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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Private households | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 1,375.2 | 26.5 | 19.3 | 11.2 |
Type: Single person household | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 424.1 | 8.8 | 20.8 | 14.7 |
Type: Multi-person household | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 951.1 | 17.7 | 18.6 | 9.7 |
Type: One-parent family | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 163.0 | 2.3 | 14.1 | 6.4 |
Type: Couple, total | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 736.1 | 14.1 | 19.1 | 10.4 |
Type: Couple, no children | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 241.9 | 6.8 | 28.2 | 19.7 |
Type: Couple, with child(ren) | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 494.2 | 7.3 | 14.7 | 7.3 |
Type: Multi-person household, n.e.c. | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 52.0 | 1.3 | 24.6 | 12.4 |
Main earner: to 24 years | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 216.4 | 4.3 | 19.7 | 13.5 |
Main earner: 25 to 44 years | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 722.7 | 16.4 | 22.7 | 14.5 |
Main earner: 45 to 64 years | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 403.0 | 5.2 | 12.8 | 5.5 |
Main earner: 65 years or older | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 33.1 | 0.6 | 19.1 | 11.3 |
Main earner: 25 to 34 years | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 500.8 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 17.1 |
Main earner: 35 to 44 years | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 221.9 | 3.9 | 17.5 | 9.4 |
Main earner: 45 to 54 years | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 210.2 | 2.1 | 10.2 | 3.7 |
Main earner: 55 to 64 years | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 192.8 | 3.0 | 15.6 | 8.3 |
Main earner: 65 to 74 years | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 29.6 | 0.6 | 19.2 | 11.5 |
Main earner: 75 to 84 years | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 3.2 | 0.1 | 18.2 | 10.2 |
Main earner: 85 years or older | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 0.3 | 0.0 | 16.1 | 7.8 |
Main earner: Dutch background | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | . | . | . | . |
Main earner: western background | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | . | . | . | . |
Main earner: non-western background | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | . | . | . | . |
Source: Income as employee/self-employe | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 1,227.5 | 24.2 | 19.7 | 11.7 |
Source: Income as employee | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 1,078.5 | 21.6 | 20.0 | 12.0 |
Source: Income as self-employed (total) | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 149.0 | 2.7 | 18.0 | 10.0 |
Source: Income as self-employed | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 111.2 | 2.0 | 18.0 | 10.0 |
Source: Income as major shareholder | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 31.1 | 0.5 | 17.2 | 9.1 |
Source: Income as other self-employed | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 6.6 | 0.2 | 23.1 | 16.6 |
Source: Transfer income | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 147.7 | 2.2 | 15.1 | 7.6 |
Source: Income insurance benefit | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 56.5 | 0.9 | 16.7 | 8.8 |
Source: Unemployment benefit | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 4.6 | 0.1 | 19.2 | 10.8 |
Source: Sickness/Disability benefit | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 26.9 | 0.4 | 14.9 | 7.0 |
Source: Old-age/survivors pension | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 25.0 | 0.5 | 18.2 | 10.6 |
Source: Social provisions benefit | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 75.9 | 1.1 | 14.9 | 6.9 |
Source: Social assistance benefit | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 47.2 | 0.6 | 12.4 | 5.2 |
Source: Social provisions, n.e.c. | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 28.8 | 0.5 | 18.9 | 11.6 |
Source: Student grant | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 15.3 | 0.2 | 10.6 | 6.3 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 601.8 | 9.6 | 16.0 | 8.8 |
Home ownership: Rent | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 773.5 | 16.8 | 21.8 | 13.7 |
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 513.9 | 11.9 | 23.1 | 15.3 |
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 259.6 | 5.0 | 19.1 | 10.4 |
Equivalised income: 1st 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 237.6 | 4.9 | 20.4 | 13.8 |
Equivalised income: 2nd 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 93.1 | 1.7 | 17.8 | 8.9 |
Equivalised income: 3rd 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 88.2 | 1.6 | 18.5 | 9.6 |
Equivalised income: 4th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 113.4 | 2.2 | 19.2 | 10.6 |
Equivalised income: 5th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 119.6 | 2.3 | 19.3 | 11.0 |
Equivalised income: 6th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 123.0 | 2.2 | 18.3 | 10.0 |
Equivalised income: 7th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 131.9 | 2.4 | 18.3 | 10.1 |
Equivalised income: 8th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 150.9 | 2.8 | 18.8 | 10.7 |
Equivalised income: 9th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 167.0 | 3.3 | 19.6 | 11.6 |
Equivalised income: 10th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 150.4 | 3.1 | 20.3 | 12.6 |
Wealth: 1st 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 509.8 | 14.7 | 28.9 | 22.3 |
Wealth: 2nd 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 82.9 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 1.8 |
Wealth: 3rd 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 88.6 | 0.9 | 9.7 | 4.4 |
Wealth: 4th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 107.4 | 1.6 | 14.9 | 8.5 |
Wealth: 5th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 137.9 | 2.3 | 16.8 | 9.9 |
Wealth: 6th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 121.8 | 1.8 | 14.6 | 8.0 |
Wealth: 7th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 99.3 | 1.4 | 14.0 | 7.6 |
Wealth: 8th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 82.4 | 1.2 | 14.1 | 7.7 |
Wealth: 9th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 73.1 | 1.1 | 14.4 | 7.8 |
Wealth: 10th 10%-group | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 72.0 | 1.1 | 15.6 | 8.2 |
Wealh: to -4 999 euros | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 435.7 | 14.2 | 32.5 | 26.6 |
Wealth: -5 000 to <0 euros | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 115.6 | 0.8 | 6.9 | 3.7 |
Wealth: 0 to 999 euros | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 24.1 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 1.4 |
Wealth: 1 000 to 4 999 euros | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 53.9 | 0.4 | 7.6 | 2.8 |
Wealth: 5 000 to 9 999 euros | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 38.4 | 0.4 | 10.3 | 5.0 |
Wealth: 10 000 to 19 999 euros | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 47.7 | 0.6 | 12.6 | 7.0 |
Wealth: 20 000 to 49 999 euros | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 72.9 | 1.2 | 15.8 | 9.2 |
Wealth: 50 000 to 99 999 euros | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 81.8 | 1.4 | 17.4 | 10.5 |
Wealth: 100 000 to 199 999 euros | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 153.9 | 2.3 | 15.1 | 8.5 |
Wealth: 200 000 to 499 999 euros | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 234.7 | 3.3 | 14.1 | 7.7 |
Wealth: 500 000 to <1 million euros | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 79.7 | 1.2 | 14.7 | 8.0 |
Wealth: 1 million euro or more | 2.2 Education loans | 2022* | 36.8 | 0.6 | 16.2 | 8.4 |
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
- 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.