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). Nations with high wealth per adult (above USD 100,000) are located in North America, Western Europe, and among the richer parts of East Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East, with a sprinkling of outposts in the Caribbean. China and Russia are the core members of the “intermediate wealth” group of countries with mean wealth in the range of USD 25,000–100,000. This group also includes more recent members of the European Union and important emerging-market economies in Latin America and the Middle East. One step below, the “frontier wealth” range of USD 5,000– 25,000 per adult is a heterogeneous group that covers heavily populated countries such as India, Indonesia, Iran and the Philippines, plus most of Latin America and leading sub-Saharan nations such as South Africa. Fast-developing Asian countries like Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam also fall within this category. Countries with average wealth below USD 5,000 comprise the final group, into which most of central Africa falls.
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