Income distribution of households; National Accounts

Income distribution of households; National Accounts

Characteristics of households Periods Total amount Gross operating surplus (million euros) Average amount Gross operating surplus (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Gross operating surplus (1,000 euro) Share in adjusted disposable income Gross operating surplus (%)
Total 2021* 24,855 3.0 2.0 4.2
Disposable income: 1st 20%-group 2021* 645 0.4 0.3 1.2
Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 2,817 1.7 1.2 3.2
Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 5,855 3.5 2.3 5.3
Disposable income: 4th 20%-group 2021* 7,460 4.5 2.8 5.5
Disposable income: 5th 20%-group 2021* 8,078 4.8 3.0 3.9
Type: Single man 2021* 2,905 1.9 1.9 4.9
Type: Single woman 2021* 2,966 1.9 1.9 4.7
Type: One-parent family 2021* 1,106 2.0 1.2 2.8
Type: Couple, with child(ren) 2021* 7,113 3.6 1.7 3.0
Type: Couple, no children 2021* 10,272 4.6 3.1 6.1
Other types of households 2021* 493 1.0 0.7 1.6
Source of income: mixed income 2021* 2,746 3.3 2.1 3.0
Source of income: compensation of employ 2021* 12,391 2.9 1.8 3.6
Source of income: old age benefits 2021* 8,811 4.1 3.3 7.2
Source of income: other 2021* 907 0.8 0.6 2.2
Main earner: to 35 years 2021* 2,066 1.2 0.9 2.2
Main earner: 35 to 50 years 2021* 4,716 2.4 1.4 2.8
Main earner: 50 to 65 years 2021* 8,414 3.7 2.3 4.4
Main earner: 65 years or older 2021* 9,659 4.1 3.2 6.8
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home 2021* 25,061 5.6 3.4 6.1
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy 2021* -19 0.0 0.0 0.0
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy 2021* -244 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2
Home ownership: Other 2021* 57 0.2 0.1 0.4
Net worth: 1st 20%-group 2021* -227 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3
Net worth: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 844 0.5 0.4 1.0
Net worth: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 4,859 2.9 1.9 4.2
Net worth: 4th 20%-group 2021* 8,468 5.1 3.1 6.0
Net worth: 5th 20%-group 2021* 10,911 6.5 3.8 5.8
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
Gross operating surplus
The surplus that remains after compensation of employees and taxes less subsidies on production and imports have been subtracted from the sum of value added at basic prices. For the self-employed (who are part of the sector households) the surplus is called mixed income, because it is partly a reward for their entrepreneurship compensation of labour.
The operating surplus of households equals housing services produced for own consumption by owner-occupiers.

In the system of national accounts gross means that consumption of fixed capital (depreciation) has not been subtracted. When it has, net is used.
Average amount
Amount per household.
Gross operating surplus
The surplus that remains after compensation of employees and taxes less subsidies on production and imports have been subtracted from the sum of value added at basic prices. For the self-employed (who are part of the sector households) the surplus is called mixed income, because it is partly a reward for their entrepreneurship compensation of labour.
The operating surplus of households equals housing services produced for own consumption by owner-occupiers.

In the system of national accounts gross means that consumption of fixed capital (depreciation) has not been subtracted. When it has, net is used.
Standardised amount
Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
Gross operating surplus
The surplus that remains after compensation of employees and taxes less subsidies on production and imports have been subtracted from the sum of value added at basic prices. For the self-employed (who are part of the sector households) the surplus is called mixed income, because it is partly a reward for their entrepreneurship compensation of labour.
The operating surplus of households equals housing services produced for own consumption by owner-occupiers.

In the system of national accounts gross means that consumption of fixed capital (depreciation) has not been subtracted. When it has, net is used.
Share in adjusted disposable income
Percentage in gross adjusted disposable income
Gross operating surplus
The surplus that remains after compensation of employees and taxes less subsidies on production and imports have been subtracted from the sum of value added at basic prices. For the self-employed (who are part of the sector households) the surplus is called mixed income, because it is partly a reward for their entrepreneurship compensation of labour.
The operating surplus of households equals housing services produced for own consumption by owner-occupiers.

In the system of national accounts gross means that consumption of fixed capital (depreciation) has not been subtracted. When it has, net is used.