Archive · 4 Nov 2025
India's Richest 1% Wealth Grew 62% From 2000-2023: G20 Report
Imagine a pie that represents all the money in the world.
This report says that from the year 2000 to 2023, the very richest people in India, the top 1%, got to keep a much bigger slice of their country's growing pie, an increase of 62%!
Globally, the super-rich, the top 1%, got almost half of all the new money that was made in that time.
Meanwhile, the people who have the least money, the bottom half of the world's population, only got a tiny sliver.
This is making the gap between the rich and poor really big, like an emergency.
Experts say this is not something that just happens; it's a choice that governments can change.
They are even suggesting a new group, like a 'climate change panel' but for money differences, to help everyone understand and fix this problem.
The G20 group of countries can help lead this effort.
India's richest 1% saw their wealth increase by 62% between 2000 and 2023.
Globally, the richest 1% captured 41% of all new wealth created from 2000 to 2024.
The bottom half of the global population received only 1% of newly created wealth in the same period.
The G20 report, led by Joseph Stiglitz, warns that global inequality has reached critical levels.
The report proposes establishing an International Panel on Inequality (IPI) to track and address wealth disparities.
- Who
- The richest 1% in India and globally.
- What
- Wealth of India's richest 1% grew by 62% between 2000 and 2023, with the richest 1% globally capturing 41% of all new wealth created during the same period.
- When
- Between 2000 and 2023/2024.
- Where
- India and globally.
- Why
- The report highlights global inequality reaching 'emergency levels' and suggests it is a choice that can be addressed through political action and global cooperation.
- Richest 1% Wealth Growth (India)
- 62% (2000-2023)
- Richest 1% Global Wealth Capture
- 41% (of new wealth, 2000-2024)
- Bottom 50% Global Wealth Capture
- 1% (of new wealth, 2000-2024)
- Report Commissioned By
- South African Presidency of the G20
- Report Led By
- Economist Joseph Stiglitz