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Abu Dhabi, Dubai among world’s top 15 cities for wealthy households
Regionally, the UAE capital topped the list with 270,686 households earning more than $250,000 annually
Aarti Nagraj
Wednesday 07 March 2018
Abu Dhabi and Dubai rank among the world’s top 15 cities with the highest number of households earning over $250,000 annually (as of 2017), a new report by Knight Frank has found.
Regionally, the UAE capital topped the list with 270,686 households earning more than $250,000. Overall, the emirate ranked 11th on the list, just behind London. The number of such households is further forecast to grow to 426,890, overtaking London’s 382,807 by 2027.
The number of households earning more than $250,000 in Dubai currently stands at 245,272 and is expected to increase to 36,432 by 2027. Dubai was ranked just behind Abu Dhabi globally in 12th place.
Following immediately after Dubai on the global rankings were the Saudi Arabian cities of Riyadh and Jeddah with 198,789 and 130,849 households respectively earning more than $250,000.
The report also found that Abu Dhabi ranks seventh globally on the list of cities that are expected to see the strongest growth in households earning over $250,000 between 2017 and 2022. The emirate is anticipated to see its wealthiest households increase by 84,067 during the five-year period.
Dubai, Riyadh and Jeddah also featured among the top 15 cities, with the number of wealthy households projected to rise by 36,432, 28,592 and 19,331 respectively between 2017 to 2022.
However, despite the high number of wealthy households in the region, none of the cities from the GCC were ranked on Knight Frank’s 2018 City Wealth Index. The index ranks the top 20 cities worldwide on factors such as wealth, investment, lifestyle and future.
North American cities made up 10 of the top 20, with Asian cities occupying five spots. New York topped the index, followed by London and San Francisco.
Liam Bailey, global Head of Research at Knight Frank, said: “This year’s index produced some very interesting results with regard to the projected growth of wealthy households around the world that will be exciting to track.
“However, North America’s domination of the current household wealth tables is unequivocal.”
Cities with the highest number of households earning $250k+ (2017)
City Households
New York 1,167,131
Los Angeles 637,749
Chicago 400,416
San Francisco 396,431
Washington DC 366,560
Houston 298,868
Dallas 297,970
Boston 293,276
Philadelphia 290,460
London 272,604
Abu Dhabi 270,686
Dubai 245,272
Riyadh 198,789
Jeddah 130,849
Source: Oxford Economics
Knight Frank City Wealth Index 2018
Wealth Investment Lifestyle Future Overall rank
New York 1 1 1 1 1
London 4 2 5 2 2
San Francisco 5 4 2 6 3
Los Angeles 2 5 12 4 4
Chicago 6 18 3 8 5
Singapore 7 15 3 10 5
Paris 13 14 7 5 7
Tokyo 10 22 6 2 8
Hong Kong 3 3 10 25 9
Washington DC 12 10 7 13 10
Sydney 20 7 14 17 11
Dallas 9 6 35 9 12
Boston 24 13 21 7 13
Houston 8 15 29 14 14
Miami 19 8 19 20 14
Atlanta 20 10 24 15 16
Beijing 15 37 15 19 17
Shanghai 29 21 23 15 18
Munich 39 23 26 20 19
Madrid 52 25 9 24 20
Melbourne 44 15 25 26 20
Sources: Knight Frank, Macrobond, Wealth-X, New World Wealth, RCA, Oxford Economics, Five Star Alliance, Mastercard, Michelin, Times Higher Education, 2thinknow innovation cities index 2016-2017
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