Income distribution of households; National Accounts

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Characteristics of households Total amount Resources Compensation of employees Total (million euros) Total amount Resources Compensation of employees Wages and salaries (million euros) Total amount Resources Compensation of employees Employers' social contributions (million euros) Average amount Resources Compensation of employees Total (1,000 euro) Average amount Resources Compensation of employees Wages and salaries (1,000 euro) Average amount Resources Compensation of employees Employers' social contributions (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Resources Compensation of employees Total (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Resources Compensation of employees Wages and salaries (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Resources Compensation of employees Employers' social contributions (1,000 euro)
Total 478,494 369,196 109,298 55.6 42.9 12.7 38.0 29.4 8.7
Disposable income: 1st 10%-group 4,307 3,383 924 5.0 3.9 1.1 3.9 3.0 0.8
Disposable income: 2nd 10%-group 6,805 5,206 1,599 7.9 6.1 1.9 6.1 4.6 1.4
Disposable income: 3rd 10%-group 11,659 8,855 2,804 13.5 10.3 3.3 10.4 7.9 2.5
Disposable income: 4th 10%-group 22,719 17,179 5,540 26.4 20.0 6.4 19.4 14.7 4.7
Disposable income: 5th 10%-group 34,700 26,238 8,462 40.3 30.5 9.8 28.3 21.4 6.9
Disposable income: 6th 10%-group 47,784 36,158 11,625 55.5 42.0 13.5 37.0 28.0 9.0
Disposable income: 7th 10%-group 61,284 46,425 14,859 71.2 54.0 17.3 45.6 34.5 11.0
Disposable income: 8th 10%-group 75,567 57,370 18,197 87.8 66.7 21.1 54.9 41.6 13.2
Disposable income: 9th 10%-group 92,545 70,716 21,829 107.5 82.2 25.4 65.9 50.3 15.5
Disposable income: 10th 10%-group 121,124 97,666 23,459 140.8 113.5 27.3 86.0 69.3 16.7
Single less 65 year old 73,800 56,386 17,413 35.1 26.8 8.3 36.6 28.0 8.6
Single 65 and older 2,825 2,242 583 2.3 1.8 0.5 2.4 1.9 0.5
Single with children living at home 18,810 14,378 4,433 42.2 32.3 10.0 26.9 20.6 6.3
Two adults less than 65 no child at home 106,753 81,949 24,804 90.9 69.8 21.1 63.3 48.6 14.7
Two adults: 65 or older no child at home 18,714 14,710 4,004 14.1 11.1 3.0 9.8 7.7 2.1
Two adult hh with one or two children 160,976 124,450 36,525 112.7 87.1 25.6 56.1 43.4 12.7
Two adult hh with at least 3 children 36,322 28,524 7,798 107.4 84.4 23.1 41.1 32.3 8.8
Others 60,294 46,557 13,738 110.1 85.0 25.1 45.1 34.8 10.3
Source of income: mixed income 15,485 11,895 3,590 25.7 19.8 6.0 15.7 12.1 3.6
Source of income: compensation of employ 416,103 320,836 95,266 110.3 85.1 25.3 70.3 54.2 16.1
Source of income: old age benefits 18,314 14,127 4,187 6.7 5.1 1.5 5.4 4.1 1.2
Source of income: property income 3,711 3,285 427 55.1 48.7 6.3 37.7 33.4 4.3
Source of income: other 24,881 19,053 5,828 17.6 13.5 4.1 11.6 8.9 2.7
Main earner: to 34 years 84,794 64,143 20,651 52.8 40.0 12.9 41.7 31.5 10.2
Main earner: 35 to 44 years 105,750 81,207 24,543 80.6 61.9 18.7 48.8 37.5 11.3
Main earner: 45 to 54 years 130,797 101,959 28,837 91.3 71.2 20.1 51.6 40.2 11.4
Main earner: 55 to 64 years 128,133 99,149 28,985 81.6 63.1 18.5 53.0 41.0 12.0
Main earner: 65 years or older 29,020 22,738 6,282 10.8 8.5 2.3 8.5 6.6 1.8
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home 358,536 277,681 80,855 75.9 58.8 17.1 47.7 36.9 10.8
Home ownership: Rent 119,958 91,515 28,443 30.9 23.6 7.3 23.7 18.1 5.6
Net worth: 1st 10%-group 17,024 13,098 3,926 19.8 15.2 4.6 16.8 13.0 3.9
Net worth: 2nd 10%-group 21,516 16,396 5,120 25.0 19.1 5.9 20.0 15.3 4.8
Net worth: 3rd 10%-group 29,574 22,430 7,144 34.4 26.1 8.3 27.0 20.5 6.5
Net worth: 4th 10%-group 35,844 27,176 8,667 41.7 31.6 10.1 30.8 23.3 7.4
Net worth: 5th 10%-group 49,949 37,820 12,129 58.0 44.0 14.1 39.9 30.2 9.7
Net worth: 6th 10%-group 55,610 42,186 13,424 64.6 49.0 15.6 42.2 32.0 10.2
Net worth: 7th 10%-group 57,091 43,498 13,594 66.3 50.6 15.8 42.2 32.1 10.0
Net worth: 8th 10%-group 60,349 46,250 14,099 70.1 53.7 16.4 43.6 33.4 10.2
Net worth: 9th 10%-group 66,820 51,717 15,103 77.7 60.1 17.6 47.1 36.5 10.7
Net worth: 10th 10%-group 84,717 68,625 16,092 98.5 79.8 18.7 56.2 45.6 10.7
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table describes the income and saving distributions of the sector households in the national accounts across different household groups. Whereas macro-economic aggregates and averages convey merely the general situation, these distributional statistics provide insight into how economic resources and developments are distributed among different segments of the population. The relevance lies in the fact that the economic aggregates or growth of the Household sector may by reflected differently and unevenly when decomposed by different household groups. The Households sector is broken down into groups identified by main source of income, living situation, household composition, age class of the head of the household, income deciles, and net worth deciles.
These statistics are produced through combining microdata on households (among others administrative data and surveys) with the National Accounts aggregates. By adhering to the National Accounts totals, these distributional statistics align to the official macro-economic statistics. To accomplish this alignment, definitional, population-related, and methodological differences between micro- and macro-statistics are analyzed and resolved. Since National Accounts are internationally harmonized in terms of concepts and methodology, these aggregates are comparable across countries. Hence, due to the alignment to National Accounts totals, these distributional statistics have similar international comparability.
The methodology applied is developed in international context within expert groups of the OECD, ECB, and Eurostat, among others the work of the Expert Group on Disparities in a National Accounts framework (EG DNA). This methodology is outlined in the OECD Handbook on the Compilation of Household Distributional Results on Income, Consumption and Saving in Line with National Accounts Totals.

