Receivers of inheritances(with tax-registration); characteristics receivers

Receivers of inheritances(with tax-registration); characteristics receivers

Connection with the deceased person Characteristics receiver of inheritance Periods Number of receivers (x 1,000) Gross received inheritance Total gross received inheritance (million euros) Gross received inheritance Median gross received inheritance (1,000 euros) Tax due Total amount of tax due (million euros) Tax due Mean amount of tax due (1,000 euros) Net received inheritance Total net received inheritance (million euros) Net received inheritance Median net received inheritance (1,000 euros)
Connection with deceased person: total SEC: other (without income) 2021* 6.5 475.1 30.7 64.3 10.0 410.7 28.3
Connection with deceased person: total Equivalised income: 1st 10%-group 2021* 9.6 684.9 22.1 86.7 9.0 598.2 21.3
Connection with deceased person: total Equivalised income: 2nd 10%-group 2021* 10.0 534.9 22.3 62.1 6.2 472.8 21.3
Connection with deceased person: total Equivalised income: 3rd 10%-group 2021* 12.7 681.3 23.8 80.5 6.3 600.8 21.5
Connection with deceased person: total Equivalised income: 4th 10%-group 2021* 16.8 956.8 27.3 98.8 5.9 858.0 25.2
Connection with deceased person: total Equivalised income: 5th 10%-group 2021* 20.0 1,151.7 28.0 117.3 5.9 1,034.4 25.7
Connection with deceased person: total Equivalised income: 6th 10%-group 2021* 22.2 1,295.3 28.0 133.3 6.0 1,162.0 25.8
Connection with deceased person: total Equivalised income: 7th 10%-group 2021* 24.7 1,424.3 27.9 144.8 5.9 1,279.5 25.9
Connection with deceased person: total Equivalised income: 8th 10%-group 2021* 27.9 1,690.1 28.7 171.0 6.1 1,519.1 26.6
Connection with deceased person: total Equivalised income: 9th 10%-group 2021* 32.5 2,103.2 29.4 215.6 6.6 1,887.6 27.5
Connection with deceased person: total Equivalised income: 10th 10%-group 2021* 39.6 3,244.0 33.2 353.7 8.9 2,890.4 30.6
Connection with deceased person: total Equivalised income: income unknown 2021* 2.9 169.7 23.4 18.2 6.4 151.5 22.0
Connection with deceased person: total Equivalised income: unknown 2021* 13.2 1,093.6 25.0 117.6 8.9 976.0 23.0
Connection with deceased person: partner SEC: other (without income) 2021* 0.1 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: partner Equivalised income: 1st 10%-group 2021* 0.8 112.5 54.9 1.5 1.7 111.0 54.9
Connection with deceased person: partner Equivalised income: 2nd 10%-group 2021* 1.3 130.6 53.9 1.3 1.0 129.3 53.9
Connection with deceased person: partner Equivalised income: 3rd 10%-group 2021* 2.4 208.3 59.5 1.2 0.5 207.0 59.5
Connection with deceased person: partner Equivalised income: 4th 10%-group 2021* 3.6 332.1 69.0 0.8 0.2 331.4 68.9
Connection with deceased person: partner Equivalised income: 5th 10%-group 2021* 3.4 363.8 77.6 1.0 0.3 362.9 77.6
Connection with deceased person: partner Equivalised income: 6th 10%-group 2021* 3.1 352.5 81.1 1.0 0.3 351.6 81.0
Connection with deceased person: partner Equivalised income: 7th 10%-group 2021* 3.0 363.4 87.5 0.8 0.2 362.7 87.5
Connection with deceased person: partner Equivalised income: 8th 10%-group 2021* 2.9 404.4 100.9 2.0 0.7 402.4 100.9
Connection with deceased person: partner Equivalised income: 9th 10%-group 2021* 2.7 462.5 123.4 2.4 0.9 460.2 123.4
Connection with deceased person: partner Equivalised income: 10th 10%-group 2021* 2.7 723.6 170.3 11.9 4.3 711.7 170.3
Connection with deceased person: partner Equivalised income: income unknown 2021* 0.9 72.6 45.3 1.9 2.2 70.7 45.3
Connection with deceased person: partner Equivalised income: unknown 2021* 0.1 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: parent SEC: other (without income) 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: parent Equivalised income: 1st 10%-group 2021* 0.1 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: parent Equivalised income: 2nd 10%-group 2021* 0.2 5.2 13.5 0.9 5.7 4.3 12.6
Connection with deceased person: parent Equivalised income: 3rd 10%-group 2021* 0.2 9.2 21.0 1.1 4.8 8.1 21.0
Connection with deceased person: parent Equivalised income: 4th 10%-group 2021* 0.2 7.1 17.9 0.5 2.4 6.7 17.9
Connection with deceased person: parent Equivalised income: 5th 10%-group 2021* 0.2 6.4 20.1 0.8 4.2 5.6 20.1
Connection with deceased person: parent Equivalised income: 6th 10%-group 2021* 0.1 5.6 22.1 0.8 5.1 4.8 22.1
Connection with deceased person: parent Equivalised income: 7th 10%-group 2021* 0.1 3.6 13.4 0.3 2.2 3.3 13.4
Connection with deceased person: parent Equivalised income: 8th 10%-group 2021* 0.1 5.4 24.3 0.8 6.2 4.6 24.3
Connection with deceased person: parent Equivalised income: 9th 10%-group 2021* 0.1 4.0 13.6 0.6 5.1 3.4 13.6
Connection with deceased person: parent Equivalised income: 10th 10%-group 2021* 0.1 3.7 13.9 0.4 3.4 3.2 13.9
Connection with deceased person: parent Equivalised income: income unknown 2021* 0.1 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: parent Equivalised income: unknown 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: child SEC: other (without income) 2021* 4.4 381.6 39.8 43.4 9.8 338.2 38.0
Connection with deceased person: child Equivalised income: 1st 10%-group 2021* 4.5 426.6 39.3 51.1 11.3 375.5 37.6
Connection with deceased person: child Equivalised income: 2nd 10%-group 2021* 4.2 272.9 33.9 25.9 6.1 247.0 32.7
Connection with deceased person: child Equivalised income: 3rd 10%-group 2021* 4.4 276.8 33.5 25.0 5.7 251.8 32.3
