For the first time ever, Singaporeans now have official household net worth statistics released by the government. This is a big deal. While we’ve long been able to compare salaries (and many of you have used our popular income comparison tools), understanding wealth has always been harder because wealth data is rarely published in detail. Now, thanks to the Ministry of Finance (MOF), we finally have a clearer picture of how Singapore households stack up. See the MOF press release Occasional Paper on Income Growth, Inequality, and Mobility Trends in Singapore. 👉 Skip to the last section on this page to compare your household wealth! Why This Matters Income tells you how much you earn. Wealth tells you how financially secure you really are. Singapore’s new data shows the distribution of household assets and liabilities across percentiles. This includes:

• Property values
• CPF balances
• Financial assets
• Mortgages and other liabilities

This gives us something we’ve never had before: a way to...