Income distribution of households; National Accounts

Income distribution of households; National Accounts

Characteristics of households Periods Total amount Gross saving (million euros) Average amount Gross saving (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Gross saving (1,000 euro) Share in adjusted disposable income Gross saving (%)
Total 2021* 109,542 13.1 8.9 18.3
Disposable income: 1st 20%-group 2021* -16,526 -9.9 -8.0 -29.6
Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group 2021* -1,713 -1.0 -0.7 -2.0
Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 12,026 7.2 4.7 10.8
Disposable income: 4th 20%-group 2021* 28,526 17.1 10.6 21.0
Disposable income: 5th 20%-group 2021* 87,229 52.2 32.2 41.9
Type: Single man 2021* -3,815 -2.5 -2.6 -6.4
Type: Single woman 2021* -11,485 -7.3 -7.3 -18.0
Type: One-parent family 2021* 7,125 12.6 7.8 17.8
Type: Couple, with child(ren) 2021* 91,707 47.0 21.3 39.1
Type: Couple, no children 2021* 22,048 9.8 6.6 13.0
Other types of households 2021* 3,962 7.7 5.3 12.7
Source of income: mixed income 2021* 37,375 45.0 28.0 40.7
Source of income: compensation of employ 2021* 112,216 26.4 16.2 32.7
Source of income: old age benefits 2021* -33,911 -15.7 -12.7 -27.7
Source of income: other 2021* -6,138 -5.5 -4.3 -14.9
Main earner: to 35 years 2021* 15,944 9.2 6.9 17.2
Main earner: 35 to 50 years 2021* 53,737 27.4 15.7 31.4
Main earner: 50 to 65 years 2021* 66,183 28.8 17.9 34.5
Main earner: 65 years or older 2021* -26,322 -11.2 -8.9 -18.4
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home 2021* 103,605 23.2 14.0 25.2
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy 2021* -6,252 -4.3 -3.4 -10.0
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy 2021* 14,181 6.8 5.2 12.7
Home ownership: Other 2021* -1,992 -5.4 -5.0 -15.2
Net worth: 1st 20%-group 2021* -1,804 -1.1 -0.9 -2.7
Net worth: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 4,895 2.9 2.2 5.7
Net worth: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 20,320 12.2 7.9 17.6
Net worth: 4th 20%-group 2021* 28,639 17.1 10.4 20.4
Net worth: 5th 20%-group 2021* 57,492 34.4 20.2 30.3
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 saving
The portion of disposable income that has not been used for final consumption expenditure.
Average amount
Amount per household.
Gross saving
The portion of disposable income that has not been used for final consumption expenditure.
Standardised amount
Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
Gross saving
The portion of disposable income that has not been used for final consumption expenditure.
Share in adjusted disposable income
Percentage in gross adjusted disposable income
Gross saving
The portion of disposable income that has not been used for final consumption expenditure.