Income distribution of households; National Accounts

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Characteristics of households Total amount Uses Total (million euros) Total amount Uses Property income (million euros) Total amount Uses Current taxes on income and wealth (million euros) Total amount Uses Other current transfers (million euros) Total amount Uses Capital transfers (million euros) Total amount Uses Consumption of fixed capital (million euros) Total amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Households' actual social contributions (million euros) Total amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Households' social contrib. supplements (million euros) Average amount Uses Total (1,000 euro) Average amount Uses Property income (1,000 euro) Average amount Uses Current taxes on income and wealth (1,000 euro) Average amount Uses Other current transfers (1,000 euro) Average amount Uses Capital transfers (1,000 euro) Average amount Uses Consumption of fixed capital (1,000 euro) Average amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Households' actual social contributions (1,000 euro) Average amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Net social contributions Households' social contrib. supplements (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Uses Total (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Uses Property income (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Uses Current taxes on income and wealth (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Uses Other current transfers (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Uses Capital transfers (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Uses Consumption of fixed capital (1,000 euro) Standardised 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 Households' social contrib. supplements (1,000 euro)
Total 409,824 30,050 103,323 19,751 31,105 41,770 91,106 35,454 47.6 3.5 12.0 2.3 3.6 4.9 10.6 4.1 32.6 2.4 8.2 1.6 2.5 3.3 7.2 2.8
Disposable income: 1st 10%-group 15,027 930 5,037 1,115 2,285 1,206 4,155 830 17.5 1.1 5.9 1.3 2.7 1.4 4.8 1.0 13.5 0.8 4.5 1.0 2.1 1.1 3.7 0.7
Disposable income: 2nd 10%-group 15,175 606 1,829 1,122 4,550 942 4,731 1,057 17.6 0.7 2.1 1.3 5.3 1.1 5.5 1.2 13.5 0.5 1.6 1.0 4.1 0.8 4.2 0.9
Disposable income: 3rd 10%-group 18,160 876 2,166 1,200 4,570 1,243 5,256 1,849 21.1 1.0 2.5 1.4 5.3 1.4 6.1 2.1 16.3 0.8 1.9 1.1 4.1 1.1 4.7 1.7
Disposable income: 4th 10%-group 23,618 1,448 3,103 1,391 3,895 1,861 6,430 2,597 27.4 1.7 3.6 1.6 4.5 2.2 7.5 3.0 20.2 1.2 2.7 1.2 3.3 1.6 5.5 2.2
Disposable income: 5th 10%-group 29,988 2,175 4,364 1,591 3,327 2,484 7,845 3,183 34.8 2.5 5.1 1.8 3.9 2.9 9.1 3.7 24.4 1.8 3.6 1.3 2.7 2.0 6.4 2.6
Disposable income: 6th 10%-group 37,081 2,961 5,935 1,798 2,940 3,104 9,241 3,687 43.1 3.4 6.9 2.1 3.4 3.6 10.7 4.3 28.7 2.3 4.6 1.4 2.3 2.4 7.2 2.9
Disposable income: 7th 10%-group 44,982 3,758 8,003 2,032 2,629 3,900 10,737 4,223 52.3 4.4 9.3 2.4 3.1 4.5 12.5 4.9 33.4 2.8 6.0 1.5 2.0 2.9 8.0 3.1
Disposable income: 8th 10%-group 54,307 4,503 11,121 2,292 2,367 4,959 12,387 4,883 63.1 5.2 12.9 2.7 2.8 5.8 14.4 5.7 39.4 3.3 8.1 1.7 1.7 3.6 9.0 3.5
Disposable income: 9th 10%-group 67,164 5,343 16,489 2,679 2,258 6,789 14,442 5,805 78.1 6.2 19.2 3.1 2.6 7.9 16.8 6.7 47.8 3.8 11.7 1.9 1.6 4.8 10.3 4.1
Disposable income: 10th 10%-group 104,322 7,450 45,276 4,531 2,284 15,282 15,882 7,340 121.2 8.7 52.6 5.2 2.7 17.8 18.5 8.5 74.1 5.3 32.1 3.2 1.6 10.9 11.3 5.2
Single less 65 year old 53,337 3,283 12,352 3,004 1,512 4,480 13,684 2,899 25.3 1.6 5.9 1.4 0.7 2.1 6.5 1.4 26.5 1.6 6.1 1.5 0.8 2.2 6.8 1.4
