Income, consumption, wealth of households: key figures; National Accounts
Characteristics of households | Periods | Total amount Wealth Financial liabilities Home mortgages; closing balance (million euros) | Average amount Wealth Financial liabilities Home mortgages; closing balance (1,000 euro) | Standardised amount Wealth Financial liabilities Home mortgages; closing balance (1,000 euro) |
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Total | 2021* | 751,949 | 90.6 | 60.7 |
Disposable income: 1st 20%-group | 2021* | 23,637 | 14.2 | 11.4 |
Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group | 2021* | 55,462 | 33.4 | 23.9 |
Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group | 2021* | 136,314 | 82.1 | 52.8 |
Disposable income: 4th 20%-group | 2021* | 214,405 | 129.1 | 79.4 |
Disposable income: 5th 20%-group | 2021* | 322,131 | 194.0 | 119.0 |
Type: Single man | 2021* | 66,886 | 44.9 | 44.9 |
Type: Single woman | 2021* | 45,821 | 29.3 | 29.3 |
Type: One-parent family | 2021* | 37,448 | 66.7 | 40.8 |
Type: Couple, with child(ren) | 2021* | 369,241 | 190.3 | 85.6 |
Type: Couple, no children | 2021* | 211,192 | 94.7 | 63.0 |
Other types of households | 2021* | 21,361 | 41.5 | 28.7 |
Source of income: mixed income | 2021* | 101,560 | 123.0 | 75.9 |
Source of income: compensation of employ | 2021* | 549,794 | 130.4 | 79.1 |
Source of income: old age benefits | 2021* | 82,016 | 38.2 | 30.8 |
Source of income: other | 2021* | 18,579 | 16.7 | 13.0 |
Main earner: to 35 years | 2021* | 109,125 | 63.0 | 47.5 |
Main earner: 35 to 50 years | 2021* | 293,123 | 150.4 | 85.7 |
Main earner: 50 to 65 years | 2021* | 251,610 | 110.3 | 68.2 |
Main earner: 65 years or older | 2021* | 98,091 | 41.9 | 33.0 |
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 2021* | 742,249 | 167.0 | 100.3 |
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy | 2021* | 930 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy | 2021* | 7,762 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
Home ownership: Other | 2021* | 1,008 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
Net worth: 1st 20%-group | 2021* | 32,204 | 19.4 | 15.9 |
Net worth: 2nd 20%-group | 2021* | 53,118 | 32.0 | 24.1 |
Net worth: 3rd 20%-group | 2021* | 182,490 | 109.9 | 71.3 |
Net worth: 4th 20%-group | 2021* | 228,406 | 137.6 | 83.1 |
Net worth: 5th 20%-group | 2021* | 255,731 | 154.0 | 90.0 |
Source: CBS. |
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This table describes the distribution of income, consumption, and wealth components of the sector households in the national accounts over different household groups. Households are identified by main source of income, living situation, household composition, age classes of the head of the household, income class by 20% groups, and net worth class by 20% groups.
Data available from: 2015.
Status of the figures:
All data are provisional.
Changes as of October 19th 2023:
The figures of 2015-2020 are revised. Results for 2021 are added to the table.
When will new figures be published?
New figures will be released in October 2024.
Description topics
- Total amount
- Wealth
- Wealth components are assets, liabilities, and non-financial assets. The sum of these components equals net worth. Up to and including 2010 these data concern the households sector including the non-profit institutions serving households. From 2011 onwards these NPISH are no longer included.
- Financial liabilities
- Liabilities are debts of households.
- Home mortgages; closing balance
- Total of the home mortgages at the end of the period. These are long-term loans with as collateral the property itself which is occupied by the private person.
- Average amount
- Amount per household.
- Wealth
- Wealth components are assets, liabilities, and non-financial assets. The sum of these components equals net worth.
- Financial liabilities
- Liabilities are debts of households.
- Home mortgages; closing balance
- Total of the home mortgages at the end of the period. These are long-term loans with as collateral the property itself which is occupied by the private person.
- Standardised amount
- Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
- Wealth
- Wealth components are assets, liabilities, and non-financial assets. The sum of these components equals net worth.
- Financial liabilities
- Liabilities are debts of households.
- Home mortgages; closing balance
- Total of the home mortgages at the end of the period. These are long-term loans with as collateral the property itself which is occupied by the private person.