Income distribution of households; National Accounts

Income distribution of households; National Accounts

Characteristics of households Periods Total amount Uses Consumption of fixed capital (million euros) Average amount Uses Consumption of fixed capital (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Uses Consumption of fixed capital (1,000 euro) Share in adjusted disposable income Uses Consumption of fixed capital (%)
Total 2021* 35,461 4.2 2.9 5.9
Disposable income: 1st 20%-group 2021* 2,252 1.3 1.1 4.0
Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 3,129 1.9 1.4 3.6
Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 5,726 3.4 2.2 5.2
Disposable income: 4th 20%-group 2021* 8,051 4.8 3.0 5.9
Disposable income: 5th 20%-group 2021* 16,303 9.8 6.0 7.8
Type: Single man 2021* 3,519 2.3 2.4 5.9
Type: Single woman 2021* 2,825 1.8 1.8 4.4
Type: One-parent family 2021* 1,938 3.4 2.1 4.8
Type: Couple, with child(ren) 2021* 14,899 7.6 3.5 6.4
Type: Couple, no children 2021* 10,651 4.7 3.2 6.3
Other types of households 2021* 1,629 3.1 2.2 5.2
Source of income: mixed income 2021* 10,513 12.7 7.9 11.5
Source of income: compensation of employ 2021* 17,757 4.2 2.6 5.2
Source of income: old age benefits 2021* 5,611 2.6 2.1 4.6
Source of income: other 2021* 1,580 1.4 1.1 3.8
Main earner: to 35 years 2021* 4,926 2.8 2.1 5.3
Main earner: 35 to 50 years 2021* 10,226 5.2 3.0 6.0
Main earner: 50 to 65 years 2021* 12,927 5.6 3.5 6.7
Main earner: 65 years or older 2021* 7,382 3.1 2.5 5.2
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home 2021* 30,685 6.9 4.1 7.5
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy 2021* 1,093 0.8 0.6 1.8
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy 2021* 3,106 1.5 1.1 2.8
Home ownership: Other 2021* 577 1.6 1.5 4.4
Net worth: 1st 20%-group 2021* 2,337 1.4 1.2 3.5
Net worth: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 1,972 1.2 0.9 2.3
Net worth: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 5,424 3.2 2.1 4.7
Net worth: 4th 20%-group 2021* 9,141 5.5 3.3 6.5
Net worth: 5th 20%-group 2021* 16,587 9.9 5.8 8.7
Source: CBS.
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This table describes the income distribution 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, because national accounts figures are changed due to the revision policy of Statistics Netherlands. 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
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
Consumption of fixed capital
The decline in value of fixed assets owned, as a result of normal wear and tear and obsolescence.

For the estimation of the consumption of fixed capital the perpetual inventory method (PIM) is applied. The capital stock at the beginning of the year is brought to replacement value because of price changes. The fixed capital formation during the year is added to this capital stock. Next it is diminished with the value of capital goods discarded. This gives to value of capital stock at the end of the year. The consumption of fixed obtained by applying a depreciation percentage.
This method may differ considerably from the method used to calculate depreciation in business accounts, which is based on historical costs or fiscal life span.
Average amount
Amount per household.
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
Consumption of fixed capital
The decline in value of fixed assets owned, as a result of normal wear and tear and obsolescence.

For the estimation of the consumption of fixed capital the perpetual inventory method (PIM) is applied. The capital stock at the beginning of the year is brought to replacement value because of price changes. The fixed capital formation during the year is added to this capital stock. Next it is diminished with the value of capital goods discarded. This gives to value of capital stock at the end of the year. The consumption of fixed obtained by applying a depreciation percentage.
This method may differ considerably from the method used to calculate depreciation in business accounts, which is based on historical costs or fiscal life span.
Standardised amount
Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
Consumption of fixed capital
The decline in value of fixed assets owned, as a result of normal wear and tear and obsolescence.

For the estimation of the consumption of fixed capital the perpetual inventory method (PIM) is applied. The capital stock at the beginning of the year is brought to replacement value because of price changes. The fixed capital formation during the year is added to this capital stock. Next it is diminished with the value of capital goods discarded. This gives to value of capital stock at the end of the year. The consumption of fixed obtained by applying a depreciation percentage.
This method may differ considerably from the method used to calculate depreciation in business accounts, which is based on historical costs or fiscal life span.
Share in adjusted disposable income
Percentage in gross adjusted disposable income
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
Consumption of fixed capital
The decline in value of fixed assets owned, as a result of normal wear and tear and obsolescence.

For the estimation of the consumption of fixed capital the perpetual inventory method (PIM) is applied. The capital stock at the beginning of the year is brought to replacement value because of price changes. The fixed capital formation during the year is added to this capital stock. Next it is diminished with the value of capital goods discarded. This gives to value of capital stock at the end of the year. The consumption of fixed obtained by applying a depreciation percentage.
This method may differ considerably from the method used to calculate depreciation in business accounts, which is based on historical costs or fiscal life span.