Wealth of households; components of wealth
| Household characteristics | Components of wealth | Periods | Total wealth (bn euros) | Mean wealth (1 000 euros) | Median wealth (1 000 euros) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private households | Wealth | 2022* | 2,489.7 | 309.8 | 135.1 |
| Private households | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 1,151.4 | 143.3 | 21.9 |
| Type: Single person household | Wealth | 2022* | 519.5 | 168.6 | 17.8 |
| Type: Single person household | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 218.5 | 70.9 | 8.9 |
| Type: Multi-person household | Wealth | 2022* | 1,970.2 | 397.6 | 217.9 |
| Type: Multi-person household | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 932.9 | 188.2 | 34.3 |
| Type: One-parent family | Wealth | 2022* | 97.5 | 171.5 | 16.4 |
| Type: One-parent family | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 40.6 | 71.3 | 6.7 |
| Type: Couple, total | Wealth | 2022* | 1,816.4 | 428.7 | 244.0 |
| Type: Couple, total | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 860.0 | 203.0 | 39.7 |
| Type: Couple, no children | Wealth | 2022* | 971.6 | 427.5 | 251.8 |
| Type: Couple, no children | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 447.2 | 196.7 | 40.8 |
| Type: Couple, with child(ren) | Wealth | 2022* | 844.8 | 430.2 | 237.4 |
| Type: Couple, with child(ren) | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 412.8 | 210.2 | 38.3 |
| Type: Multi-person household, n.e.c. | Wealth | 2022* | 56.2 | 374.2 | 137.8 |
| Type: Multi-person household, n.e.c. | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 32.3 | 215.1 | 28.8 |
| Main earner: to 24 years | Wealth | 2022* | 5.9 | 16.4 | 0.0 |
| Main earner: to 24 years | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 2.6 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| Main earner: 25 to 44 years | Wealth | 2022* | 399.8 | 162.4 | 58.9 |
| Main earner: 25 to 44 years | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 160.8 | 65.3 | 9.3 |
| Main earner: 45 to 64 years | Wealth | 2022* | 1,167.6 | 399.1 | 209.6 |
| Main earner: 45 to 64 years | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 585.1 | 200.0 | 31.8 |
| Main earner: 65 years or older | Wealth | 2022* | 916.4 | 400.5 | 245.5 |
| Main earner: 65 years or older | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 402.9 | 176.1 | 36.0 |
| Main earner: 25 to 34 years | Wealth | 2022* | 117.2 | 95.8 | 17.9 |
| Main earner: 25 to 34 years | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 40.5 | 33.1 | 4.9 |
| Main earner: 35 to 44 years | Wealth | 2022* | 282.6 | 228.3 | 124.2 |
| Main earner: 35 to 44 years | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 120.3 | 97.2 | 15.6 |
| Main earner: 45 to 54 years | Wealth | 2022* | 525.9 | 365.8 | 185.0 |
| Main earner: 45 to 54 years | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 266.7 | 185.5 | 28.0 |
| Main earner: 55 to 64 years | Wealth | 2022* | 641.7 | 431.3 | 239.6 |
| Main earner: 55 to 64 years | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 318.4 | 214.0 | 36.0 |
| Main earner: 65 to 74 years | Wealth | 2022* | 517.6 | 424.7 | 264.9 |
| Main earner: 65 to 74 years | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 231.6 | 190.0 | 37.8 |
| Main earner: 75 to 84 years | Wealth | 2022* | 311.4 | 392.0 | 241.2 |
| Main earner: 75 to 84 years | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 133.5 | 168.0 | 35.2 |
| Main earner: 85 years or older | Wealth | 2022* | 87.3 | 317.8 | 92.3 |
| Main earner: 85 years or older | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 37.8 | 137.4 | 32.4 |
| Main earner: Dutch background | Wealth | 2022* | . | . | . |
| Main earner: Dutch background | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | . | . | . |
| Main earner: western background | Wealth | 2022* | . | . | . |
| Main earner: western background | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | . | . | . |
| Main earner: non-western background | Wealth | 2022* | . | . | . |
| Main earner: non-western background | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | . | . | . |
| Source: Income as employee/self-employe | Wealth | 2022* | 1,554.3 | 304.4 | 143.3 |
| Source: Income as employee/self-employe | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 745.4 | 146.0 | 21.7 |
| Source: Income as employee | Wealth | 2022* | 952.5 | 220.9 | 125.4 |
| Source: Income as employee | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 322.4 | 74.8 | 17.5 |
| Source: Income as self-employed (total) | Wealth | 2022* | 601.8 | 757.4 | 306.3 |
| Source: Income as self-employed (total) | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 423.0 | 532.4 | 94.0 |
