The same number can mean very different things.
Where does your income rank in the world?
See how your household income compares with 8.2 billion people, adjusted for what money actually buys where you live.
These examples use 40,000 in each country's own currency for a one-person household, not the same amount of US dollars. In the United States (USD) that income ranks in the 96th percentile worldwide. In Mexico (MXN), the 44th. In Germany (EUR), the 98th. In the United Kingdom (GBP), the 98th. In India (INR), the 20th. In Brazil (BRL), the 83rd.
Based on household income divided among 1 person. World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform.
You earn more than 0% of people on Earth.
Where you stand
Results are now lower and more accurate. Before November 1, 2026, a step that adjusts for inflation was applied backwards, which made every income look about 41% higher than it should have. If you used the calculator before then, your rank may be lower now. What changed
0What if your income changed?
Move the slider to see how your global rank would change. Every number here uses the same calculation already on this page.
Household income:
The same purchasing power, in other countries
This takes your per-person purchasing power and places it on each country's own income or spending ladder from the World Bank PIP data this calculator already uses.
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Questions
How does this calculator work?
We use World Bank data released in September 2026. First, we convert your local income using Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) so it reflects what your money can actually buy. Then we compare that figure with the World Bank global income distribution to find where you rank among the world population.
What is Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)?
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) adjusts for differences in the cost of living between countries. A dollar buys a lot more in some places than others, so PPP gives a fairer way to compare how people actually live around the world than market exchange rates do.
Is my data safe?
Yes. Every calculation happens right in your browser, and your income is never sent or stored. We use Google Analytics to understand how people use the site. It records things like the pages you view, your approximate location, and the country and household size you choose, but never your income. Kit, the company that runs our newsletter, also loads a script on this page that saves a random visitor ID in your browser and tells Kit when the page is viewed. The tool was built for educational purposes only.
Why does household size matter?
The same income supports one person very differently than four, so we divide household income by the number of people it supports and compare that per-person figure.
What changed
November 1, 2026. We fixed a conversion error. To compare incomes across countries, the calculator turns your income into 2021 international dollars, the unit the World Bank uses. That takes two steps, one for local prices and one for inflation since 2021. The inflation step was applied backwards, so every income came out about 41% higher than it should have, and ranks came out too high. We corrected it and rechecked sample results against the World Bank's Poverty and Inequality Platform.