Gross wealth

Gross wealth is the total amount of assets held by a household. It includes financial assets, real estate, professional assets and residual assets (cars, jewellery, works of art, etc.). Gross wealth is assessed before deducting any outstanding loans, as opposed to net wealth. Analysing gross wealth amounts to attributing the total value of assets to households, for example, as soon as a property purchase is signed. Net wealth represents the wealth actually held at the time of the survey.