Connection with deceased person: child Equivalised income: 4th 10%-group 2021* 6.5 398.7 33.0 37.2 5.7 361.5 31.8
Connection with deceased person: child Equivalised income: 5th 10%-group 2021* 8.8 524.9 33.4 46.0 5.2 479.0 32.2
Connection with deceased person: child Equivalised income: 6th 10%-group 2021* 10.9 665.7 34.7 58.7 5.4 607.0 33.4
Connection with deceased person: child Equivalised income: 7th 10%-group 2021* 12.8 764.9 35.1 64.8 5.0 700.1 33.8
Connection with deceased person: child Equivalised income: 8th 10%-group 2021* 15.4 969.7 36.0 86.2 5.6 883.5 34.5
Connection with deceased person: child Equivalised income: 9th 10%-group 2021* 19.1 1,274.2 37.9 117.6 6.1 1,156.7 36.2
Connection with deceased person: child Equivalised income: 10th 10%-group 2021* 24.6 2,040.8 43.3 215.2 8.7 1,825.6 41.1
Connection with deceased person: child Equivalised income: income unknown 2021* 0.9 61.3 28.9 6.6 7.3 54.7 28.1
Connection with deceased person: child Equivalised income: unknown 2021* 5.8 485.1 46.4 51.5 8.9 433.6 44.0
Connection with deceased person: grandch SEC: other (without income) 2021* 0.2 5.1 20.0 0.4 1.6 4.7 20.0
Connection with deceased person: grandch Equivalised income: 1st 10%-group 2021* 2.0 49.7 20.0 5.0 2.5 44.7 20.0
Connection with deceased person: grandch Equivalised income: 2nd 10%-group 2021* 0.8 16.7 15.0 1.2 1.6 15.4 15.0
Connection with deceased person: grandch Equivalised income: 3rd 10%-group 2021* 0.8 18.7 16.4 1.5 1.8 17.2 16.4
Connection with deceased person: grandch Equivalised income: 4th 10%-group 2021* 1.3 22.5 15.0 1.1 0.9 21.4 15.0
Connection with deceased person: grandch Equivalised income: 5th 10%-group 2021* 1.8 33.5 15.8 1.7 1.0 31.8 15.8
Connection with deceased person: grandch Equivalised income: 6th 10%-group 2021* 2.1 39.7 16.2 2.0 0.9 37.8 16.2
Connection with deceased person: grandch Equivalised income: 7th 10%-group 2021* 2.4 44.2 19.2 2.2 0.9 42.0 19.2
Connection with deceased person: grandch Equivalised income: 8th 10%-group 2021* 2.8 51.6 17.0 2.6 0.9 49.0 17.0
Connection with deceased person: grandch Equivalised income: 9th 10%-group 2021* 3.4 62.5 18.5 2.8 0.8 59.6 18.5
Connection with deceased person: grandch Equivalised income: 10th 10%-group 2021* 4.3 84.6 20.6 4.0 0.9 80.6 20.6
Connection with deceased person: grandch Equivalised income: income unknown 2021* 0.2 2.6 15.0 0.1 0.6 2.6 15.0
Connection with deceased person: grandch Equivalised income: unknown 2021* 1.4 31.8 20.0 2.1 1.5 29.7 20.0
Connection with deceased person: soc org SEC: other (without income) 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: soc org Equivalised income: 1st 10%-group 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: soc org Equivalised income: 2nd 10%-group 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: soc org Equivalised income: 3rd 10%-group 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: soc org Equivalised income: 4th 10%-group 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: soc org Equivalised income: 5th 10%-group 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: soc org Equivalised income: 6th 10%-group 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: soc org Equivalised income: 7th 10%-group 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: soc org Equivalised income: 8th 10%-group 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: soc org Equivalised income: 9th 10%-group 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: soc org Equivalised income: 10th 10%-group 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: soc org Equivalised income: income unknown 2021* 0.0 . . . . . .
Connection with deceased person: soc org Equivalised income: unknown 2021* 2.0 360.6 18.5 0.0 0.0 360.5 18.5
Connection with deceased person: other SEC: other (without income) 2021* 1.7 64.0 10.0 19.8 11.7 44.2 7.7
Connection with deceased person: other Equivalised income: 1st 10%-group 2021* 2.2 94.0 11.3 28.9 13.1 65.1 8.6
Connection with deceased person: other Equivalised income: 2nd 10%-group 2021* 3.5 109.4 9.7 32.7 9.4 76.8 7.4
Connection with deceased person: other Equivalised income: 3rd 10%-group 2021* 4.8 168.3 11.0 51.6 10.7 116.7 8.4
Connection with deceased person: other Equivalised income: 4th 10%-group 2021* 5.3 196.3 11.2 59.3 11.2 137.1 8.5
Connection with deceased person: other Equivalised income: 5th 10%-group 2021* 5.8 223.1 10.8 67.9 11.8 155.2 8.2
Connection with deceased person: other Equivalised income: 6th 10%-group 2021* 5.9 231.8 10.7 70.9 12.1 160.9 8.1
Connection with deceased person: other Equivalised income: 7th 10%-group 2021* 6.3 248.1 10.3 76.8 12.2 171.4 7.9
Connection with deceased person: other Equivalised income: 8th 10%-group 2021* 6.7 259.0 10.4 79.4 11.9 179.6 8.0
Connection with deceased person: other Equivalised income: 9th 10%-group 2021* 7.2 299.9 10.6 92.2 12.8 207.7 8.1
Connection with deceased person: other Equivalised income: 10th 10%-group 2021* 7.8 391.3 12.3 122.1 15.7 269.2 9.3
Connection with deceased person: other Equivalised income: income unknown 2021* 0.9 30.3 10.1 9.2 10.3 21.1 7.8
Connection with deceased person: other Equivalised income: unknown 2021* 3.9 199.0 13.1 63.4 16.4 135.7 9.8
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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This table shows statistics about receivers of the inherited wealth of deceased persons. The inheritances are made up for all receivers of inheritances with an tax-registration on the inheritance available.

