{"id":151006,"date":"2026-01-22T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151006"},"modified":"2026-01-20T21:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:40:04","slug":"statky-svitovyh-milyarderiv-rekordno-zrosly","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/news\/novosti\/statky-svitovyh-milyarderiv-rekordno-zrosly\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wealth of the World\u2019s Billionaires Hits a Record High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"289\">The combined wealth of the world\u2019s billionaires rose to a record $18.3 trillion last year\u2014the highest level ever recorded, according to a press release by Oxfam, the international confederation fighting global poverty.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"484\">In 2025, billionaires\u2019 wealth increased by more than 16%, growing three times faster than the average annual rate over the past five years, reaching the historic high of $18.3 trillion.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"794\">Overall, the total wealth of billionaires grew by $2.5 trillion last year\u2014an amount nearly equal to the combined wealth of the poorest half of the world\u2019s population, 4.1 billion people. Oxfam estimates that an increase of $2.5 trillion would be enough to eradicate extreme poverty 26 times over.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"885\">The organization also noted that since 2020, billionaire wealth has increased by 81%.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"1110\">For the first time, the number of billionaires worldwide exceeded 3,000 last year. Meanwhile, the world\u2019s richest person, Elon Musk, became the first individual whose net worth surpassed half a trillion dollars.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1230\">Oxfam also reported that billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary citizens.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1232\" data-end=\"1431\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cThe widening gap between the rich and everyone else is creating a political deficit that is extremely dangerous and unsustainable,\u201d said Amitabh Behar, Executive Director of Oxfam International.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151007,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151006","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151006"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151006"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}