Wealth of households; components of wealth
Household characteristics | Components of wealth | Periods | Number of private households (x 1 000) | Total wealth (bn euros) | Mean wealth (1 000 euros) | Median wealth (1 000 euros) |
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Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | Wealth | 2022* | 4,548.4 | 2,370.0 | 521.1 | 321.8 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 1 Assets | 2022* | 4,548.4 | 3,259.7 | 716.7 | 481.3 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 4,536.1 | 464.4 | 102.4 | 40.8 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 1.1.1 Bank and savings credits | 2022* | 4,535.4 | 314.7 | 69.4 | 36.2 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 1.1.2 Securities | 2022* | 1,215.2 | 149.7 | 123.2 | 18.6 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 1.2 Real estate | 2022* | 4,548.4 | 2,269.4 | 498.9 | 409.4 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 1.2.1 Principal residence | 2022* | 4,548.4 | 2,106.6 | 463.1 | 402.1 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 1.2.2 Other real estate | 2022* | 493.9 | 162.8 | 329.7 | 156.8 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 1.3 Enterprise capital | 2022* | 713.2 | 67.5 | 94.6 | 23.5 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 1.4 Substantial interest | 2022* | 423.6 | 404.1 | 954.0 | 183.9 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 1.5 Other assets | 2022* | 408.1 | 54.3 | 132.9 | 36.5 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 2 Liabilities | 2022* | 4,036.8 | 889.7 | 220.4 | 167.7 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 2.1 Principal residence loans | 2022* | 3,769.0 | 759.1 | 201.4 | 166.1 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 601.8 | 9.6 | 16.0 | 8.8 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 2.3 Other loans | 2022* | 1,924.8 | 120.9 | 62.8 | 1.1 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 4,548.4 | 1,022.6 | 224.8 | 48.1 |
Source: CBS. |
Table explanation
This table shows the distribution of wealth of households. The figures in this table are broken down to components of wealth and different household characteristics.
Data available from: 2006.
The population consists of all private households with income on January 1st of the reporting year.
Status of the figures:
The figures for 2006 to 2021 are final. The figures for 2022 are preliminary.
The compilation of the figures has been changed in a number of parts from reporting year 2011 compared to previous years:
From 2011, more complete information on bank and saving credits and securities is available. All small amounts are also observed from that moment on. As a result, there are more households with these assets.
From 2011, more complete information on debts is available. Education loans and loans from banks are fully observed from that moment on. As a result, there are more households with other loans.
Changes as of 3 November 2023:
Update with final figures for 2021 and provisional figures for 2022
When will new figures be published?
New figures for 2023 will be published in the fall of 2024.
Description topics
- Number of private households
- Number of private households with a known income on January 1st of the reporting year.
A private household is a collection of one or more people who share the same living space and provide in their own everyday needs in a private, non-commercial way. - Total wealth
- Total wealth of private households.
- Mean wealth
- Mean wealth of private households.
- Median wealth
- Median wealth of private households.
Ranking households according to their wealth, the median is equal to the wealth of the central household. Half of the households possess more wealth, the other half has less.