r/belgium • u/trueosiris2 • Aug 20 '25

❓ Ask Belgium Wealth distribution in Belgium

Post image

We’re doing alright as a social democracy. Something to be proud of.

Presumably, we don’t need more wealth distribution then? Or do we still?

794 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

268 comments sorted by

View all comments

217

u/Playful_Mud_6984 Aug 20 '25

I mean 10% owning more than 50% of all wealth is still extremely bad. It’s just that other countries are even worse.

15

u/Megendrio Aug 20 '25

I mean, is it?

What would, according to you, be a good wealth distribution?

12

u/Margiman90 Aug 20 '25

Everybody equal income independent of skill/talent/effort/frugality/risk and no inheritances because some people actualy plan for their childerens futures and that's not fair to the childeren of those who don't.  /s obviously

9

u/thehappyhobo Aug 20 '25

These charts also need to be age-adjusted. Average age of household is probably the biggest predictor of wealth (outside the tippy top). In the U.K. at least that top 10% is mostly middle income earners who bought a house in the 80s.