[Lev1a]

Rule of thumb I once heard as a German:

"Compared to us the Swiss pay double but earn triple the money".

[AviationAtom]

I could see that. They are consistently ranked as enjoying among the happiest of lifestyles.

[orangepurple]

Germans have a ultra-wealthy upper class which own everything and skew net wealth figures massively. The bottom 50% of German residents by net wealth have nearly nothing compared to those in a similar situation in neighboring EU countries.

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Table A3 Net wealth medians - breakdowns

EUR thousands

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/pdf/research/hfcn/HFCS_Statis...