Income, consumption, wealth of households: key figures; National Accounts
| Characteristics of households | Periods | Total amount Income Compensation of employees (million euros) | Average amount Income Compensation of employees (1,000 euro) | Standardised amount Income Compensation of employees (1,000 euro) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2021* | 408,557 | 48.9 | 33.0 |
| Disposable income: 1st 20%-group | 2021* | 7,521 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group | 2021* | 30,235 | 18.1 | 13.1 |
| Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group | 2021* | 72,290 | 43.3 | 28.0 |
| Disposable income: 4th 20%-group | 2021* | 118,185 | 70.8 | 43.8 |
| Disposable income: 5th 20%-group | 2021* | 180,326 | 108.0 | 66.6 |
| Type: Single man | 2021* | 40,990 | 27.3 | 27.4 |
| Type: Single woman | 2021* | 25,390 | 16.1 | 16.2 |
| Type: One-parent family | 2021* | 23,387 | 41.4 | 25.5 |
| Type: Couple, with child(ren) | 2021* | 200,564 | 102.8 | 46.5 |
| Type: Couple, no children | 2021* | 104,297 | 46.5 | 31.1 |
| Other types of households | 2021* | 13,929 | 26.9 | 18.7 |
| Source of income: mixed income | 2021* | 15,089 | 18.2 | 11.3 |
| Source of income: compensation of employ | 2021* | 386,346 | 91.1 | 55.6 |
| Source of income: old age benefits | 2021* | 3,132 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Source of income: other | 2021* | 3,990 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| Main earner: to 35 years | 2021* | 82,449 | 47.3 | 35.9 |
| Main earner: 35 to 50 years | 2021* | 148,433 | 75.7 | 43.4 |
| Main earner: 50 to 65 years | 2021* | 166,110 | 72.4 | 45.0 |
| Main earner: 65 years or older | 2021* | 11,565 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 2021* | 313,000 | 70.0 | 42.3 |
| Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy | 2021* | 13,176 | 9.1 | 7.1 |
| Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy | 2021* | 79,793 | 38.5 | 29.1 |
| Home ownership: Other | 2021* | 2,588 | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| Net worth: 1st 20%-group | 2021* | 35,164 | 21.1 | 17.4 |
| Net worth: 2nd 20%-group | 2021* | 53,963 | 32.3 | 24.5 |
| Net worth: 3rd 20%-group | 2021* | 89,278 | 53.4 | 34.9 |
| Net worth: 4th 20%-group | 2021* | 103,728 | 62.1 | 37.7 |
| Net worth: 5th 20%-group | 2021* | 126,424 | 75.7 | 44.5 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||
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This table describes the distribution of income, consumption, and wealth components of the sector households in the national accounts over different household groups. Households are identified by main source of income, living situation, household composition, age classes of the head of the household, income class by 20% groups, and net worth class by 20% groups.
Data available from: 2015.
Status of the figures:
All data are provisional.
Changes as of October 19th 2023:
The figures of 2015-2020 are revised. Results for 2021 are added to the table.
When will new figures be published?
New figures will be released in October 2024.
Description topics
- Total amount
- Income
- Receipts from production, wages, social transfers, and property income. Compensation of employees are the wages received for labour, including the social contributions paid for by the employers. Gross operating surplus, gross mixed income and gross disposable income are balancing items. Social transfers in kind are also included, together with disposable income, this leads to the balancing item adjusted disposable income.
- Compensation of employees
- The compensation of employees is the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during an accounting period. The compensation of employees is equal to the sum of wages and salaries and employers' social contributions.
- Average amount
- Amount per household.
- Income
- Receipts from production, wages, social transfers, and property income. Compensation of employees are the wages received for labour, including the social contributions paid for by the employers. Gross operating surplus, gross mixed income and gross disposable income are balancing items. Social transfers in kind are also included, together with disposable income, this leads to the balancing item adjusted disposable income.
- Compensation of employees
- The compensation of employees is the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during an accounting period. The compensation of employees is equal to the sum of wages and salaries and employers' social contributions.
- Standardised amount
- Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
- Income
- Receipts from production, wages, social transfers, and property income. Compensation of employees are the wages received for labour, including the social contributions paid for by the employers. Gross operating surplus, gross mixed income and gross disposable income are balancing items. Social transfers in kind are also included, together with disposable income, this leads to the balancing item adjusted disposable income.
- Compensation of employees
- The compensation of employees is the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during an accounting period. The compensation of employees is equal to the sum of wages and salaries and employers' social contributions.