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Calculate your net worth

Four fields, one number, and where you stand against the French median for your age.

The guide

How to calculate your net worth

Calculating your net worth answers a single question: what would be left if you sold everything you own and repaid everything you owe? That remainder is your net worth. It differs from gross wealth, which adds up your assets without deducting loans — and which, on its own, says nothing about your real situation.

The formula fits on one line: net worth = assets − liabilities. The hard part is not the arithmetic, it is the inventory. People forget a life insurance policy opened ten years ago, count a flat at its purchase price rather than today's value, or use a loan's monthly payment instead of the outstanding capital. The calculator above avoids these mistakes by asking for the right figures in the right place.

Once you have the total, the next question comes on its own: is that a lot? The only honest comparison is with the median household of your age — not the average, which a few very large fortunes pull upward. Our article on wealth by age group explains how to read those figures without fooling yourself.

Four steps to estimate your net worth

  1. Value property at market price

    Main home, second home, rental property: use the price it would sell for today, not what you paid. Public transaction records give a reliable estimate from recent sales in your area.

  2. Add up savings and investments

    Savings accounts, current accounts, life insurance, share plans, brokerage accounts, pension savings, crypto. Take the surrender value or today's price. A life insurance policy counts for what it is worth now, not what you paid in.

  3. Count other assets with resale value

    Vehicles, company shares, valuables. Many people leave them out for simplicity, and that is reasonable: they depreciate fast and weigh little. Include them only if they genuinely change the total.

  4. Deduct debts at outstanding capital

    Mortgage, car loan, consumer credit, overdraft. The figure to use is the capital still to be repaid, shown on your amortisation schedule — never the monthly payment, never the amount originally borrowed.

Median net worth in France by age

The orders of magnitude below come from INSEE's Household Wealth survey. They describe the middle household of each age group: half own less, half own more. These are the values the calculator compares your figure with.

Age groupMedian net worth
Under 30~ €15,000
30 to 39~ €85,000
40 to 49~ €160,000
50 to 59~ €210,000
60 to 69~ €250,000
70 and over~ €175,000

Rounded figures. They hide wide gaps between owners and renters, between heirs and those starting from zero, between Paris and the regions.

The calculation only has value when repeated. A net worth of €60,000 growing by €10,000 a year tells a better story than €150,000 standing still. To go further, our step-by-step guide to calculating your net worth walks through each stage with a worked example, the debt ratio measures how much of your assets is financed by credit, and a full wealth review gives you a method to repeat the exercise every year.

This number will change next month

Net worth only means something when tracked over time. With a free account you keep these figures, update them whenever you like, and watch the curve. Not decided yet? The demo shows the app with sample data.

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Frequently asked questions

Everything you own minus everything you owe. A €300,000 flat with €200,000 still owed counts as €100,000 of net worth, not €300,000.

Yes. It is part of your wealth even if you never intend to sell it. Do subtract the outstanding mortgage capital in the Debts field.

Count them under Savings and investments. That money belongs to you, even if it is locked until retirement.

Compare it with the median of your age group, not the average — that is what the calculator does. And remember that the gap is mostly explained by inheritance, local property prices and life timing: the trajectory matters more than the level.

No. The calculation happens in your browser and your figures disappear when you close the tab. We only record, anonymously, that the page was viewed and a calculation was made — never the amounts. To keep your figures, you need an account.