Where do you rank in global income?
Enter your salary to see roughly where it places you in the worldwide income distribution, after adjusting for local price levels.
Your result
Enter your income to see your global percentile.
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP); percentile table compiled by Our World in Data for Giving What We Can's “How Rich Am I?” methodology, reference year 2024, 2021 PPP basis. PPP factors: World Bank (2025). Values between published percentile points are log-interpolated estimates. This tool is updated periodically as new official data is published. Data as of 2024, last checked September 29, 2026. The official source is checked automatically; if it is unavailable, the last verified figures stay in use.
How it works
We convert your entered salary (gross or net, whichever you selected) into purchasing-power-parity (PPP) adjusted US dollars using World Bank PPP conversion factors, then compare that figure against the World Bank's global income distribution data (Poverty and Inequality Platform) to estimate roughly where it sits among worldwide incomes.
Why PPP, not a currency exchange rate?
A raw currency conversion tells you what your salary is worth on a trading desk, not what it can actually buy. PPP adjusts for the fact that a dollar goes further in some countries than others — it's a fairer basis for a global comparison.
FAQ
Why does my "modest" local salary rank so high globally?
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Global income is heavily right-skewed — most of the world's population earns far less than the average salary in a high-income country, so even an unremarkable salary by local standards can land in a high global percentile.
Does this include savings, assets or property?
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No — this is an income comparison only, not a wealth or net-worth comparison.
How current is the global distribution data?
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It refreshes weekly from the World Bank's published dataset; the extreme top and bottom percentiles are our own estimated extrapolation, since even official sources don't publish those exact endpoints.
Limitations
Percentile estimates, especially at the very top and bottom of the distribution, are approximations. This tool compares income position, not living costs, taxes already paid, or family size — two people at the same global percentile can have very different real financial situations.