Embark on a journey through the echelons of wealth, exploring the realms of billionaires across the globe. Featured below is an overview of the concentration of billionaire wealth across various countries, giving us a vibrant picture of how financial magnitudes are distributed worldwide.
Gender and Age Dynamics
Have you ever wondered how age and gender play into the world of the ultra-wealthy?
With our population pyramid, we can observe how billionaires are dispersed across different age brackets. What about gender differences in this affluent group? The donut chart beside it brings to light the ratio of men to women.
It's intriguing to see that the vast majority of the world's billionaires are male with a ratio of 9:1.
Age vs. Wealth
Is age just a number when it comes to accumulating wealth?
Age and wealth – two variables that often interact in fascinating ways for the average person, but do they behave in the same way when it comes to the ultra rich? The chart below observes the relationship of Net Worth against Age, while also highlighting whether their wealth was self-earned or inherited.
Wealth Across Industries
Ever wondered which industries are most lucrative for billionaires?
We've seen that age does not really affect a billionaire's wealth, but what about the industry they belong to?
The disparity of wealth distribution extends not only by country but also by industry. The boxplot below paints a vivid picture of how wealth is distributed across different sectors of the industry.
and Energy are the two industries with the highest interquartile range, while Technology industry has a large number of mega-earning outliers.
Parallel Insights Across Nations
How does individual wealth compare with national prosperity?
Diving into a broader perspective, we intertwine individual and national financial narratives using a parallel coordinate plot. This interactive visual explores billionaires' net worth alongside key national indicators: GDP, life expectancy, and tertiary education enrollment, unfolding a tapestry of interlinked stories.
Wealth and National Inflation
Does amassed billionaire wealth correlate with national inflation?
Turning our attention towards the macroeconomic scale, we invite you to explore the relationship between collective billionaire wealth and national inflation through our scatterplot. One might hypothesize that nations harboring more billionaire wealth might display distinct inflation trends. However, the data seems to suggest otherwise.
Made by: Yousuf Sarfraz
For: FIT3179 Assignment 2