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These are richest countries in the world

  • <p>The Swiss are officially the richest people in the world (Rex) </p>
    1/10

    10. Switzerland

    The Swiss are officially the richest people in the world (Rex)

  • <p>Iceland came second with a personal wealth of £328,000 (Getty) </p>
    2/10

    9. Iceland

    Iceland came second with a personal wealth of £328,000 (Getty)

  • <p>Australians ranked third with £300,000 (Getty) </p>
    3/10

    8. Australia

    Australians ranked third with £300,000 (Getty)

  • <p>One World Trade Center fills the skyline behind the Empire State Building in Aug. 2016. (Gordon Donovan/Yahoo News) </p>
    4/10

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    One World Trade Center fills the skyline behind the Empire State Building in Aug. 2016. (Gordon Donovan/Yahoo News)

  • <p>Life’s a beach in tax haven Bermuda, which came fifth with £270,000 wealth per person. (Rex) </p>
    5/10

    6. Bermuda

    Life’s a beach in tax haven Bermuda, which came fifth with £270,000 wealth per person. (Rex)

  • <p>Probably the biggest surprise in the rankings was Greenland, which finished joint fifth, with a personal wealth the same as Bermuda’s. (REUTERS/Alister Doyle) </p>
    6/10

    5. Greenland

    Probably the biggest surprise in the rankings was Greenland, which finished joint fifth, with a personal wealth the same as Bermuda’s. (REUTERS/Alister Doyle)

  • <p>Tiny European country Luxembourg was ranked seventh with £254,000 (AP Photo/Paul Ames, File) </p>
    7/10

    4. Luxembourg

    Tiny European country Luxembourg was ranked seventh with £254,000 (AP Photo/Paul Ames, File)

  • <p>Norway confirmed its status as one of the world’s richest countries with a personal wealth of £250,000 per capita (PHOTO: Getty Images) </p>
    8/10

    3. Norway

    Norway confirmed its status as one of the world’s richest countries with a personal wealth of £250,000 per capita (PHOTO: Getty Images)

  • <p>New Zealand was ninth, nestled just ahead of the UK, with £239,000 per head (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images) </p>
    9/10

    2. New Zealand

    New Zealand was ninth, nestled just ahead of the UK, with £239,000 per head (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)

  • <p>Britain stayed in the top 10 with a wealth per adult of £231,000, edging out Singapore into 11th place in the survey (Getty) </p>
    10/10

    1. Britain

    Britain stayed in the top 10 with a wealth per adult of £231,000, edging out Singapore into 11th place in the survey (Getty)

<p>The Swiss are officially the richest people in the world (Rex) </p>
<p>Iceland came second with a personal wealth of £328,000 (Getty) </p>
<p>Australians ranked third with £300,000 (Getty) </p>
<p>One World Trade Center fills the skyline behind the Empire State Building in Aug. 2016. (Gordon Donovan/Yahoo News) </p>
<p>Life’s a beach in tax haven Bermuda, which came fifth with £270,000 wealth per person. (Rex) </p>
<p>Probably the biggest surprise in the rankings was Greenland, which finished joint fifth, with a personal wealth the same as Bermuda’s. (REUTERS/Alister Doyle) </p>
<p>Tiny European country Luxembourg was ranked seventh with £254,000 (AP Photo/Paul Ames, File) </p>
<p>Norway confirmed its status as one of the world’s richest countries with a personal wealth of £250,000 per capita (PHOTO: Getty Images) </p>
<p>New Zealand was ninth, nestled just ahead of the UK, with £239,000 per head (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images) </p>
<p>Britain stayed in the top 10 with a wealth per adult of £231,000, edging out Singapore into 11th place in the survey (Getty) </p>
Yahoo News UK

The Swiss are the richest people in the world, a new study has found, while Brits trail in a creditable 10th.

The Global Wealth Report by Credit Suisse found the Alpine country is by far the richest in the world.

Wealth per adult has passed $500,000 (around £400,000), a mark that no other country comes near.

Britain, by contrast, recorded a wealth per adult of $288,000 (£232,000).

Still it was not all bad news, we finished well above the 15th-place French, who managed a wealth per adult of just over 244,000, or £196,000