Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
Onward and upward
Private equity
April 21, 2022 – After a year of pandemic-driven turbulence, private markets fundraising rebounded to new heights. Fundraising was up by nearly 20 percent year over year to reach a record of almost $1.2 trillion. Growth in North America (22 percent) was particularly fast, outpacing both Europe (17 percent) and Asia (13 percent).
To read the report, see “McKinsey’s Private Markets Annual Review,” March 24, 2022.
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Visual form
Stacked-column time-series chart with a regional growth summary table.
Layout / body structure
The chart places the fundraising history on the left as a run of stacked yearly columns and a compact performance table on the right. Read the columns from 2003 to 2021 first to see the total fundraising climb and the shifting regional mix, then use the table to compare CAGR and 2020 to 2021 growth by region.
What is being compared
The chart compares private-markets fundraising over time across North America, Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world. It also compares longer-run annual growth from 2016 to 2021 with the one-year jump from 2020 to 2021 for the total market and for each region.
Measurement system
The columns are measured in billions of dollars, with the total printed above each year. The right-side table reports CAGR percentages for 2016 to 2021 and one-year growth percentages for 2020 to 2021, so the page combines absolute fundraising totals with relative growth rates.
Visible structure inside the graphic
Each annual column is broken into four color bands by region, which makes both scale and composition visible at once. The right margin strips away the bars and turns the same regional story into labeled rows, so the reader can compare not just who is biggest but who is accelerating fastest.
Main takeaway from the visual
Private-markets fundraising reaches a new high in 2021 after rebounding sharply from the 2020 dip. North America remains the dominant base of the stack, but the right-hand summary shows that the rest of the world and North America both post especially strong recent growth as fundraising climbs to a new peak.
Key standout values or extremes
The total rises from 990 billion dollars in 2020 to 1,184 billion in 2021, after already reaching 1,166 billion in 2019. The table shows total CAGR at 6.3 percent and 2020 to 2021 growth at 19.7 percent; by region, the rest of the world is highest at 10.7 percent CAGR and 29.7 percent one-year growth, North America shows 9.2 percent CAGR and 21.6 percent growth, Europe shows 8.1 percent CAGR and 16.9 percent growth, and Asia is the only negative CAGR line at negative 5.6 percent despite 13.1 percent one-year growth.
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