Wealth distribution of households; National Accounts

Wealth distribution of households; National Accounts

Characteristics of households Periods Total amount Assets Insurance, pension and guarantee schemes (million euros) 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 (%)
Total 2021* 2,109,954 254.2 170.4 47.5
Disposable income: 1st 20%-group 2021* 169,148 101.9 81.5 55.1
Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 233,548 140.7 100.8 52.1
Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 391,733 235.9 151.8 50.6
Disposable income: 4th 20%-group 2021* 548,218 330.2 202.9 51.2
Disposable income: 5th 20%-group 2021* 767,307 462.1 283.4 41.5
Type: Single man 2021* 207,292 139.0 139.0 47.3
Type: Single woman 2021* 237,604 151.8 151.8 50.6
Type: One-parent family 2021* 92,063 164.0 100.4 50.2
Type: Couple, with child(ren) 2021* 601,269 309.9 139.4 42.0
Type: Couple, no children 2021* 912,101 409.1 272.1 50.8
Other types of households 2021* 59,625 115.8 80.2 46.0
Source of income: mixed income 2021* 190,462 230.8 142.4 24.2
Source of income: compensation of employ 2021* 1,134,774 269.0 163.3 51.8
Source of income: old age benefits 2021* 683,445 318.6 256.6 52.2
Source of income: other 2021* 101,273 91.0 70.7 63.9
Main earner: to 35 years 2021* 56,721 32.8 24.7 27.2
Main earner: 35 to 50 years 2021* 342,559 175.8 100.1 40.1
Main earner: 50 to 65 years 2021* 966,917 423.9 262.0 52.4
Main earner: 65 years or older 2021* 743,757 317.8 250.0 48.4
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home 2021* 1,707,861 384.3 230.8 44.2
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy 2021* 93,367 65.2 50.6 84.4
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy 2021* 294,428 142.9 107.4 66.3
Home ownership: Other 2021* 14,298 39.2 36.2 48.6
Net worth: 1st 20%-group 2021* 34,134 20.6 16.9 279.6
Net worth: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 126,044 75.9 57.1 69.1
Net worth: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 273,855 164.9 107.0 52.2
Net worth: 4th 20%-group 2021* 486,420 293.0 176.9 46.6
Net worth: 5th 20%-group 2021* 1,189,501 716.4 418.7 44.3
Source: CBS.
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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.
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