Wealth distribution of households; National Accounts
| Characteristics of households | Periods | Total amount Assets Equity, investment fund shares or units (million euros) | Average amount Assets Equity, investment fund shares or units (1,000 euro) | Standardised amount Assets Equity, investment fund shares or units (1,000 euro) | Share in total net worth Assets Equity, investment fund shares or units (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2021* | 417,125 | 50.2 | 33.7 | 9.4 |
| Disposable income: 1st 20%-group | 2021* | 40,915 | 24.6 | 19.7 | 13.3 |
| Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group | 2021* | 20,673 | 12.5 | 8.9 | 4.6 |
| Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group | 2021* | 31,844 | 19.2 | 12.3 | 4.1 |
| Disposable income: 4th 20%-group | 2021* | 52,598 | 31.7 | 19.5 | 4.9 |
| Disposable income: 5th 20%-group | 2021* | 271,095 | 163.3 | 100.1 | 14.7 |
| Type: Single man | 2021* | 42,569 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 9.7 |
| Type: Single woman | 2021* | 30,760 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 6.6 |
| Type: One-parent family | 2021* | 12,567 | 22.4 | 13.7 | 6.9 |
| Type: Couple, with child(ren) | 2021* | 153,931 | 79.3 | 35.7 | 10.8 |
| Type: Couple, no children | 2021* | 165,061 | 74.0 | 49.2 | 9.2 |
| Other types of households | 2021* | 12,237 | 23.8 | 16.4 | 9.4 |
| Source of income: mixed income | 2021* | 158,983 | 192.6 | 118.9 | 20.2 |
| Source of income: compensation of employ | 2021* | 185,325 | 43.9 | 26.7 | 8.5 |
| Source of income: old age benefits | 2021* | 68,459 | 31.9 | 25.7 | 5.2 |
| Source of income: other | 2021* | 4,358 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
| Main earner: to 35 years | 2021* | 13,388 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 6.4 |
| Main earner: 35 to 50 years | 2021* | 79,357 | 40.7 | 23.2 | 9.3 |
| Main earner: 50 to 65 years | 2021* | 178,088 | 78.1 | 48.3 | 9.7 |
| Main earner: 65 years or older | 2021* | 146,292 | 62.5 | 49.2 | 9.5 |
| Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 2021* | 385,174 | 86.7 | 52.1 | 10.0 |
| Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy | 2021* | 507 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy | 2021* | 28,811 | 14.0 | 10.5 | 6.5 |
| Home ownership: Other | 2021* | 2,633 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 8.9 |
| Net worth: 1st 20%-group | 2021* | 2,527 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 20.7 |
| Net worth: 2nd 20%-group | 2021* | 2,402 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Net worth: 3rd 20%-group | 2021* | 7,505 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 1.4 |
| Net worth: 4th 20%-group | 2021* | 22,366 | 13.5 | 8.1 | 2.1 |
| Net worth: 5th 20%-group | 2021* | 382,325 | 230.3 | 134.6 | 14.2 |
| 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.
- Equity and investment fund shares or units are claims, which are -fully, or partly- entitled to a share in profits or in the own funds in case of liquidation. Included is the value of capital formation by the government in public enterprises (quasi-corporations) that belong to the government.
Equity and investment fund shares or units are residual claims on the assets of the Equity and investment fund shares or units include:
- listed shares
- unlisted shares - other equity
- investment fund shares or units
- Equity and investment fund shares or units are claims, which are -fully, or partly- entitled to a share in profits or in the own funds in case of liquidation. Included is the value of capital formation by the government in public enterprises (quasi-corporations) that belong to the government.
- 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.
- Equity and investment fund shares or units are claims, which are -fully, or partly- entitled to a share in profits or in the own funds in case of liquidation. Included is the value of capital formation by the government in public enterprises (quasi-corporations) that belong to the government.
Equity and investment fund shares or units are residual claims on the assets of the Equity and investment fund shares or units include:
- listed shares
- unlisted shares - other equity
- investment fund shares or units
- Equity and investment fund shares or units are claims, which are -fully, or partly- entitled to a share in profits or in the own funds in case of liquidation. Included is the value of capital formation by the government in public enterprises (quasi-corporations) that belong to the government.
- 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.
- Equity and investment fund shares or units are claims, which are -fully, or partly- entitled to a share in profits or in the own funds in case of liquidation. Included is the value of capital formation by the government in public enterprises (quasi-corporations) that belong to the government.
Equity and investment fund shares or units are residual claims on the assets of the Equity and investment fund shares or units include:
- listed shares
- unlisted shares - other equity
- investment fund shares or units
- Equity and investment fund shares or units are claims, which are -fully, or partly- entitled to a share in profits or in the own funds in case of liquidation. Included is the value of capital formation by the government in public enterprises (quasi-corporations) that belong to the government.
- 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.
- Equity and investment fund shares or units are claims, which are -fully, or partly- entitled to a share in profits or in the own funds in case of liquidation. Included is the value of capital formation by the government in public enterprises (quasi-corporations) that belong to the government.
Equity and investment fund shares or units are residual claims on the assets of the Equity and investment fund shares or units include:
- listed shares
- unlisted shares - other equity
- investment fund shares or units
- Equity and investment fund shares or units are claims, which are -fully, or partly- entitled to a share in profits or in the own funds in case of liquidation. Included is the value of capital formation by the government in public enterprises (quasi-corporations) that belong to the government.