| Source: Income as self-employed | Wealth | 2022* | 248.8 | 420.3 | 229.4 |
| Source: Income as self-employed | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 136.3 | 230.2 | 61.9 |
| Source: Income as major shareholder | Wealth | 2022* | 349.6 | 1,916.4 | 834.2 |
| Source: Income as major shareholder | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 285.0 | 1,562.1 | 480.1 |
| Source: Income as other self-employed | Wealth | 2022* | 3.5 | 170.7 | 4.1 |
| Source: Income as other self-employed | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 1.7 | 85.7 | 2.0 |
| Source: Transfer income | Wealth | 2022* | 935.4 | 319.2 | 97.5 |
| Source: Transfer income | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 406.0 | 138.6 | 22.3 |
| Source: Income insurance benefit | Wealth | 2022* | 930.8 | 373.6 | 210.8 |
| Source: Income insurance benefit | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 404.6 | 162.4 | 31.3 |
| Source: Unemployment benefit | Wealth | 2022* | 5.9 | 191.3 | 38.4 |
| Source: Unemployment benefit | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 2.1 | 67.2 | 8.8 |
| Source: Sickness/Disability benefit | Wealth | 2022* | 31.1 | 117.4 | 6.9 |
| Source: Sickness/Disability benefit | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 10.2 | 38.5 | 3.7 |
| Source: Old-age/survivors pension | Wealth | 2022* | 893.8 | 407.1 | 250.8 |
| Source: Old-age/survivors pension | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 392.3 | 178.7 | 36.1 |
| Source: Social provisions benefit | Wealth | 2022* | 4.4 | 10.6 | 0.8 |
| Source: Social provisions benefit | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 1.3 | 3.2 | 0.8 |
| Source: Social assistance benefit | Wealth | 2022* | . | . | 0.6 |
| Source: Social assistance benefit | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | -0.5 | -1.7 | 0.6 |
| Source: Social provisions, n.e.c. | Wealth | 2022* | 4.5 | 31.9 | 1.6 |
| Source: Social provisions, n.e.c. | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 1.8 | 12.9 | 1.5 |
| Source: Student grant | Wealth | 2022* | . | . | -1.7 |
| Source: Student grant | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | . | . | -1.7 |
| Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | Wealth | 2022* | 2,370.0 | 521.1 | 321.8 |
| Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 1,022.6 | 224.8 | 48.1 |
| Home ownership: Rent | Wealth | 2022* | 119.7 | 34.3 | 3.5 |
| Home ownership: Rent | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 128.8 | 36.9 | 3.7 |
| Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy | Wealth | 2022* | 114.1 | 55.4 | 7.2 |
| Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 122.5 | 59.5 | 7.8 |
| Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy | Wealth | 2022* | 5.5 | 3.9 | 1.7 |
| Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 6.3 | 4.4 | 1.7 |
| Equivalised income: 1st 10%-group | Wealth | 2022* | 88.6 | 110.2 | 1.0 |
| Equivalised income: 1st 10%-group | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 60.2 | 74.9 | 0.9 |
| Equivalised income: 2nd 10%-group | Wealth | 2022* | 49.4 | 61.4 | 3.0 |
| Equivalised income: 2nd 10%-group | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 25.9 | 32.2 | 2.6 |
| Equivalised income: 3rd 10%-group | Wealth | 2022* | 83.5 | 103.9 | 13.6 |
| Equivalised income: 3rd 10%-group | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 33.1 | 41.2 | 9.6 |
| Equivalised income: 4th 10%-group | Wealth | 2022* | 151.1 | 188.0 | 66.5 |
| Equivalised income: 4th 10%-group | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 46.9 | 58.4 | 14.7 |
| Equivalised income: 5th 10%-group | Wealth | 2022* | 183.0 | 227.7 | 143.1 |
| Equivalised income: 5th 10%-group | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 57.0 | 70.9 | 19.8 |
| Equivalised income: 6th 10%-group | Wealth | 2022* | 214.3 | 266.7 | 185.1 |
| Equivalised income: 6th 10%-group | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 68.5 | 85.2 | 25.4 |
| Equivalised income: 7th 10%-group | Wealth | 2022* | 250.8 | 312.1 | 223.3 |
| Equivalised income: 7th 10%-group | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 83.5 | 103.9 | 32.6 |
| Equivalised income: 8th 10%-group | Wealth | 2022* | 292.6 | 364.1 | 255.9 |
| Equivalised income: 8th 10%-group | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 107.1 | 133.2 | 41.8 |
| Equivalised income: 9th 10%-group | Wealth | 2022* | 364.1 | 453.0 | 309.3 |
| Equivalised income: 9th 10%-group | Wealth excluding principal residence | 2022* | 152.8 | 190.2 | 59.3 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||
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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
- 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.