Income distribution of households; National Accounts

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Income distribution of households; National Accounts
Characteristics of households Periods Total amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Employers' actual social contributions (million euros) Total amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Households' actual social contributions (million euros) Average amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Employers' actual social contributions (1,000 euro) Average amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Households' actual social contributions (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Employers' actual social contributions (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Households' actual social contributions (1,000 euro) Share in adjusted disposable income Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Employers' actual social contributions (%) Share in adjusted disposable income Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Households' actual social contributions (%)
Total 2021* 72,534 84,325 8.7 10.1 5.9 6.8 12.1 14.1
Disposable income: 1st 20%-group 2021* 1,412 7,233 0.8 4.3 0.7 3.5 2.5 12.9
Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 5,798 10,393 3.5 6.2 2.5 4.5 6.7 12.0
Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 13,774 15,672 8.2 9.4 5.3 6.1 12.4 14.1
Disposable income: 4th 20%-group 2021* 22,112 21,437 13.2 12.8 8.2 7.9 16.2 15.7
Disposable income: 5th 20%-group 2021* 29,438 29,590 17.6 17.7 10.9 10.9 14.2 14.2
Type: Single man 2021* 7,323 9,650 4.9 6.4 4.9 6.5 12.4 16.3
Type: Single woman 2021* 4,795 8,319 3.0 5.3 3.1 5.3 7.5 13.1
Type: One-parent family 2021* 4,286 4,794 7.6 8.5 4.7 5.2 10.7 12.0
Type: Couple, with child(ren) 2021* 34,962 31,881 17.9 16.3 8.1 7.4 14.9 13.6
Type: Couple, no children 2021* 18,669 25,838 8.3 11.5 5.6 7.7 11.0 15.3
Other types of households 2021* 2,499 3,843 4.8 7.4 3.4 5.2 8.0 12.3
Source of income: mixed income 2021* 2,533 8,791 3.1 10.6 1.9 6.6 2.8 9.6
Source of income: compensation of employ 2021* 68,814 55,045 16.2 13.0 9.9 7.9 20.1 16.1
Source of income: old age benefits 2021* 452 13,078 0.2 6.1 0.2 4.9 0.4 10.7
Source of income: other 2021* 735 7,411 0.7 6.6 0.5 5.2 1.8 18.0
Main earner: to 35 years 2021* 15,700 14,076 9.0 8.1 6.8 6.1 16.9 15.2
Main earner: 35 to 50 years 2021* 26,070 23,803 13.3 12.1 7.6 7.0 15.3 13.9
Main earner: 50 to 65 years 2021* 29,015 31,490 12.6 13.7 7.9 8.5 15.1 16.4
Main earner: 65 years or older 2021* 1,749 14,956 0.7 6.4 0.6 5.0 1.2 10.5
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home 2021* 54,723 58,256 12.2 13.0 7.4 7.9 13.3 14.2
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy 2021* 2,519 7,126 1.7 4.9 1.4 3.9 4.0 11.4
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy 2021* 14,837 17,578 7.2 8.5 5.4 6.4 13.3 15.8
Home ownership: Other 2021* 455 1,365 1.2 3.7 1.2 3.5 3.5 10.4
Net worth: 1st 20%-group 2021* 6,620 8,447 4.0 5.1 3.3 4.2 10.0 12.7
Net worth: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 10,148 12,199 6.1 7.3 4.6 5.5 11.8 14.2
Net worth: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 16,688 16,999 10.0 10.2 6.5 6.6 14.5 14.7
Net worth: 4th 20%-group 2021* 18,754 20,406 11.2 12.2 6.8 7.4 13.4 14.5
Net worth: 5th 20%-group 2021* 20,324 26,274 12.2 15.7 7.2 9.3 10.7 13.9
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.

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Total amount
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
Social contributions and benefits
Social contributions and benefits are transfers to households, in cash or in kind, intended to relieve them from the financial burden of a number of risks or needs, made through collectively organized schemes, or outside such schemes by government units and NPISHs; they include payments from general government to producers which individually benefit households and which are made in the context of social risks or needs.
Social benefits are transfers to households, intended to relieve them from the financial burden of a number of risks or needs, such as sickness, invalidity, disability, old age, survivors and unemployment.
