Your assets vs. the average and median

In the opinion survey on financial behavior of households in Reiwa 3, the average assets of households with two or more people is 15.63 million yen. The median is 4.5 million yen.

* The average value refers to the average value of Japanese assets.

* The median refers to the assets of the person who falls in the middle when counted from the bottom.

* The average value is said to be skewed by a small number of wealthy individuals, so the median is said to represent the actual situation.