Wealth distribution of households; National Accounts
| Characteristics of households | Periods | Total amount Assets Insurance, pension and guarantee schemes (million euros) | Average amount Net worth (1,000 euro) | Average amount Assets Insurance, pension and guarantee schemes (1,000 euro) | Standardised amount Assets Insurance, pension and guarantee schemes (1,000 euro) | Share in total net worth Assets Insurance, pension and guarantee schemes (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other types of households | 2021* | 59,625 | 251.6 | 115.8 | 80.2 | 46.0 |
| Source of income: old age benefits | 2021* | 683,445 | 610.3 | 318.6 | 256.6 | 52.2 |
| Main earner: 65 years or older | 2021* | 743,757 | 657.1 | 317.8 | 250.0 | 48.4 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||
Dataset is not available.
This table describes the wealth distribution 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, because national accounts figures are changed due to the revision policy of Statistics Netherlands. 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
- Assets
- Assets are possessions of households. 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.
- Insurance, pension and guarantee schemes
- Insurance, pension and standardised guarantee schemes are divided into six subcategories:
- non-life insurance technical reserves
- life insurance and annuity entitlements
- pension entitlements
- claims of pension funds on pension managers
- entitlements to non-pension benefits
- provisions for calls under standardised guarantees
- Average amount
- Amount per household.
- Net worth
- Net worth equals the financial assets minus the liabilities plus the non-financial assets. Up to and including 2010 these data concern the households sector including the non-profit institutions serving households. From 2011 onwards these non-profit institutions serving households are no longer included for assets and liabilities, but still included in non-financial assets.
- Assets
- Assets are possessions of households. 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.
- Insurance, pension and guarantee schemes
- Insurance, pension and standardised guarantee schemes are divided into six subcategories:
- non-life insurance technical reserves
- life insurance and annuity entitlements
- pension entitlements
- claims of pension funds on pension managers
- entitlements to non-pension benefits
- provisions for calls under standardised guarantees
- Standardised amount
- Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
- Assets
- Assets are possessions of households. 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.
- Insurance, pension and guarantee schemes
- Insurance, pension and standardised guarantee schemes are divided into six subcategories:
- non-life insurance technical reserves
- life insurance and annuity entitlements
- pension entitlements
- claims of pension funds on pension managers
- entitlements to non-pension benefits
- provisions for calls under standardised guarantees
- Share in total net worth
- Percentage share in total net worth.
- Assets
- Assets are possessions of households. 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.
- Insurance, pension and guarantee schemes
- Insurance, pension and standardised guarantee schemes are divided into six subcategories:
- non-life insurance technical reserves
- life insurance and annuity entitlements
- pension entitlements
- claims of pension funds on pension managers
- entitlements to non-pension benefits
- provisions for calls under standardised guarantees