Single 65 and older 26,151 1,029 5,593 1,765 8,522 2,650 5,541 4,497 21.0 0.8 4.5 1.4 6.9 2.1 4.5 3.6 22.0 0.9 4.7 1.5 7.2 2.2 4.7 3.8
Single with children living at home 13,638 1,065 3,023 945 280 1,321 3,319 798 30.6 2.4 6.8 2.1 0.6 3.0 7.5 1.8 19.5 1.5 4.3 1.4 0.4 1.9 4.8 1.1
Two adults less than 65 no child at home 75,288 5,428 19,079 3,046 2,322 6,795 16,827 5,289 64.1 4.6 16.2 2.6 2.0 5.8 14.3 4.5 44.7 3.2 11.3 1.8 1.4 4.0 10.0 3.1
Two adults: 65 or older no child at home 57,013 2,991 14,219 2,914 12,995 6,355 12,302 10,901 43.1 2.3 10.7 2.2 9.8 4.8 9.3 8.2 30.0 1.6 7.5 1.5 6.8 3.3 6.5 5.7
Two adult hh with one or two children 111,567 10,433 30,513 4,892 1,805 12,024 22,958 6,109 78.1 7.3 21.4 3.4 1.3 8.4 16.1 4.3 38.9 3.6 10.6 1.7 0.6 4.2 8.0 2.1
Two adult hh with at least 3 children 26,304 2,639 7,978 1,344 337 3,425 5,267 1,258 77.8 7.8 23.6 4.0 1.0 10.1 15.6 3.7 29.8 3.0 9.0 1.5 0.4 3.9 6.0 1.4
Others 46,526 3,182 10,566 1,841 3,332 4,720 11,208 3,703 85.0 5.8 19.3 3.4 6.1 8.6 20.5 6.8 34.8 2.4 7.9 1.4 2.5 3.5 8.4 2.8
Source of income: mixed income 33,595 4,338 11,722 3,012 1,146 16,203 8,208 1,527 55.8 7.2 19.5 5.0 1.9 26.9 13.6 2.5 34.1 4.4 11.9 3.1 1.2 16.4 8.3 1.5
Source of income: compensation of employ 257,227 19,530 62,951 9,547 5,810 14,655 52,564 16,591 68.2 5.2 16.7 2.5 1.5 3.9 13.9 4.4 43.4 3.3 10.6 1.6 1.0 2.5 8.9 2.8
Source of income: old age benefits 79,511 4,098 15,739 4,604 18,119 7,585 22,204 15,233 28.9 1.5 5.7 1.7 6.6 2.8 8.1 5.5 23.2 1.2 4.6 1.3 5.3 2.2 6.5 4.5
Source of income: property income 11,123 448 8,847 449 337 836 268 498 165.0 6.6 131.3 6.7 5.0 12.4 4.0 7.4 113.1 4.6 90.0 4.6 3.4 8.5 2.7 5.1
Source of income: other 28,368 1,636 4,064 2,139 5,693 2,491 7,862 1,605 20.1 1.2 2.9 1.5 4.0 1.8 5.6 1.1 13.2 0.8 1.9 1.0 2.6 1.2 3.7 0.7
Main earner: to 34 years 51,164 3,889 10,109 2,212 330 4,050 13,344 784 31.9 2.4 6.3 1.4 0.2 2.5 8.3 0.5 25.2 1.9 5.0 1.1 0.2 2.0 6.6 0.4
Main earner: 35 to 44 years 70,928 6,592 18,356 3,261 537 7,602 15,815 2,423 54.1 5.0 14.0 2.5 0.4 5.8 12.1 1.8 32.7 3.0 8.5 1.5 0.2 3.5 7.3 1.1
Main earner: 45 to 54 years 93,100 8,213 26,085 4,589 1,688 9,936 19,638 5,587 65.0 5.7 18.2 3.2 1.2 6.9 13.7 3.9 36.7 3.2 10.3 1.8 0.7 3.9 7.7 2.2
Main earner: 55 to 64 years 102,200 6,866 27,027 4,633 5,265 10,264 22,138 10,278 65.1 4.4 17.2 3.0 3.4 6.5 14.1 6.5 42.2 2.8 11.2 1.9 2.2 4.2 9.2 4.2
Main earner: 65 years or older 92,432 4,490 21,746 5,056 23,285 9,918 20,171 16,382 34.4 1.7 8.1 1.9 8.7 3.7 7.5 6.1 27.0 1.3 6.4 1.5 6.8 2.9 5.9 4.8
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home 309,781 27,730 85,235 14,813 18,166 37,086 62,635 28,671 65.6 5.9 18.1 3.1 3.8 7.9 13.3 6.1 41.2 3.7 11.3 2.0 2.4 4.9 8.3 3.8
Home ownership: Rent 100,043 2,320 18,088 4,938 12,939 4,684 28,471 6,783 25.8 0.6 4.7 1.3 3.3 1.2 7.3 1.7 19.8 0.5 3.6 1.0 2.6 0.9 5.6 1.3
Net worth: 1st 10%-group 11,801 591 2,050 849 716 319 3,583 117 13.7 0.7 2.4 1.0 0.8 0.4 4.2 0.1 11.7 0.6 2.0 0.8 0.7 0.3 3.5 0.1
Net worth: 2nd 10%-group 15,290 217 1,981 987 1,798 147 5,061 174 17.8 0.3 2.3 1.1 2.1 0.2 5.9 0.2 14.2 0.2 1.8 0.9 1.7 0.1 4.7 0.2
Net worth: 3rd 10%-group 21,719 573 3,111 1,080 3,116 662 6,194 693 25.2 0.7 3.6 1.3 3.6 0.8 7.2 0.8 19.8 0.5 2.8 1.0 2.8 0.6 5.7 0.6
Net worth: 4th 10%-group 28,177 1,375 4,673 1,301 3,300 1,626 7,691 1,626 32.7 1.6 5.4 1.5 3.8 1.9 8.9 1.9 24.2 1.2 4.0 1.1 2.8 1.4 6.6 1.4
Net worth: 5th 10%-group 37,077 3,080 6,726 1,701 2,535 2,815 9,284 2,277 43.1 3.6 7.8 2.0 2.9 3.3 10.8 2.6 29.6 2.5 5.4 1.4 2.0 2.2 7.4 1.8
Net worth: 6th 10%-group 42,564 4,100 8,142 2,016 2,939 3,972 9,952 2,802 49.5 4.8 9.5 2.3 3.4 4.6 11.6 3.3 32.3 3.1 6.2 1.5 2.2 3.0 7.5 2.1
