Welfare of households; key figures

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Household characteristics Mean expenditures (1 000 euro)
Private households .
Type: Single person household .
Type: Multi-person household .
Type: One-parent family .
Type: Couple, total .
Type: Couple, no children .
Type: Couple, with child(ren) .
Type: Multi-person household, n.e.c. .
Main earner: to 24 years .
Main earner: 25 to 44 years .
Main earner: 45 to 64 years .
Main earner: 65 years or older .
Main earner: Dutch background .
Main earner: western background .
Main earner: non-western background .
Source: Income as employee .
Source: Income as self-employed (total) .
Source: Transfer income .
Source: Income insurance benefit .
Source: Unemployment benefit .
Source: Sickness/Disability benefit .
Source: Old-age/survivors pension .
Source: Social provisions benefit .
Source: Student grant .
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home .
Home ownership: Rent .
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy .
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy .
Equivalised income: 1st 10%-group .
Equivalised income: 2nd 10%-group .
Equivalised income: 3rd 10%-group .
Equivalised income: 4th 10%-group .
Equivalised income: 5th 10%-group .
Equivalised income: 6th 10%-group .
Equivalised income: 7th 10%-group .
Equivalised income: 8th 10%-group .
Equivalised income: 9th 10%-group .
Equivalised income: 10th 10%-group .
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table aims to show the distribution of welfare of private households, measured by their income, expenditures and wealth.
The figures in this table are broken down to different household characteristics.

The population consists of all private households with income on January 1st of the reporting year.
In the population for the subject low-income households, both student households and households with income only for a part of the year have been excluded.

New figures on poverty are based on a new method of measurement. The figures on low income will not be updated from 2024.

Data available from: 2011

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2011 to 2023 are final. The figures for 2024 are preliminary.

Changes as of 8 October 2025:
Figures for 2023 are finalized. Preliminary figures for 2024 are added.

Changes as of 9 February 2022:
The preliminary figures for 2020 concerning ‘Mean expenditures’ have been added.
The topic 'Mean expenditures' only contains 5-annual data, for 2015 and 2020. The data for 2015 for this topic were still preliminary and are now final.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be published in the fall of 2026.

Description topics

Mean expenditures
The mean yearly amount spent by households.

Households spend money on goods and services to fulfil their needs. Such expenditures may have been done in the Netherlands as well as abroad.