Net worth percentile in China
Half of China holds less; assets minus debts
Share of adults at or below each net worth in China (2026 figures, log scale), the median marked. Type your own number into the full tool to place yourself.
In China the median adult holds ¥207k in net worth, the top 10% begins at ¥1.0m and the top 1% at ¥7.4m.
The ladder in China
The median adult in China holds ¥207k; reaching the top 10% takes ¥1.0m, and the top 1% begins at ¥7.4m; a gap of 36× between the middle and the top line.
The full ladder
Every published line for China, in CNY.
| The line | In CNY | |
|---|---|---|
| Bottom 10% | ¥42.2k≈ $5,900 | |
| Bottom 25% | ¥89.7k≈ $12,000 | |
| Median | ¥207k≈ $29,000 | |
| Top 25% | ¥478k≈ $67,000 | |
| Top 10% | ¥1.0m≈ $140,000 | |
| Top 5% | ¥2.8m≈ $380,000 | |
| Top 1% | ¥7.4m≈ $1,000,000 | |
| Top 0.1% | ¥30.0m≈ $4,200,000 |
Peers by median
Converted to USD at held rates, so the four nearest countries sit on one scale.
Questions people ask
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Where do the figures come from?
Method and sources
- World Inequality DatabasePer-adult net wealth distributions
- UBS Global Wealth ReportPublished medians, where available
The computation
The same fitted distribution the net worth percentile tool draws for China, read at the published percentile points; the median is modelled from the published distribution.
What these figures do not cover
- Per-adult wealth, couples split equally.
- Figures in CNY. 2026 figures, indexed from the 2024 measured base with published per-country growth.
Last updated July 2026.
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