Medium wealth
The mean wealth or median wealth in a company or group denotes the amount of wealth that lies exactly in the middle between the richer and poorer half of the total amount of all individual assets sorted by amount .
In addition to people, some surveys or studies also use households in a society (often in a country) or in a group as a reference group for the survey of wealth and thus also for the determination of average wealth.
In most cases, average assets are understood to mean the average net assets , i.e. existing assets minus debts or liabilities.
Median net worth
| country | Median net assets in € |
Survey year |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 51,400 | 2010 |
| Belgium | 206.200 | 2010 |
| Greece | 101,900 | 2009 |
| Spain | 182,700 | 2008 |
| France | 115,800 | 2010 |
| Italy | 173,500 | 2010 |
| Cyprus | 266,900 | 2010 |
| Luxembourg | 397,800 | 2010 |
| Malta | 215,900 | 2010 |
| Netherlands | 103,600 | 2009 |
| Austria | 76,400 | 2010 |
| Portugal | 75,200 | 2010 |
| Slovenia | 100,700 | 2010 |
| Slovakia | 61,200 | 2010 |
| Finland | 85,500 | 2009 |
The table opposite shows the mean net wealth of European households in 2010 for the euro countries. The underlying study ( Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey ) was specified by the European Central Bank . The large differences are explained in the corresponding article .
According to a study by the DIW , people over 17 years of age in Germany had an average net wealth of 15,300 euros and an average net wealth ( arithmetic mean ) of 88,000 euros.
Both studies show that the mean wealth in Germany deviates very strongly from the average wealth. The mean wealth is about six times less than the average wealth.