According to the national statistics agency CBS, the number of millionaires in the Netherlands has continued to rise. As of January 2021, 4% of the country's households were millionaires,
a total of 317,000 individuals, up 32,000 from the same period in 2020. This increase in millionaires is based on paper assets that include both property and mortgage debt.
On average, millionaires had €1.6 million in assets, while non-millionaires had an average of €75,000. Only 3% of the total number of millionaires had assets exceeding €10 million. Self-employed individuals made up 60% of the main breadwinners in millionaire households. Bankers, farmers, and landlords were the most likely to have over €1 million in assets.
The areas with the highest concentration of millionaires were the affluent neighborhoods of Bloemendaal and Laren, where property prices are among the highest in the country. Conversely, the towns of Kerkrade, Brunssum, Landgraaf, and Heerlen in Limburg had the fewest number of millionaires, with just 3% of their populations having over €1 million in assets.
In conclusion, the number of millionaires in the Netherlands continues to increase, with bankers, farmers, and landlords topping the list of those most likely to have over €1 million in assets. The affluent neighborhoods of Bloemendaal and Laren have the highest concentration of millionaires, while the towns of Kerkrade, Brunssum, Landgraaf, and Heerlen have the fewest. Photo by Vincent van Zeijst, Wikimedia commons.