Net worth: 7th 10%-group 46,685 4,416 9,603 2,233 3,624 4,954 10,538 3,782 54.3 5.1 11.2 2.6 4.2 5.8 12.2 4.4 34.5 3.3 7.1 1.6 2.7 3.7 7.8 2.8
Net worth: 8th 10%-group 52,351 4,619 11,951 2,467 4,005 6,035 11,466 5,301 60.8 5.4 13.9 2.9 4.7 7.0 13.3 6.2 37.9 3.3 8.6 1.8 2.9 4.4 8.3 3.8
Net worth: 9th 10%-group 61,789 4,896 16,414 2,839 4,218 7,678 12,903 7,671 71.8 5.7 19.1 3.3 4.9 8.9 15.0 8.9 43.6 3.5 11.6 2.0 3.0 5.4 9.1 5.4
Net worth: 10th 10%-group 92,371 6,183 38,672 4,278 4,854 13,562 14,434 11,011 107.3 7.2 44.9 4.9 5.6 15.8 16.8 12.8 61.3 4.1 25.7 2.8 3.2 9.0 9.6 7.3
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
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
Total
Property income
Property income is the income receivable by the owner of a financial asset or a tangible non-produced asset in return for providing funds to, or putting the tangible non-produced asset at the deposal of, another institutional unit.
Current taxes on income and wealth
Current taxes on income and wealth of corporations consist of corporation tax and dividend tax. These taxes are based on the profits of corporations.
Current taxes on income and wealth of households include all taxes, which are periodically imposed on income and wealth, such as the income tax, the wage tax and the tax on net wealth of individuals. Non-periodical levies, such as inheritance tax are defined as capital transfers. Several types of taxes are simultaneously seen as taxes on production and imports when imposed on producers and as taxes on income and wealth when imposed on consumers. For instance, motor vehicle tax is a tax on production when it is imposed on company cars and it is a tax on income and wealth and imports when it is imposed on cars for private use.
The treatment of dividend tax results from the recording of dividends. Because dividends are recorded gross, i.e. before deduction of dividend tax, dividend tax is in all cases recorded at the receiving sector. The same applies for the dividend tax to and from the rest of the world.
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.
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.
Households' social contrib. supplements
Households' social contribution supplements consist of the property income earned during the accounting period on the stock of pension and non-pension entitlements.
Other current transfers
Other current transfers consist of non-life insurance premiums, non-life insurance claims, current transfers within general government, current international co-operation and miscellaneous current transfers.
Capital transfers
Capital transfers are payments for which no quid pro quo by the beneficiary is expected. They burden the wealth of the payer, or are meant to finance fixed capital formation or other long-term expenditures of the receiver. Capital transfers can be classified into capital taxes, investment grants, imputed capital transfers and other capital transfers.
Consumption of fixed capital
The decline in value of fixed assets owned, as a result of normal wear and tear and obsolescence.

For the estimation of the consumption of fixed capital the perpetual inventory method (PIM) is applied. The capital stock at the beginning of the year is brought to replacement value because of price changes. The fixed capital formation during the year is added to this capital stock. Next it is diminished with the value of capital goods discarded. This gives to value of capital stock at the end of the year. The consumption of fixed obtained by applying a depreciation percentage.