Net social contributions
Social contributions include social security contributions, private social contributions (among which contributions to pension schemes) and imputed social contributions. Employers, employees, self-employed persons and non-active persons pay these contributions. Actually, the employers' part is paid directly to the insurers. However, in the national accounts, the employers' contributions are supposed to be part of primary income of households (i.e. the income from direct participation in the production process). Therefore, in first instance these contributions are treated as payments by employers to households as compensation of employees, who are deemed to pay them to the insurers in the income account.
Employers' actual social contributions
Payments by employers, enforced by laws or (collective) labor agreement, in order to make social benefits possible.
Households' actual social contributions
Households' actual social contributions are social contributions payable on their own behalf by employees, self-employed or non-employed persons to social insurance schemes.
Average amount
Amount per household.
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
Social contributions and benefits
Social contributions and benefits are transfers to households, in cash or in kind, intended to relieve them from the financial burden of a number of risks or needs, made through collectively organized schemes, or outside such schemes by government units and NPISHs; they include payments from general government to producers which individually benefit households and which are made in the context of social risks or needs.
Social benefits are transfers to households, intended to relieve them from the financial burden of a number of risks or needs, such as sickness, invalidity, disability, old age, survivors and unemployment.
Net social contributions
Social contributions include social security contributions, private social contributions (among which contributions to pension schemes) and imputed social contributions. Employers, employees, self-employed persons and non-active persons pay these contributions. Actually, the employers' part is paid directly to the insurers. However, in the national accounts, the employers' contributions are supposed to be part of primary income of households (i.e. the income from direct participation in the production process). Therefore, in first instance these contributions are treated as payments by employers to households as compensation of employees, who are deemed to pay them to the insurers in the income account.
Employers' actual social contributions
Payments by employers, enforced by laws or (collective) labor agreement, in order to make social benefits possible.
Households' actual social contributions
Households' actual social contributions are social contributions payable on their own behalf by employees, self-employed or non-employed persons to social insurance schemes.
Standardised amount
Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
Social contributions and benefits
Social contributions and benefits are transfers to households, in cash or in kind, intended to relieve them from the financial burden of a number of risks or needs, made through collectively organized schemes, or outside such schemes by government units and NPISHs; they include payments from general government to producers which individually benefit households and which are made in the context of social risks or needs.
Social benefits are transfers to households, intended to relieve them from the financial burden of a number of risks or needs, such as sickness, invalidity, disability, old age, survivors and unemployment.
Net social contributions
Social contributions include social security contributions, private social contributions (among which contributions to pension schemes) and imputed social contributions. Employers, employees, self-employed persons and non-active persons pay these contributions. Actually, the employers' part is paid directly to the insurers. However, in the national accounts, the employers' contributions are supposed to be part of primary income of households (i.e. the income from direct participation in the production process). Therefore, in first instance these contributions are treated as payments by employers to households as compensation of employees, who are deemed to pay them to the insurers in the income account.
Employers' actual social contributions
Payments by employers, enforced by laws or (collective) labor agreement, in order to make social benefits possible.
Households' actual social contributions
Households' actual social contributions are social contributions payable on their own behalf by employees, self-employed or non-employed persons to social insurance schemes.
Share in adjusted disposable income
Percentage in gross adjusted disposable income
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
Social contributions and benefits
Social contributions and benefits are transfers to households, in cash or in kind, intended to relieve them from the financial burden of a number of risks or needs, made through collectively organized schemes, or outside such schemes by government units and NPISHs; they include payments from general government to producers which individually benefit households and which are made in the context of social risks or needs.
Social benefits are transfers to households, intended to relieve them from the financial burden of a number of risks or needs, such as sickness, invalidity, disability, old age, survivors and unemployment.
Net social contributions
Social contributions include social security contributions, private social contributions (among which contributions to pension schemes) and imputed social contributions. Employers, employees, self-employed persons and non-active persons pay these contributions. Actually, the employers' part is paid directly to the insurers. However, in the national accounts, the employers' contributions are supposed to be part of primary income of households (i.e. the income from direct participation in the production process). Therefore, in first instance these contributions are treated as payments by employers to households as compensation of employees, who are deemed to pay them to the insurers in the income account.
Employers' actual social contributions
Payments by employers, enforced by laws or (collective) labor agreement, in order to make social benefits possible.
Households' actual social contributions
Households' actual social contributions are social contributions payable on their own behalf by employees, self-employed or non-employed persons to social insurance schemes.