Income distribution of households; National Accounts

Income distribution of households; National Accounts

Characteristics of households Periods Total amount Resources Total (million euros) Total amount Resources Other current transfers (million euros) Total amount Resources Social transfers in kind (million euros) Total amount Resources Capital transfers (million euros) Average amount Resources Total (1,000 euro) Average amount Resources Other current transfers (1,000 euro) Average amount Resources Social transfers in kind (1,000 euro) Average amount Resources Capital transfers (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Resources Total (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Resources Other current transfers (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Resources Social transfers in kind (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Resources Capital transfers (1,000 euro) Share in adjusted disposable income Resources Total (%) Share in adjusted disposable income Resources Other current transfers (%) Share in adjusted disposable income Resources Social transfers in kind (%) Share in adjusted disposable income Resources Capital transfers (%)
Source of income: mixed income 2021* 61,807 1,867 15,129 910 74.4 2.2 18.2 1.1 46.2 1.4 11.3 0.7 67.4 2.0 16.5 1.0
Source of income: compensation of employ 2021* 538,280 9,318 75,655 4,828 126.9 2.2 17.8 1.1 77.5 1.3 10.9 0.7 157.1 2.7 22.1 1.4
Source of income: old age benefits 2021* 147,812 2,441 50,635 1,307 68.5 1.1 23.5 0.6 55.5 0.9 19.0 0.5 120.7 2.0 41.3 1.1
Source of income: other 2021* 51,587 3,966 17,147 865 46.1 3.5 15.3 0.8 36.0 2.8 12.0 0.6 125.4 9.6 41.7 2.1
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.
Total
Other current transfers
Other current transfers consist of non-life insurance premiums, non-life insurance claims, current transfers within general government, current international co-operation and miscellaneous current transfers.
Social transfers in kind
Social transfers in kind consist of individual goods and services provided for free or at prices that are not economically significant to individual households by government units and NPISHs, whether purchased on the market or produced as non-market output by government units or NPISHs. They are financed out of taxation, other government income or social security contributions, or out of donations and property income in the case of NPISHs.
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.
Average amount
Amount per household.
Resources
Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
Total
Other current transfers
Other current transfers consist of non-life insurance premiums, non-life insurance claims, current transfers within general government, current international co-operation and miscellaneous current transfers.
Social transfers in kind
Social transfers in kind consist of individual goods and services provided for free or at prices that are not economically significant to individual households by government units and NPISHs, whether purchased on the market or produced as non-market output by government units or NPISHs. They are financed out of taxation, other government income or social security contributions, or out of donations and property income in the case of NPISHs.
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.
Standardised amount
Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
Resources
Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
Total
Other current transfers
Other current transfers consist of non-life insurance premiums, non-life insurance claims, current transfers within general government, current international co-operation and miscellaneous current transfers.
Social transfers in kind
Social transfers in kind consist of individual goods and services provided for free or at prices that are not economically significant to individual households by government units and NPISHs, whether purchased on the market or produced as non-market output by government units or NPISHs. They are financed out of taxation, other government income or social security contributions, or out of donations and property income in the case of NPISHs.
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.
Share in adjusted disposable income
Percentage in gross adjusted disposable income
Resources
Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
Total
Other current transfers
Other current transfers consist of non-life insurance premiums, non-life insurance claims, current transfers within general government, current international co-operation and miscellaneous current transfers.
Social transfers in kind
Social transfers in kind consist of individual goods and services provided for free or at prices that are not economically significant to individual households by government units and NPISHs, whether purchased on the market or produced as non-market output by government units or NPISHs. They are financed out of taxation, other government income or social security contributions, or out of donations and property income in the case of NPISHs.
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.