The Bank of Spain has started publishing Households’ Distributional Wealth Accounts (DWA), experimental quarterly statistics designed to show how net wealth and its main components are distributed across different household groups, in a way that is consistent with National Accounts aggregates. The DWA provide breakdowns of net wealth, including debt and housing wealth, across households classified by net wealth level, employment status and housing tenure status. Compiled under a harmonised European System of Central Banks methodology, they combine national accounts aggregates with microdata from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, which for Spain draws on the Bank of Spain’s Survey of Household Finances. The release also includes inequality indicators such as the Gini index and supports international comparisons. Production for Spain has shifted from the European Central Bank to the Bank of Spain starting with data for the fourth quarter of 2024, with data released around five months after the reference period and presented with interactive charts on the Bank of Spain website.
Bank of Spain 2026-01-29
Bank of Spain begins publishing quarterly experimental Distributional Wealth Accounts on household wealth distribution
The Bank of Spain is publishing experimental quarterly Households’ Distributional Wealth Accounts (DWA) to show net wealth distribution across household groups, consistent with National Accounts. Using a harmonised European System of Central Banks methodology, the DWA includes net wealth, debt, housing wealth breakdowns, and inequality indicators like the Gini index. This initiative, previously managed by the European Central Bank, enhances international comparisons and is available with interactive charts on the Bank of Spain website.