Income distribution of households; National Accounts

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Characteristics of households Total amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Employers' actual social contributions (million euros) Total amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Households' actual social contributions (million euros) Average amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Employers' actual social contributions (1,000 euro) Average amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Households' actual social contributions (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Employers' actual social contributions (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Households' actual social contributions (1,000 euro)
Total 86,285 91,106 10.0 10.6 6.9 7.2
Disposable income: 1st 10%-group 768 4,155 0.9 4.8 0.7 3.7
Disposable income: 2nd 10%-group 1,293 4,731 1.5 5.5 1.2 4.2
Disposable income: 3rd 10%-group 2,243 5,256 2.6 6.1 2.0 4.7
Disposable income: 4th 10%-group 4,407 6,430 5.1 7.5 3.8 5.5
Disposable income: 5th 10%-group 6,731 7,845 7.8 9.1 5.5 6.4
Disposable income: 6th 10%-group 9,238 9,241 10.7 10.7 7.1 7.2
Disposable income: 7th 10%-group 11,796 10,737 13.7 12.5 8.8 8.0
Disposable income: 8th 10%-group 14,429 12,387 16.8 14.4 10.5 9.0
Disposable income: 9th 10%-group 17,265 14,442 20.1 16.8 12.3 10.3
Disposable income: 10th 10%-group 18,115 15,882 21.1 18.5 12.9 11.3
Single less 65 year old 13,898 13,684 6.6 6.5 6.9 6.8
Single 65 and older 440 5,541 0.4 4.5 0.4 4.7
Single with children living at home 3,493 3,319 7.8 7.5 5.0 4.8
Two adults less than 65 no child at home 19,674 16,827 16.8 14.3 11.7 10.0
Two adults: 65 or older no child at home 3,069 12,302 2.3 9.3 1.6 6.5
Two adult hh with one or two children 28,754 22,958 20.1 16.1 10.0 8.0
Two adult hh with at least 3 children 6,078 5,267 18.0 15.6 6.9 6.0
Others 10,879 11,208 19.9 20.5 8.1 8.4
Source of income: mixed income 2,829 8,208 4.7 13.6 2.9 8.3
Source of income: compensation of employ 75,268 52,564 20.0 13.9 12.7 8.9
Source of income: old age benefits 3,277 22,204 1.2 8.1 1.0 6.5
Source of income: property income 280 268 4.2 4.0 2.8 2.7
Source of income: other 4,631 7,862 3.3 5.6 2.2 3.7
Main earner: to 34 years 16,618 13,344 10.4 8.3 8.2 6.6
Main earner: 35 to 44 years 19,438 15,815 14.8 12.1 9.0 7.3
Main earner: 45 to 54 years 22,688 19,638 15.8 13.7 9.0 7.7
Main earner: 55 to 64 years 22,691 22,138 14.4 14.1 9.4 9.2
Main earner: 65 years or older 4,850 20,171 1.8 7.5 1.4 5.9
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home 63,559 62,635 13.5 13.3 8.5 8.3
Home ownership: Rent 22,726 28,471 5.9 7.3 4.5 5.6
Net worth: 1st 10%-group 3,216 3,583 3.7 4.2 3.2 3.5
Net worth: 2nd 10%-group 4,163 5,061 4.8 5.9 3.9 4.7
Net worth: 3rd 10%-group 5,726 6,194 6.7 7.2 5.2 5.7
Net worth: 4th 10%-group 6,900 7,691 8.0 8.9 5.9 6.6
Net worth: 5th 10%-group 9,649 9,284 11.2 10.8 7.7 7.4
Net worth: 6th 10%-group 10,659 9,952 12.4 11.6 8.1 7.5
Net worth: 7th 10%-group 10,758 10,538 12.5 12.2 7.9 7.8
Net worth: 8th 10%-group 11,115 11,466 12.9 13.3 8.0 8.3
Net worth: 9th 10%-group 11,838 12,903 13.8 15.0 8.3 9.1
Net worth: 10th 10%-group 12,261 14,434 14.3 16.8 8.1 9.6
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.

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Total amount
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces 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.
Net social contributions
Social contributions include social security contributions, private social contributions (among which contributions to pension schemes) and imputed social contributions. Employers, employees, self-employed persons and non-active persons pay these contributions. Actually, the employers' part is paid directly to the insurers. However, in the national accounts, the employers' contributions are supposed to be part of primary income of households (i.e. the income from direct participation in the production process). Therefore, in first instance these contributions are treated as payments by employers to households as compensation of employees, who are deemed to pay them to the insurers in the income account.
Employers' actual social contributions
Payments by employers, enforced by laws or (collective) labor agreement, in order to make social benefits possible.
Households' actual social contributions
Households' actual social contributions are social contributions payable on their own behalf by employees, self-employed or non-employed persons to social insurance schemes.
Average amount
Amount per household.
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces 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.
Net social contributions
Social contributions include social security contributions, private social contributions (among which contributions to pension schemes) and imputed social contributions. Employers, employees, self-employed persons and non-active persons pay these contributions. Actually, the employers' part is paid directly to the insurers. However, in the national accounts, the employers' contributions are supposed to be part of primary income of households (i.e. the income from direct participation in the production process). Therefore, in first instance these contributions are treated as payments by employers to households as compensation of employees, who are deemed to pay them to the insurers in the income account.
Employers' actual social contributions
Payments by employers, enforced by laws or (collective) labor agreement, in order to make social benefits possible.
Households' actual social contributions
Households' actual social contributions are social contributions payable on their own behalf by employees, self-employed or non-employed persons to social insurance schemes.
Standardised amount
Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces 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.
Net social contributions
Social contributions include social security contributions, private social contributions (among which contributions to pension schemes) and imputed social contributions. Employers, employees, self-employed persons and non-active persons pay these contributions. Actually, the employers' part is paid directly to the insurers. However, in the national accounts, the employers' contributions are supposed to be part of primary income of households (i.e. the income from direct participation in the production process). Therefore, in first instance these contributions are treated as payments by employers to households as compensation of employees, who are deemed to pay them to the insurers in the income account.
Employers' actual social contributions
Payments by employers, enforced by laws or (collective) labor agreement, in order to make social benefits possible.
Households' actual social contributions
Households' actual social contributions are social contributions payable on their own behalf by employees, self-employed or non-employed persons to social insurance schemes.