So UBS released its Global Wealth Report 2026 on 30 June 2026.
And the headline that’s been everywhere: the average Singaporean adult is worth US$527,217 — roughly S$682,000.
But the number nobody is talking about is the median.
The median Singaporean adult is worth US$96,434 — roughly S$125,000 — which ranks just 20th globally.
While Singapore now ranks 6th among the 56 markets UBS tracks for average wealth per adult.
In plain English, the “average” Singaporean is 5.5x richer than the “typical” Singaporean.
Earlier this year I wrote a full piece on what a good net worth in Singapore looks like using the older UBS data, so think of this as the 2026 update — and a closer look at why the headline and the typical Singaporean’s reality are so far apart.
Let’s dive in.
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