American Exceptionalism? -- not in citizen wealth -- USA ranked 21st (2018)

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7. The German "median" wealth may be skewed by impoverished former East-German states, etc.

The low German median wealth figure does stick out, but there are at least two factors that might be influential.

The former East Germany is still impoverished compared to the rest of Germany.

Note that this map reflects GDP "mean/average" and not "median/middle" and income (not wealth).

It may also be partly a statistical fluke since the "median" may have shifted enough downward from the relatively large new immigrant population and the holdover poverty from unification with East Germany.

It is just speculation but while the USA's extreme wealth inequality may be less visible in Germany, there may still be enough of an overall wealth gap between the top 50% and the bottom 50% to greatly influence where the median is placed.