This method may differ considerably from the method used to calculate depreciation in business accounts, which is based on historical costs or fiscal life span.
Average amount
Amount per household.
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
Total
Property income
Property income is the income receivable by the owner of a financial asset or a tangible non-produced asset in return for providing funds to, or putting the tangible non-produced asset at the deposal of, another institutional unit.
Current taxes on income and wealth
Current taxes on income and wealth of corporations consist of corporation tax and dividend tax. These taxes are based on the profits of corporations.
Current taxes on income and wealth of households include all taxes, which are periodically imposed on income and wealth, such as the income tax, the wage tax and the tax on net wealth of individuals. Non-periodical levies, such as inheritance tax are defined as capital transfers. Several types of taxes are simultaneously seen as taxes on production and imports when imposed on producers and as taxes on income and wealth when imposed on consumers. For instance, motor vehicle tax is a tax on production when it is imposed on company cars and it is a tax on income and wealth and imports when it is imposed on cars for private use.
The treatment of dividend tax results from the recording of dividends. Because dividends are recorded gross, i.e. before deduction of dividend tax, dividend tax is in all cases recorded at the receiving sector. The same applies for the dividend tax to and from the rest of the world.
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.
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.
Households' social contrib. supplements
Households' social contribution supplements consist of the property income earned during the accounting period on the stock of pension and non-pension entitlements.
Other current transfers
Other current transfers consist of non-life insurance premiums, non-life insurance claims, current transfers within general government, current international co-operation and miscellaneous current transfers.
Capital transfers
Capital transfers are payments for which no quid pro quo by the beneficiary is expected. They burden the wealth of the payer, or are meant to finance fixed capital formation or other long-term expenditures of the receiver. Capital transfers can be classified into capital taxes, investment grants, imputed capital transfers and other capital transfers.
Consumption of fixed capital
The decline in value of fixed assets owned, as a result of normal wear and tear and obsolescence.

For the estimation of the consumption of fixed capital the perpetual inventory method (PIM) is applied. The capital stock at the beginning of the year is brought to replacement value because of price changes. The fixed capital formation during the year is added to this capital stock. Next it is diminished with the value of capital goods discarded. This gives to value of capital stock at the end of the year. The consumption of fixed obtained by applying a depreciation percentage.
This method may differ considerably from the method used to calculate depreciation in business accounts, which is based on historical costs or fiscal life span.
Standardised amount
Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
Uses
Uses are transactions appear which deduces the economic value of sectors.
Total
Property income
Property income is the income receivable by the owner of a financial asset or a tangible non-produced asset in return for providing funds to, or putting the tangible non-produced asset at the deposal of, another institutional unit.
Current taxes on income and wealth
Current taxes on income and wealth of corporations consist of corporation tax and dividend tax. These taxes are based on the profits of corporations.
Current taxes on income and wealth of households include all taxes, which are periodically imposed on income and wealth, such as the income tax, the wage tax and the tax on net wealth of individuals. Non-periodical levies, such as inheritance tax are defined as capital transfers. Several types of taxes are simultaneously seen as taxes on production and imports when imposed on producers and as taxes on income and wealth when imposed on consumers. For instance, motor vehicle tax is a tax on production when it is imposed on company cars and it is a tax on income and wealth and imports when it is imposed on cars for private use.
The treatment of dividend tax results from the recording of dividends. Because dividends are recorded gross, i.e. before deduction of dividend tax, dividend tax is in all cases recorded at the receiving sector. The same applies for the dividend tax to and from the rest of the world.
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.
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.
Households' social contrib. supplements
Households' social contribution supplements consist of the property income earned during the accounting period on the stock of pension and non-pension entitlements.
Other current transfers
Other current transfers consist of non-life insurance premiums, non-life insurance claims, current transfers within general government, current international co-operation and miscellaneous current transfers.
Capital transfers
Capital transfers are payments for which no quid pro quo by the beneficiary is expected. They burden the wealth of the payer, or are meant to finance fixed capital formation or other long-term expenditures of the receiver. Capital transfers can be classified into capital taxes, investment grants, imputed capital transfers and other capital transfers.
Consumption of fixed capital
The decline in value of fixed assets owned, as a result of normal wear and tear and obsolescence.

For the estimation of the consumption of fixed capital the perpetual inventory method (PIM) is applied. The capital stock at the beginning of the year is brought to replacement value because of price changes. The fixed capital formation during the year is added to this capital stock. Next it is diminished with the value of capital goods discarded. This gives to value of capital stock at the end of the year. The consumption of fixed obtained by applying a depreciation percentage.
This method may differ considerably from the method used to calculate depreciation in business accounts, which is based on historical costs or fiscal life span.