Income distribution of households; National Accounts

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Income distribution of households; National Accounts
Characteristics of households Periods Total amount Resources Social contributions and benefits Social benefits in cash Other social insurance benefits (million euros) Total amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Other social insurance benefits (million euros) Average amount Resources Social contributions and benefits Social benefits in cash Other social insurance benefits (1,000 euro) Average amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Other private social insurance benefits (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Resources Social contributions and benefits Social benefits in cash Other social insurance benefits (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Uses Social contributions and benefits Other social insurance benefits (1,000 euro) Share in adjusted disposable income Resources Social contributions and benefits Social benefits in cash Other social insurance benefits (%) Share in adjusted disposable income Uses Social contributions and benefits Other social insurance benefits (%)
Total 2021* 62,621 348 7.5 0.0 5.1 0.0 10.5 0.1
Disposable income: 1st 20%-group 2021* 1,994 6 1.2 0.0 1.0 0.0 3.6 0.0
Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 9,265 13 5.5 0.0 4.0 0.0 10.7 0.0
Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 14,417 25 8.6 0.0 5.6 0.0 13.0 0.0
Disposable income: 4th 20%-group 2021* 17,514 49 10.5 0.0 6.5 0.0 12.9 0.0
Disposable income: 5th 20%-group 2021* 19,431 255 11.6 0.2 7.2 0.1 9.3 0.1
Type: Single man 2021* 6,880 35 4.6 0.0 4.6 0.0 11.6 0.1
Type: Single woman 2021* 9,374 14 6.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 14.7 0.0
Type: One-parent family 2021* 2,150 17 3.8 0.0 2.3 0.0 5.4 0.0
Type: Couple, with child(ren) 2021* 11,040 179 5.7 0.1 2.6 0.0 4.7 0.1
Type: Couple, no children 2021* 30,867 87 13.8 0.0 9.2 0.0 18.2 0.1
Other types of households 2021* 2,310 16 4.5 0.0 3.1 0.0 7.4 0.0
Source of income: mixed income 2021* 2,147 273 2.6 0.3 1.6 0.2 2.3 0.3
Source of income: compensation of employ 2021* 21,616 62 5.1 0.0 3.1 0.0 6.3 0.0
Source of income: old age benefits 2021* 37,700 9 17.5 0.0 14.2 0.0 30.8 0.0
Source of income: other 2021* 1,158 4 1.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 2.8 0.0
Main earner: to 35 years 2021* 3,761 52 2.2 0.0 1.6 0.0 4.1 0.1
Main earner: 35 to 50 years 2021* 7,045 129 3.6 0.1 2.1 0.0 4.1 0.1
Main earner: 50 to 65 years 2021* 13,851 138 6.0 0.1 3.8 0.0 7.2 0.1
Main earner: 65 years or older 2021* 37,964 29 16.1 0.0 12.8 0.0 26.6 0.0
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home 2021* 47,701 270 10.7 0.1 6.5 0.0 11.6 0.1
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy 2021* 2,848 12 2.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 4.6 0.0
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy 2021* 11,112 65 5.4 0.0 4.1 0.0 10.0 0.1
Home ownership: Other 2021* 960 1 2.6 0.0 2.4 0.0 7.3 0.0
Net worth: 1st 20%-group 2021* 1,737 4 1.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 2.6 0.0
Net worth: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 5,378 16 3.2 0.0 2.4 0.0 6.3 0.0
Net worth: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 9,198 46 5.5 0.0 3.6 0.0 8.0 0.0
Net worth: 4th 20%-group 2021* 14,416 86 8.6 0.1 5.2 0.0 10.3 0.1
Net worth: 5th 20%-group 2021* 31,892 196 19.1 0.1 11.2 0.1 16.8 0.1
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.

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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.
Other social insurance benefits
Other private social insurance benefits are benefits paid by employers out of special reserves, which are segregated from their other reserves.
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.
Other social insurance benefits
Other private social insurance benefits are benefits paid by employers out of special reserves, which are segregated from their other reserves.
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.
Other social insurance benefits
Other private social insurance benefits are benefits paid by employers out of special reserves, which are segregated from their other reserves.
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.
Other private social insurance benefits
Other private social insurance benefits are benefits paid by employers out of special reserves, which are segregated from their other reserves.
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.
Other social insurance benefits
Other private social insurance benefits are benefits paid by employers out of special reserves, which are segregated from their other reserves.
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.
Other social insurance benefits
Other private social insurance benefits are benefits paid by employers out of special reserves, which are segregated from their other reserves.
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.
Other social insurance benefits
Other private social insurance benefits are benefits paid by employers out of special reserves, which are segregated from their other reserves.
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.
Other social insurance benefits
Other private social insurance benefits are benefits paid by employers out of special reserves, which are segregated from their other reserves.