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2025counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)12month10The World Inequality Institute announced the results on April 1, 2012,World Inequality Report2026shows that wealth is increasingly concentrated. For example, the top wealthiest in the world population10%The people of the entire53%Income of (a)note 1and75%The wealth of the (*2), while the lower50%People in only a few8%income and2%The rich are only sharing the wealth of the poor, and the wealthy are increasing their wealth at a faster pace than the poor. And the wealthy are increasing their wealth at a faster pace than the poor, widening wealth inequality. The wealthy, like the billionaires, are,1995Since the year2025wealth annually over the course of the year by about8%on the one hand, while the lower50%increase is half that rate. For the poorest group of people, the rate of increase is only2%It will be about the same.

The report also notes inequalities by climate change, gender, and region. Regarding climate change, the poorest of the world's population50%of people have only a small fraction of carbon emissions.3%While only the most affluent10%of emissions by the people of77%accounted for the largest share of the total emissions in the world. And despite their low carbon emissions, people in low-income countries are the most vulnerable to the damage caused by climate change. Regarding gender inequality, the report notes that income inequality between men and women continues to persist. When the hours of domestic work performed by women are included, women work more hours than men, yet their income, excluding domestic work, is lower than men's.61%In addition, when domestic work is included, men's32%The problem of disparities between regions is also serious. The problem of disparities among regions is also serious. For example, the average income of people in the richest regions, North America and Oceania, is approximately the same as that of people in the poorest region, Sub-Saharan Africa, even when price differences are taken into account.13times that of the region. There are further inequalities within each region, so that people in sub-Saharan Africa face both low regional income levels and inequality within the region.

These growing inequalities have led to widening inequalities, weakening democracy, climate apartheid (*3The report argues that inequality can be reduced by introducing fair taxation, reforming the global financial system, public investment in education and health, and adequate redistribution. However, the report argues that inequality can be reduced by adopting a fair taxation system, reforming the global financial system, public investment in education and health, appropriate redistribution, and other choices.

note 1　Income minus pension and unemployment insurance contributions only.

*2　Total assets, including savings, investments, and real estate, minus liabilities.

*3　climate apartheidmeans that a certain separation occurs because the rich and the poor have different capacities to cope with the problems caused by climate change, and also that the gap widens further as a result of this separation.

News about the widening gap→directional marker or indicator."World: Extreme Disparities Widening"

Learn more about global disparities→directional marker or indicator."Why is the Media Not Reporting the Surging Global Disparity?"

Learn more about the reality of inequality between regions→directional marker or indicator."Major hidden factor preventing escape from poverty: illicit capital outflow"

Houses and skyscrapers inhabited by the poor, photographed in Luanda, the capital of Angola (Photo:Fabian Plock / Shutterstock)