Because of the revision of the income statistics, there are some remarkable differences between 2010 and 2011. From 2007 until 2010 background characteristics of receivers represent the situation on the 31st of December in that year. From 2011 onwards characteristics from receivers represent the situation on the 1st of January of the given year.

Data available from: 2007.

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2007 to 2019 are final. The figures for 2020 and 2021 are preliminary.

Changes as of 3 November 2023:
Figures for 2019 are finalized. Preliminary figures for 2020 and 2021 are added.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be published in the second half of 2024.

Description topics

Number of receivers
Number of receivers that inherited wealth of a deceased person with a tax-registration on inheritances available in the year of publication.
Gross received inheritance
Total gross received inheritance
The total gross received inheritance is the inherited wealth before deduction of tax.

Median gross received inheritance
The medain gross received inheritance is the median amount of gross inherited wealth.
Ranking inheritances from high to low, the median is equal to the wealth of the central inheritance. Half of the gross inheritances is higher, the other half is lower.
Tax due
Total amount of tax due
Total sum of the amount of taxes due on received inheritances.

Mean amount of tax due
Mean amount of tax due on received inheritances.

Net received inheritance
Total net received inheritance
The total net received inheritance is the gross inherited wealth minus the amount due to taxes.

Median net received inheritance
The median net received inheritance is the median amount of gross inherited wealth minus the amount due to taxes
Ranking inheritances from high to low, the median is equal to the wealth of the central inheritance. Half of the nett inheritances is higher, the other half is lower.