Wealth Topography
Wealth Topography: Mountains of Assets and Seas of Debt
Households own properties and financial investments, and owe debt. Asset composition varies by country and time due to factors including demographics, financial markets, taxes, preferences, and pensions. Improving our understanding of how households hold wealth can inform policies that promote growth, stability, and fairness in society. Visualize and explore different asset classes as mountains atop seas of debt, retrieving data from national balance sheets, financial accounts, and household surveys.
Wealth Topography
Wealth Composition: All Assets and Debt
Visualize the evolution of household portfolios of assets and debt at the aggregate level for any given country and statistical source.
Wealth Topography
Focus on Specific Components
Visualize the evolution of portfolios of financial, business assets, and debt at the aggregate level for any given country and statistical source.
Comparative View
Asset by Asset Comparison
Compare various countries' evolutions in value of any given class of household asset or debt at the aggregate level according to any given statistical source.
Data Sources Library: Wealth Topography
A full list of sources for this database is available in the Wealth Topography section of the Data Sources Library.