Despite the drain, the country is still home to over twice as many dollar millionaires as any other African country.
South Africa has lost about 4200 dollar millionaires – mainly to the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States – in the past 10 years, according to the Africa Wealth Report 2021.
Other countries that are popular among emigrating dollar millionaires are Switzerland, Israel, Mauritius, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates.
Despite the drain, South Africa still has 36 500 dollar millionaires – more than twice that of any other country in Africa.
Africa has 125 000 dollar millionaires of which 6200 have a net worth exceeding $10 million.
The Continent has 22 dollar billionaires of which five reside in South Africa.
Johannesburg has 15 100 dollar millionaires and two dollar…