Income distribution of households; National Accounts
| Characteristics of households | Periods | Total amount Resources Social contributions and benefits Social benefits in cash Social sec. non-pension benefits in cash (million euros) | Total amount Adjustm. change in pension entitlements (million euros) | Average amount Resources Social contributions and benefits Social benefits in cash Social sec. non-pension benefits in cash (1,000 euro) | Average amount Adjustm. change in pension entitlements (1,000 euro) | Standardised amount Resources Social contributions and benefits Social benefits in cash Social sec. non-pension benefits in cash (1,000 euro) | Standardised amount Adjustm. change in pension entitlements (1,000 euro) | Share in adjusted disposable income Resources Social contributions and benefits Social benefits in cash Social sec. non-pension benefits in cash (%) | Share in adjusted disposable income Adjustm. change in pension entitlements (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2021* | 59,357 | 25,030 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 9.9 | 4.2 |
| Disposable income: 1st 20%-group | 2021* | 10,533 | 748 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 18.9 | 1.3 |
| Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group | 2021* | 18,024 | -2,263 | 10.8 | -1.4 | 7.8 | -1.0 | 20.7 | -2.6 |
| Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group | 2021* | 13,710 | 1,604 | 8.2 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 12.3 | 1.4 |
| Disposable income: 4th 20%-group | 2021* | 9,957 | 8,092 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 7.3 | 5.9 |
| Disposable income: 5th 20%-group | 2021* | 7,133 | 16,849 | 4.3 | 10.1 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 8.1 |
| Type: Single man | 2021* | 7,539 | 1,786 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 12.7 | 3.0 |
| Type: Single woman | 2021* | 13,047 | -2,315 | 8.3 | -1.5 | 8.3 | -1.5 | 20.5 | -3.6 |
| Type: One-parent family | 2021* | 2,179 | 2,195 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| Type: Couple, with child(ren) | 2021* | 6,712 | 24,928 | 3.4 | 12.8 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 10.6 |
| Type: Couple, no children | 2021* | 26,395 | -1,864 | 11.8 | -0.8 | 7.9 | -0.6 | 15.6 | -1.1 |
| Other types of households | 2021* | 3,485 | 300 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 11.2 | 1.0 |
| Source of income: mixed income | 2021* | 2,641 | 2,578 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| Source of income: compensation of employ | 2021* | 9,105 | 48,873 | 2.1 | 11.5 | 1.3 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 14.3 |
| Source of income: old age benefits | 2021* | 38,072 | -26,856 | 17.6 | -12.4 | 14.3 | -10.1 | 31.1 | -21.9 |
| Source of income: other | 2021* | 9,539 | 435 | 8.5 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 0.3 | 23.2 | 1.1 |
| Main earner: to 35 years | 2021* | 1,705 | 8,612 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 9.3 |
| Main earner: 35 to 50 years | 2021* | 4,910 | 18,017 | 2.5 | 9.2 | 1.4 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 10.5 |
| Main earner: 50 to 65 years | 2021* | 11,295 | 23,685 | 4.9 | 10.3 | 3.1 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 12.4 |
| Main earner: 65 years or older | 2021* | 41,447 | -25,284 | 17.6 | -10.7 | 13.9 | -8.5 | 29.0 | -17.7 |
| Home ownership: Owner-occupied home | 2021* | 33,536 | 21,996 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 8.2 | 5.3 |
| Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy | 2021* | 11,226 | -579 | 7.8 | -0.4 | 6.1 | -0.3 | 18.0 | -0.9 |
| Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy | 2021* | 12,681 | 4,164 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 11.4 | 3.7 |
| Home ownership: Other | 2021* | 1,914 | -551 | 5.2 | -1.5 | 4.8 | -1.4 | 14.6 | -4.2 |
| Net worth: 1st 20%-group | 2021* | 5,131 | 2,856 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 7.7 | 4.3 |
| Net worth: 2nd 20%-group | 2021* | 12,457 | 3,386 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 14.5 | 3.9 |
| Net worth: 3rd 20%-group | 2021* | 12,038 | 7,320 | 7.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 10.4 | 6.3 |
| Net worth: 4th 20%-group | 2021* | 14,063 | 7,478 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 10.0 | 5.3 |
| Net worth: 5th 20%-group | 2021* | 15,668 | 3,990 | 9.4 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 8.3 | 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.
- 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.- Social benefits in cash
- Social benefits other than social transfers in kind is made up of three sub-headings:
- social security benefits in cash
- other social insurance benefits
- social assistance benefits in cash.- Social sec. non-pension benefits in cash
- Social security non-pension benefits in cash.
- Adjustm. change in pension entitlements
- Since households are treated in the financial accounts as owners of the pension entitlements an adjustment item is necessary to ensure that any excess of contributions to pension schemes over pension benefits does not affect household savings. This adjustment is equal to the difference between net pension contributions (including imputed contributions) and pension benefits.
- Average amount
- Amount per household.
- Resources
- Resources are transactions which add to 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.- Social benefits in cash
- Social benefits other than social transfers in kind is made up of three sub-headings:
- social security benefits in cash
- other social insurance benefits
- social assistance benefits in cash.- Social sec. non-pension benefits in cash
- Social security non-pension benefits in cash.
- Adjustm. change in pension entitlements
- Since households are treated in the financial accounts as owners of the pension entitlements an adjustment item is necessary to ensure that any excess of contributions to pension schemes over pension benefits does not affect household savings. This adjustment is equal to the difference between net pension contributions (including imputed contributions) and pension benefits.
- Standardised amount
- Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
- Resources
- Resources are transactions which add to 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.- Social benefits in cash
- Social benefits other than social transfers in kind is made up of three sub-headings:
- social security benefits in cash
- other social insurance benefits
- social assistance benefits in cash.- Social sec. non-pension benefits in cash
- Social security non-pension benefits in cash.
- Adjustm. change in pension entitlements
- Since households are treated in the financial accounts as owners of the pension entitlements an adjustment item is necessary to ensure that any excess of contributions to pension schemes over pension benefits does not affect household savings. This adjustment is equal to the difference between net pension contributions (including imputed contributions) and pension benefits.
- Share in adjusted disposable income
- Percentage in gross adjusted disposable income
- Resources
- Resources are transactions which add to 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.- Social benefits in cash
- Social benefits other than social transfers in kind is made up of three sub-headings:
- social security benefits in cash
- other social insurance benefits
- social assistance benefits in cash.- Social sec. non-pension benefits in cash
- Social security non-pension benefits in cash.
- Adjustm. change in pension entitlements
- Since households are treated in the financial accounts as owners of the pension entitlements an adjustment item is necessary to ensure that any excess of contributions to pension schemes over pension benefits does not affect household savings. This adjustment is equal to the difference between net pension contributions (including imputed contributions) and pension benefits.