggest that the capital of households around the world over the next five years will increase to 330 trillion. USD, while the number of millionaires will grow to 46 million people.