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56 percent of wealth in the hands of 10 percent of households
All households in the Netherlands combined had over €2.6 trillion in assets at the start of 2023.
Three-quarters of people donate to charity
In 2023, 76 percent of people aged 15 or older reported that their household had donated to charity in the previous twelve months
Wealth of households; components of wealth
Total, mean and median wealth of households household characteristics and components of wealth
People in their twenties earn more today, but are less likely to own a home
People in their twenties are leaving home later, staying in education for longer and are more likely to be employed nowadays compared to ten years ago.
SDG 10.2 Financial sustainability
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10.2 Reduced inequalities: financial sustainability. Financial liabilities of government and households have an impact on well-being of future...
SDG 10.2 Financial sustainability
Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10 Reduced inequalities: financial sustainability. SDG 10.2 aims to reduce inequality. The Dutch population and government incur debts and build up...
A clearer picture of wealth in the Netherlands
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is improving its wealth statistics.
Macroeconomic imbalances factsheet October 2015
The European Union has formulated the so called Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure. By means of a scoreboard, the European Commission judges whether there are (potential) imbalances within the member...
Distribution of income and assets in Netherlands, January 1 2013 (Dutch only)
Customised table on the composition and distribution of Dutch household income and assets per the 1st of January 2013. The table provides data on the income of all private households in 2012 and the...
Macroeconomic imbalances factsheet
The European Union has formulated the so called Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure. By means of a scoreboard, the European Commission judges whether there are (potential) imbalances within the member...
Macroeconomic imbalances factsheet
The European Union has formulated the so called Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure. By means of a scoreboard, the European Commission judges whether there are (potential) imbalances within the member...
A picture of the cultural sector. Contributions by the cultural sector to employment and prosperity (2010-2013) (Dutch only)
Custom-made tables on the number of jobs, working years and self-employed in the cultural sector.Commissioned by: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW).
Income gaps stable and relatively small
The recession, which began late 2008, did not cause income inequality to grow. Income disparities are small in the Netherlands relative to other countries, although income differences between...
Disposable income falls further
Real disposable income of Dutch households fell by 1.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013. Although real disposable income has been decreasing since the third quarter of 2011, this quarter the...
Disposable household income falls again
Real disposable income of Dutch households was 1.1 percent lower in 2013 than in 2012. The decrease was smaller than in 2012, when disposable income fell by 2.2 percent. The decrease in 2013 was...
Personal capital households reduced in 2012
The median personal capital of households in the Netherlands was 27 thousand euros on 1 January 2012, a reduction by 10 percent relative to the beginning of 2011.
Differences in prosperity levels in Europe reduced
The Netherlands was the second most prosperous country in the European Union (EU) in 2011 after Luxembourg. Bulgaria and Romania are the least prosperous countries in the EU. Relative to 1995, the...
More than one million households have 'underwater' mortgages
Early 2011, 4.2 million households in the Netherlands owned the homes they lived in. In more than one million cases, the value of the house was below the mortgage debt level. Since 2008, the...
Income, wealth and main source of income of main earners (Dutch only)
Customised tables on income, wealth and main source of income of main earners aged 55-64 years, 2009-2011. Commissioned by: The Ministery of Social Affairs and Employment.
Prosperity increased in last decades
The disposable income of Dutch households was 33.2 thousand euro on average in 2010.
Personal capital households further reduced
The personal capital of households in the Netherlands has declined further. On 1 January 2011, the median household capital was 29 thousand euro versus 33 thousand euro early 2010, a decline by 12...
More than 12 billion euro left in legacies
People who died in the Netherlands in 2008 left a total of more than 12 billion euro in legacies. This is the equivalent of an average 110 thousand euro per legacy.
Custom-made tables Value of wealth, 2010 (Dutch only)
Custom-made tables on households by possession of own home, age of the main income earner and wealth (excluding) the value of the own home. Results are available on request. Commissioned by: Economic...