Hong Kong ranks 4th globally in average wealth in 2025

Wealth per adult averaged around $5.08m.

Hong Kong ranked fourth globally for average wealth per adult at around $5.08m (US$648,267) in 2025, whilst median wealth ranked sixth at about $1.47m (US$187,968), according to the UBS. 

In its Global Wealth Report 2026, UBS found that global personal wealth rose 10.8% in US-dollar terms in 2025, up from 4.6% in 2024 and 4.2% in 2023, marking its fastest growth since 2017.

Switzerland topped the ranking with average wealth per adult of around $7.14m (US$910,382), followed by the US and Luxembourg.

Asia-Pacific recorded a wealth growth of 5.9%, behind Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at 17.5% and the Americas at 8.5%.

“The number of USD millionaires rose by 1.5% in 2025, equivalent to nearly one million new millionaires globally, or more than 2,600 per day,” the report said.

Whilst the US accounted for more than 440,000 of the new millionaires, more than half of global personal wealth remained concentrated in the US and mainland China.

"Global wealth is evolving at pace, with growth increasingly shaped by shifting economic conditions, technological change, and new sources of opportunity across markets," said Iqbal Khan, Co-President of UBS Global Wealth Management.

Robert Karofsky, co-president of UBS Global Wealth Management, also said global wealth had risen for a third consecutive year, with average individual wealth increasing faster than global economic growth.

The report said future wealth gains would increasingly depend on access to investable assets and the ability to diversify portfolios.

(US$1 = HK$7.84)