Income from wages, benefits, pensions, interests, dividends, etc. allow households to pay for their consumption of goods and services such as food, clothes, or durables. If not all the income is spent, the remainder is considered as savings. These savings are invested in assets and constitute wealth.
Today, Eurostat is publishing on its website new data on income, consumption and wealth in the dedicated section experimental statistics. These new statistics aim to improve our understanding of what lies behind households' saving and the increase in wealth inequalities. More information can be found here.
Experimental statistics are statistics that have been compiled from new data sources, using new methods. It should be noted that these statistics have not reached full maturity in terms of harmonisation, coverage or methodology.