Data available from: 2021.

Status of the figures:
All data are provisional. The macro statistics are final, however the micro data used have varying statuses. The methodology is still under development at the international level.

Changes as of January 29th 2026:
None. This is a new table. Statistics Netherlands has carried out a revision of the national accounts. The Dutch national accounts are recently revised. New statistical sources, methods and concepts are implemented in the national accounts, in order to align the picture of the Dutch economy with all underlying source data and international guidelines for the compilation of the national accounts. This table contains revised data. For further information see section 3.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be released at T+2 at the latest.

Description topics

Total amount
Resources
Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
Compensation of employees
The compensation of employees is the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during an accounting period. The compensation of employees is equal to the sum of wages and salaries and employers' social contributions.
Total
Wages and salaries
Wages and salaries are the remunerations an employee receives in return for work done during an accounting period. Wages and salaries include social contributions, income taxes and other payments payable by the employee, including those withheld by the employer and paid directly to social insurance schemes, tax authorities etc. on behalf of the employee. The most important form of wages and salaries is wages in cash (including withheld income taxes and social contributions). Wages in cash are composed of regular gross wages, standard extra allowances (for instance for hazardous work), bonuses, overtime pay, tips and compensation for costs related to employment (for instance refunds of fares to and from work). Bonuses include holiday pay, tantième, gratifications, profit shares and a thirteenth or fourteenth month. Wages in kind occur if an employee benefits from his or her job besides being paid wages. Examples of payment in kind are private use of a company car, free housing, free food, lower interest rates on mortgages, free or cheap use of the company's products or services, and company supplied or subsidized child care.
Employers' social contributions
Employers' social contributions are social contributions payable by employers to social security schemes or other employment-related social insurance schemes to secure social benefits for their employees. Employer's social contributions may be either actual or imputed. As set out by the ESA 2010, pay over periods in which no work is done due to illness or bad weather is registered as part of employers' social contributions.
Average amount
Amount per household.
Resources
Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
Compensation of employees
The compensation of employees is the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during an accounting period. The compensation of employees is equal to the sum of wages and salaries and employers' social contributions.
Total
Wages and salaries
Wages and salaries are the remunerations an employee receives in return for work done during an accounting period. Wages and salaries include social contributions, income taxes and other payments payable by the employee, including those withheld by the employer and paid directly to social insurance schemes, tax authorities etc. on behalf of the employee. The most important form of wages and salaries is wages in cash (including withheld income taxes and social contributions). Wages in cash are composed of regular gross wages, standard extra allowances (for instance for hazardous work), bonuses, overtime pay, tips and compensation for costs related to employment (for instance refunds of fares to and from work). Bonuses include holiday pay, tantième, gratifications, profit shares and a thirteenth or fourteenth month. Wages in kind occur if an employee benefits from his or her job besides being paid wages. Examples of payment in kind are private use of a company car, free housing, free food, lower interest rates on mortgages, free or cheap use of the company's products or services, and company supplied or subsidized child care.
Employers' social contributions
Employers' social contributions are social contributions payable by employers to social security schemes or other employment-related social insurance schemes to secure social benefits for their employees. Employer's social contributions may be either actual or imputed. As set out by the ESA 2010, pay over periods in which no work is done due to illness or bad weather is registered as part of employers' social contributions.
Standardised amount
Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
Resources
Resources are transactions which add to the economic value of sectors.
Compensation of employees
The compensation of employees is the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an employer to an employee in return for work done by the latter during an accounting period. The compensation of employees is equal to the sum of wages and salaries and employers' social contributions.
Total
Wages and salaries
Wages and salaries are the remunerations an employee receives in return for work done during an accounting period. Wages and salaries include social contributions, income taxes and other payments payable by the employee, including those withheld by the employer and paid directly to social insurance schemes, tax authorities etc. on behalf of the employee. The most important form of wages and salaries is wages in cash (including withheld income taxes and social contributions). Wages in cash are composed of regular gross wages, standard extra allowances (for instance for hazardous work), bonuses, overtime pay, tips and compensation for costs related to employment (for instance refunds of fares to and from work). Bonuses include holiday pay, tantième, gratifications, profit shares and a thirteenth or fourteenth month. Wages in kind occur if an employee benefits from his or her job besides being paid wages. Examples of payment in kind are private use of a company car, free housing, free food, lower interest rates on mortgages, free or cheap use of the company's products or services, and company supplied or subsidized child care.
Employers' social contributions
Employers' social contributions are social contributions payable by employers to social security schemes or other employment-related social insurance schemes to secure social benefits for their employees. Employer's social contributions may be either actual or imputed. As set out by the ESA 2010, pay over periods in which no work is done due to illness or bad weather is registered as part of employers' social contributions.