Wealth of households; components of wealth
| Components of wealth | Number of private households (x 1 000) | Total wealth (bn euros) | Mean wealth (1 000 euros) | Median wealth (1 000 euros) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wealth | 7,823.9 | 1,537.5 | 196.5 | 49.8 | ||
| 1 Assets | 7,823.9 | 2,411.6 | 308.2 | 205.8 | ||
| 1.1 Financial assets | 7,642.5 | 443.6 | 58.0 | 15.2 | ||
| 1.1.1 Bank and savings credits | 7,640.8 | 311.9 | 40.8 | 13.9 | ||
| 1.1.2 Securities | 1,196.4 | 131.7 | 110.1 | 17.7 | ||
| 1.2 Real estate | 4,512.2 | 1,628.0 | 360.8 | 284.2 | ||
| 1.2.1 Principal residence | 4,443.4 | 1,442.7 | 324.7 | 276.6 | ||
| 1.2.2 Other real estate | 679.5 | 185.4 | 272.8 | 156.5 | ||
| 1.3 Enterprise capital | 916.3 | 75.2 | 82.0 | 13.6 | ||
| 1.4 Participating shares | 175.3 | 221.4 | 1,262.6 | 360.0 | ||
| 1.5 Other assets | 361.7 | 43.4 | 120.1 | 38.9 | ||
| 2 Liabilities | 5,145.8 | 874.1 | 169.9 | 131.2 | ||
| 2.1 Principal residence loans | 3,768.6 | 746.9 | 198.2 | 167.0 | ||
| 2.2 Education loans | 1,220.9 | 19.3 | 15.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 2.3 Other loans | 2,077.9 | 107.9 | 51.9 | 1.4 | ||
| Source: CBS. | ||||||
Table description
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 in this table are provisional.
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 13 October 2020:
Figures for 2018 are finalized. Figures for 2019 are added.
When will new figures be published?
New figures for 2020 will be published in December of 2021.
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.