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 | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 7,901.3 | 554.8 | 70.2 | 22.1 |
Type: Single person household | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 2,973.3 | 142.5 | 47.9 | 10.8 |
Type: Multi-person household | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 4,927.9 | 412.3 | 83.7 | 31.2 |
Type: One-parent family | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 560.7 | 21.4 | 38.2 | 9.3 |
Type: Couple, total | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 4,217.7 | 377.2 | 89.4 | 35.0 |
Type: Couple, no children | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 2,260.6 | 223.8 | 99.0 | 37.2 |
Type: Couple, with child(ren) | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 1,957.1 | 153.4 | 78.4 | 32.5 |
Type: Multi-person household, n.e.c. | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 149.5 | 13.7 | 91.3 | 28.9 |
Main earner: to 24 years | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 336.2 | 4.3 | 12.6 | 3.8 |
Main earner: 25 to 44 years | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 2,399.0 | 80.5 | 33.6 | 12.7 |
Main earner: 45 to 64 years | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 2,892.0 | 234.5 | 81.1 | 28.3 |
Main earner: 65 years or older | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 2,274.1 | 235.5 | 103.6 | 34.1 |
Main earner: 25 to 34 years | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 1,185.0 | 30.3 | 25.6 | 10.2 |
Main earner: 35 to 44 years | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 1,214.0 | 50.2 | 41.4 | 16.0 |
Main earner: 45 to 54 years | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 1,419.5 | 98.3 | 69.3 | 25.0 |
Main earner: 55 to 64 years | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 1,472.5 | 136.2 | 92.5 | 32.0 |
Main earner: 65 to 74 years | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 1,209.9 | 122.7 | 101.4 | 35.0 |
Main earner: 75 to 84 years | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 790.5 | 83.7 | 105.8 | 33.8 |
Main earner: 85 years or older | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 273.6 | 29.2 | 106.5 | 31.8 |
Main earner: Dutch background | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | . | . | . | . |
Main earner: western background | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | . | . | . | . |
Main earner: non-western background | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | . | . | . | . |
Source: Income as employee/self-employe | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 5,021.3 | 303.0 | 60.3 | 21.9 |
Source: Income as employee | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 4,234.0 | 230.2 | 54.4 | 20.9 |
Source: Income as self-employed (total) | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 787.3 | 72.7 | 92.4 | 28.3 |
Source: Income as self-employed | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 585.7 | 39.3 | 67.1 | 23.5 |
Source: Income as major shareholder | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 182.0 | 32.4 | 177.9 | 51.9 |
Source: Income as other self-employed | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 19.5 | 1.1 | 54.4 | 7.8 |
Source: Transfer income | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 2,880.0 | 251.9 | 87.5 | 22.6 |
Source: Income insurance benefit | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 2,466.7 | 249.1 | 101.0 | 30.5 |
Source: Unemployment benefit | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 29.5 | 1.8 | 59.3 | 12.6 |
Source: Sickness/Disability benefit | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 255.7 | 7.9 | 31.0 | 5.2 |
Source: Old-age/survivors pension | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 2,181.5 | 239.4 | 109.7 | 34.5 |
Source: Social provisions benefit | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 395.4 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 1.4 |
Source: Social assistance benefit | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 261.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
Source: Social provisions, n.e.c. | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 134.4 | 2.1 | 15.5 | 2.8 |
Source: Student grant | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 17.9 | 0.1 | 6.4 | 1.3 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 4,536.1 | 464.4 | 102.4 | 40.8 |
Home ownership: Rent | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 3,365.2 | 90.4 | 26.9 | 6.3 |
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 1,987.1 | 78.7 | 39.6 | 11.5 |
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 1,378.1 | 11.7 | 8.5 | 2.9 |
Equivalised income: 1st 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 752.5 | 39.4 | 52.3 | 3.0 |
Equivalised income: 2nd 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 775.4 | 19.7 | 25.5 | 3.8 |
Equivalised income: 3rd 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 787.3 | 25.4 | 32.3 | 10.6 |
Equivalised income: 4th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 790.4 | 34.1 | 43.1 | 15.6 |
Equivalised income: 5th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 794.1 | 39.0 | 49.1 | 20.0 |
Equivalised income: 6th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 797.4 | 44.5 | 55.9 | 24.6 |
Equivalised income: 7th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 799.6 | 51.8 | 64.8 | 30.4 |
Equivalised income: 8th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 800.9 | 61.2 | 76.4 | 37.3 |
Equivalised income: 9th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 801.8 | 77.9 | 97.1 | 48.6 |
Equivalised income: 10th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 802.0 | 161.8 | 201.7 | 77.8 |
Wealth: 1st 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 761.8 | 7.6 | 9.9 | 2.4 |
Wealth: 2nd 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 723.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.0 |
Wealth: 3rd 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 802.9 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
Wealth: 4th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 802.3 | 20.3 | 25.3 | 23.1 |
Wealth: 5th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 799.4 | 29.3 | 36.6 | 22.0 |
Wealth: 6th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 800.8 | 29.2 | 36.4 | 22.5 |
Wealth: 7th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 802.0 | 37.4 | 46.6 | 33.9 |
Wealth: 8th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 802.7 | 51.5 | 64.1 | 50.2 |
Wealth: 9th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 803.0 | 82.4 | 102.6 | 80.8 |
Wealth: 10th 10%-group | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 803.2 | 290.2 | 361.3 | 175.0 |
Wealh: to -4 999 euros | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 610.3 | 7.0 | 11.5 | 3.0 |
Wealth: -5 000 to <0 euros | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 300.7 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 0.8 |
Wealth: 0 to 999 euros | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 328.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
Wealth: 1 000 to 4 999 euros | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 612.4 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
Wealth: 5 000 to 9 999 euros | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 325.3 | 2.8 | 8.6 | 7.5 |
Wealth: 10 000 to 19 999 euros | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 374.3 | 5.8 | 15.6 | 14.4 |
Wealth: 20 000 to 49 999 euros | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 536.3 | 15.8 | 29.4 | 28.6 |
Wealth: 50 000 to 99 999 euros | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 472.1 | 18.0 | 38.1 | 29.3 |
Wealth: 100 000 to 199 999 euros | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 956.2 | 33.6 | 35.2 | 20.1 |
Wealth: 200 000 to 499 999 euros | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 2,082.6 | 121.6 | 58.4 | 42.8 |
Wealth: 500 000 to <1 million euros | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 899.9 | 128.7 | 143.0 | 106.7 |
Wealth: 1 million euro or more | 1.1 Financial assets | 2022* | 402.8 | 218.1 | 541.6 | 249.8 |
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.