Wealth of households; components of wealth

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Household characteristics Components of wealth Total wealth (bn euros) Mean wealth (1 000 euros) Median wealth (1 000 euros)
Wealth: 1st 10%-group Wealth -37.1 -45.0 -17.2
Wealth excluding principal residence -19.3 -23.4 -12.3
Wealth: 2nd 10%-group Wealth 0.4 0.5 0.5
Wealth excluding principal residence 0.4 0.5 0.5
Wealth: 3rd 10%-group Wealth 5.1 6.2 5.7
Wealth excluding principal residence 5.0 6.1 5.6
Wealth: 4th 10%-group Wealth 21.4 25.9 24.5
Wealth excluding principal residence 19.3 23.3 22.8
Wealth: 5th 10%-group Wealth 73.3 88.8 87.9
Wealth excluding principal residence 33.0 39.9 38.0
Wealth: 6th 10%-group Wealth 149.0 180.4 180.4
Wealth excluding principal residence 33.6 40.7 23.8
Wealth: 7th 10%-group Wealth 224.8 272.2 271.6
Wealth excluding principal residence 45.7 55.3 38.6
Wealth: 8th 10%-group Wealth 314.8 381.1 379.1
Wealth excluding principal residence 68.1 82.4 61.8
Wealth: 9th 10%-group Wealth 456.7 553.0 543.4
Wealth excluding principal residence 125.5 152.0 121.3
Wealth: 10th 10%-group Wealth 1,546.1 1,872.0 1,056.8
Wealth excluding principal residence 1,069.9 1,295.5 530.4
Wealth: -5 000 to <0 euros Wealth -0.7 -1.8 -1.5
Wealth excluding principal residence -0.6 -1.8 -1.5
Wealth: 0 to 999 euros Wealth 0.1 0.4 0.3
Wealth excluding principal residence 0.1 0.4 0.3
Wealth: 1 000 to 4 999 euros Wealth 1.6 2.6 2.5
Wealth excluding principal residence 1.6 2.6 2.5
Wealth: 5 000 to 9 999 euros Wealth 2.6 7.3 7.2
Wealth excluding principal residence 2.6 7.1 7.1
Wealth: 10 000 to 19 999 euros Wealth 5.8 14.5 14.3
Wealth excluding principal residence 5.6 13.9 14.1
Wealth: 20 000 to 49 999 euros Wealth 19.2 32.6 31.4
Wealth excluding principal residence 16.7 28.5 29.4
Wealth: 50 000 to 99 999 euros Wealth 34.4 73.8 73.2
Wealth excluding principal residence 19.2 41.2 52.7
Wealth: 100 000 to 199 999 euros Wealth 136.5 150.8 151.2
Wealth excluding principal residence 35.3 39.0 21.2
Wealth: 200 000 to 499 999 euros Wealth 703.7 331.1 322.7
Wealth excluding principal residence 151.8 71.4 49.7
Wealth: 500 000 to <1 million euros Wealth 649.9 679.2 649.1
Wealth excluding principal residence 216.4 226.1 184.3
Wealth: 1 million euro or more Wealth 1,237.8 2,739.5 1,550.4
Wealth excluding principal residence 951.3 2,105.4 993.0
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 2023 are final. The figures for 2024 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 8 October 2025:
Update with final figures for 2023 and provisional figures for 2024

When will new figures be published?
New figures for 2025 will be published in the fall of 2026.

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.