This accounts for something like 87% of Mulisms in 2010. I believe this distribution is basically accurate in 2024 (or if anything, accounts for even more of the population because the main population growth comes from LMICs).
Cumulatively I’d expect that these regions could (being fairly generous) give maybe ~$206B per year (accounting for population growth from 2010 to present) if everyone was giving 2.5% of income, but I’d expect the number to be much lower.
Zakat is paid on wealth, not income, so GDP is not a great proxy. Globally there appears to be $450tr in wealth and $100tr in GDP, so perhaps multiplying GDP by 4.5 gives a decent estimate for wealth.
Also global GDP increased 43% between 2010 and 2022.
Oh thanks for the clarification, I didn’t realize that! I’d expect there to be less wealth in LMIC countries though—I assume the vast majority of wealth (not sure what reasonable numbers are here) is held in HIC’s and by HNWIs /​ corporations /​ governments in those countries.
Also global GDP increased 43% between 2010 and 2022.
GDP per capita numbers are 2022 estimates, didn’t make that clear earlier.
I’d also add that Zakat is paid on a certain portion of wealth that meets specific criteria, not on all wealth necessarily. For example, there is no obligation to pay Zakat on owned properties that are not used for commercial purposes, and the same applies to cars, among other items...
There are HUGE differences between Islamic scholars and sects on this issue.
Calculating the rest of the world, geographically (2010 population numbers, 2022 GDP numbers):
242M in Sub-saharan Africa, GDP per capita ~$1600 (source)
275M in Southeast Asia, Indonesian GDP per capita is $5000 (source), so another
500M in South Asia, where GDP per capita is <$2000 (source)
195M in North Africa where GDP per capita is <$4000 (source)
155M in Central-West Asia (excl. Turkey) where GDP seems to be <$5000 (source)
74M in Turkey with a GDP of $14K (source)
This accounts for something like 87% of Mulisms in 2010. I believe this distribution is basically accurate in 2024 (or if anything, accounts for even more of the population because the main population growth comes from LMICs).
Cumulatively I’d expect that these regions could (being fairly generous) give maybe ~$206B per year (accounting for population growth from 2010 to present) if everyone was giving 2.5% of income, but I’d expect the number to be much lower.
Zakat is paid on wealth, not income, so GDP is not a great proxy. Globally there appears to be $450tr in wealth and $100tr in GDP, so perhaps multiplying GDP by 4.5 gives a decent estimate for wealth.
Also global GDPincreased 43%between 2010 and 2022.Oh thanks for the clarification, I didn’t realize that! I’d expect there to be less wealth in LMIC countries though—I assume the vast majority of wealth (not sure what reasonable numbers are here) is held in HIC’s and by HNWIs /​ corporations /​ governments in those countries.
GDP per capita numbers are 2022 estimates, didn’t make that clear earlier.
I’d also add that Zakat is paid on a certain portion of wealth that meets specific criteria, not on all wealth necessarily. For example, there is no obligation to pay Zakat on owned properties that are not used for commercial purposes, and the same applies to cars, among other items...
There are HUGE differences between Islamic scholars and sects on this issue.