Median Equivalised Net Income in Netherlands (2025)
Netherlands's Median Equivalised Net Income: 34,466 EUR per person in 2025, +7.8% YoY, roughly 150% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34,466 | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 31,981 | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 29,249 | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 29,537 | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 28,441 | +10.2% |
| 2020 | 25,801 | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 24,612 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 24,016 | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 23,561 | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 22,733 | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 21,292 | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 20,891 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 20,839 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 20,562 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 20,310 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 20,292 | n/a |
About this Dataset
The Netherlands's median equivalised net income — the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size — reached approximately 34,466 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 7.8% increase from 31,981 EUR in 2024, following an even sharper 9.3% gain the year before.
For analysts benchmarking purchasing power across European markets, the more useful reference point is the Netherlands's position relative to the EU-27 average. In 2010, the Netherlands's median income of 20,292 EUR was already about 139.7% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR. That premium climbed through the second half of the 2010s and peaked at roughly 154.7% in 2021–2022, before easing back to approximately 144.2% in 2023 as EU-27 peers typically caught up somewhat in nominal terms. It has since recovered to 148.2% in 2024 and 150.3% in 2025 — still above the 2010 starting point, even after the mid-decade pullback.
Growth has not been perfectly linear. The Netherlands's income rose steadily from 20,292 EUR in 2010 to 21,292 EUR in 2015, then jumped to 22,733 EUR in 2016 (+6.8%) — a move Eurostat flags with a break in series, likely reflecting a methodological revision to the underlying EU-SILC survey rather than a genuine one-year income surge. Growth then continued at a more moderate pace through 2020 (25,801 EUR), before accelerating again to 28,441 EUR in 2021 (+10.2%), likely reflecting post-pandemic income recovery. The level dipped slightly to 29,249 EUR in 2023 (-1.0%) before resuming its climb to 31,981 EUR in 2024 and 34,466 EUR in 2025. Because EU-SILC income figures are denominated in current-year euros and not adjusted for inflation, part of the 2023–2025 gains likely reflects nominal wage growth amid elevated inflation rather than an equivalent rise in real purchasing power.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) provides the underlying survey data feeding into this series.