Income distribution of households; National Accounts
| Characteristics of households | Periods | Total amount Resources Capital transfers (million euros) | Total amount Uses Capital transfers (million euros) | Total amount Uses Consumption of fixed capital (million euros) | Average amount Resources Capital transfers (1,000 euro) | Average amount Uses Capital transfers (1,000 euro) | Average amount Uses Consumption of fixed capital (1,000 euro) | Standardised amount Resources Capital transfers (1,000 euro) | Standardised amount Uses Capital transfers (1,000 euro) | Standardised amount Uses Consumption of fixed capital (1,000 euro) | Share in adjusted disposable income Resources Capital transfers (%) | Share in adjusted disposable income Uses Capital transfers (%) | Share in adjusted disposable income Uses Consumption of fixed capital (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2021* | 7,910 | 9,530 | 35,461 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 5.9 |
| Disposable income: 1st 20%-group | 2021* | 1,021 | 2,428 | 2,252 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group | 2021* | 1,229 | 1,964 | 3,129 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group | 2021* | 1,621 | 1,802 | 5,726 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 5.2 |
| Disposable income: 4th 20%-group | 2021* | 1,908 | 1,480 | 8,051 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| Disposable income: 5th 20%-group | 2021* | 2,131 | 1,856 | 16,303 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 7.8 |
| Type: Single man | 2021* | 786 | 1,469 | 3,519 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 5.9 |
| Type: Single woman | 2021* | 711 | 1,788 | 2,825 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 4.4 |
| Type: One-parent family | 2021* | 507 | 343 | 1,938 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| Type: Couple, with child(ren) | 2021* | 2,993 | 1,283 | 14,899 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 7.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 6.4 |
| Type: Couple, no children | 2021* | 2,519 | 3,461 | 10,651 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 6.3 |
| Other types of households | 2021* | 394 | 1,186 | 1,629 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| Source of income: mixed income | 2021* | 910 | 1,458 | 10,513 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 12.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 11.5 |
| Source of income: compensation of employ | 2021* | 4,828 | 2,110 | 17,757 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 5.2 |
| Source of income: old age benefits | 2021* | 1,307 | 5,510 | 5,611 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Source of income: other | 2021* | 865 | 452 | 1,580 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 3.8 |
| Main earner: to 35 years | 2021* | 1,046 | 344 | 4,926 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 5.3 |
| Main earner: 35 to 50 years | 2021* | 1,933 | 705 | 10,226 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| Main earner: 50 to 65 years | 2021* | 3,459 | 1,827 | 12,927 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| Main earner: 65 years or older | 2021* | 1,472 | 6,654 | 7,382 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 2021* | 5,347 | 7,318 | 30,685 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 6.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 7.5 |
| Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy | 2021* | 917 | 347 | 1,093 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
| Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy | 2021* | 1,498 | 891 | 3,106 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| Home ownership: Other | 2021* | 148 | 974 | 577 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 7.4 | 4.4 |
| Net worth: 1st 20%-group | 2021* | 858 | 494 | 2,337 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 3.5 |
| Net worth: 2nd 20%-group | 2021* | 1,139 | 877 | 1,972 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Net worth: 3rd 20%-group | 2021* | 1,596 | 1,637 | 5,424 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 4.7 |
| Net worth: 4th 20%-group | 2021* | 1,981 | 2,634 | 9,141 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 6.5 |
| Net worth: 5th 20%-group | 2021* | 2,336 | 3,888 | 16,587 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 9.9 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 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
- Resources
- Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
- Capital transfers
- Capital transfers are payments for which no quid pro quo by the beneficiary is expected. They burden the wealth of the payer, or are meant to finance fixed capital formation or other long-term expenditures of the receiver. Capital transfers can be classified into capital taxes, investment grants, imputed capital transfers and other capital transfers.
- Uses
- Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
- Capital transfers
- Capital transfers are payments for which no quid pro quo by the beneficiary is expected. They burden the wealth of the payer, or are meant to finance fixed capital formation or other long-term expenditures of the receiver. Capital transfers can be classified into capital taxes, investment grants, imputed capital transfers and other capital transfers.
- 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.
- Resources
- Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
- Capital transfers
- Capital transfers are payments for which no quid pro quo by the beneficiary is expected. They burden the wealth of the payer, or are meant to finance fixed capital formation or other long-term expenditures of the receiver. Capital transfers can be classified into capital taxes, investment grants, imputed capital transfers and other capital transfers.
- Uses
- Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
- Capital transfers
- Capital transfers are payments for which no quid pro quo by the beneficiary is expected. They burden the wealth of the payer, or are meant to finance fixed capital formation or other long-term expenditures of the receiver. Capital transfers can be classified into capital taxes, investment grants, imputed capital transfers and other capital transfers.
- 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.
- Resources
- Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
- Capital transfers
- Capital transfers are payments for which no quid pro quo by the beneficiary is expected. They burden the wealth of the payer, or are meant to finance fixed capital formation or other long-term expenditures of the receiver. Capital transfers can be classified into capital taxes, investment grants, imputed capital transfers and other capital transfers.
- Uses
- Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
- Capital transfers
- Capital transfers are payments for which no quid pro quo by the beneficiary is expected. They burden the wealth of the payer, or are meant to finance fixed capital formation or other long-term expenditures of the receiver. Capital transfers can be classified into capital taxes, investment grants, imputed capital transfers and other capital transfers.
- 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
- Resources
- Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
- Capital transfers
- Capital transfers are payments for which no quid pro quo by the beneficiary is expected. They burden the wealth of the payer, or are meant to finance fixed capital formation or other long-term expenditures of the receiver. Capital transfers can be classified into capital taxes, investment grants, imputed capital transfers and other capital transfers.
- Uses
- Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
- Capital transfers
- Capital transfers are payments for which no quid pro quo by the beneficiary is expected. They burden the wealth of the payer, or are meant to finance fixed capital formation or other long-term expenditures of the receiver. Capital transfers can be classified into capital taxes, investment grants, imputed capital transfers and other capital transfers.
- 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.