Wealth and Ethnicity in the UK

 People of Black African ethnicity in the United Kingdom typically have just one-eighth of the wealth of white British people, the Resolution Foundation said.

People of Black African ethnicity had on average 24,000 pounds ($32,175) of family wealth per adult, rising to 31,000 pounds ($41,569) for people of Bangladeshi ethnicity and nearly 42,000 pounds ($56,320) for those with mixed white and Black Caribbean ethnicity. People of white British ethnicity held 197,000 pounds ($264,166) of family wealth per adult, the Resolution Foundation said.

At least half of Black African, Bangladeshi and Black Caribbean ethnicity households held less than 1,000 pounds ($1,340) in savings before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

“Despite significant progress in closing education and employment gaps between different ethnic groups, these wealth gaps are likely to persist,” George Bangham, an economist at the Resolution Foundation, said. “Even high earners will struggle to save their way to being high wealth, while white British people are much more likely to inherit significant sums than those of other ethnic groups.”

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