Greece is among the countries with relatively high average wealth per adult, however the picture emerging from UBS's annual Global Wealth Report 2026 shows that wealth continues to be distributed unevenly, while the largest part of it remains invested in real estate and not in financial products.
According to the Swiss bank's study, the average net wealth per adult in Greece stood at 143,343 dollars at the end of 2025, a performance that ranks the country 30th worldwide.
However, when median wealth is examined, that is, the level of wealth held by the "typical" citizen, the picture changes significantly. Median wealth in Greece amounts to just 59,162 dollars, less than half the average. This large gap indicates that a significant part of total wealth is concentrated in a relatively limited number of households.
It should be noted that average wealth per adult in Greece has increased by about 5% from 2020 to the end of 2025. By contrast, median wealth shows a decline during the same period.
More than 82,000 millionaires
The upward course of global wealth was also reflected in Greece.
UBS estimates that there are now approximately 82,000 dollar millionaires in the country, while in 2025 alone 2,762 new ones were added, a number increased by 3.5% compared with the previous year.
This increase follows the international trend, as in 2025 nearly one million new millionaires were created worldwide, with the United States accounting for nearly half of them.
Greeks' wealth remains mainly... real estate
One of the most characteristic findings of the report concerns the composition of Greek wealth. Only 36.1% of the gross wealth of Greek households consists of financial assets – deposits, shares, mutual funds and other investments.
This percentage is noticeably lower than that recorded in most developed economies. In the US, for example, financial assets represent nearly 79% of total wealth, while in Switzerland they exceed 65%.
This confirms that the wealth of Greek households continues to be based mainly on ownership of real estate.
Significant inequalities
UBS uses the Gini index to depict the distribution of wealth. For Greece, the index stands at 0.60, a level indicating a significant concentration of wealth, although lower than in countries such as the US (0.77), Russia (0.82) or Brazil (0.81).
This picture also explains the large difference between average and median wealth, as very high fortunes raise the average without reflecting the financial situation of the majority of households.
How Greece moved after the pandemic
In real terms, that is, after subtracting inflation and based on the local currency, Greece is not among the countries that experienced a spectacular increase in wealth from 2020 until today.
The country shows a mild improvement, considerably lower than that recorded by economies such as South Korea, Russia or Croatia, but also without the large losses recorded in certain Western economies, such as the United Kingdom or the Netherlands.
Strong year for global wealth
At the international level, UBS describes 2025 as one of the best years of the last decade. Total private wealth increased by 10.8%, a more than double performance compared with 2024, thanks to the rise of stock markets as well as the increase in the value of non-financial assets.
Europe and the Middle East recorded the highest regional increase in wealth, nearly 18%, also benefiting from the strengthening of the euro against the dollar, while the Asia-Pacific region moved at clearly lower rates.