Nice graphic showing 50% of the worlds 1%'ers are Americans. What may surprise you is the amount of income needed to make it into this exclusive club.

Source: CNN Money

It is amazing how little income (from an Americans perspective) it takes to be a part of the vaunted 1% world-wide--this is a teachers salary! (keep in mind it notes income AFTER taxes):

""It only takes $34,000 a year, after taxes, to be among the richest 1% in the world. That's for each person living under the same roof, including children. (So a family of four, for example, needs to make $136,000.)""

Source: CNN Money