{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"nl-median-income","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/nl-median-income","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/nl-median-income/","title":"Median Equivalised Net Income in Netherlands (2025)","description":"Netherlands's Median Equivalised Net Income: 34,466 EUR per person in 2025, +7.8% YoY, roughly 150% of the EU-27 average. 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Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure reflects typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total."},{"question":"How does the Netherlands's median income compare with the EU-27 average?","answer":"In 2025, the Netherlands's median equivalised net income of roughly 34,466 EUR was about 150.3% of the EU-27 average of approximately 22,939 EUR, a gap of around 11,527 EUR. That premium has typically been wider than in 2010, when the Netherlands's ratio to the EU-27 average stood at roughly 139.7%, though it has moved unevenly rather than climbing in a straight line."},{"question":"How much has the Netherlands's median income grown since 2010?","answer":"The Netherlands's median equivalised net income rose from about 20,292 EUR in 2010 to approximately 34,466 EUR in 2025 — a cumulative gain of roughly 69.9% over 15 years. Growth was fairly gradual through the early 2010s before accelerating from 2016 onward, and most of the increase has typically come in the years since 2020."},{"question":"Why did the Netherlands's median income jump in 2016?","answer":"The series rose from 21,292 EUR in 2015 to 22,733 EUR in 2016, a +6.8% increase — one of the largest single-year moves before 2020. Eurostat flags 2016 with a break in series for this indicator, so the jump likely reflects a methodological revision to the underlying EU-SILC survey rather than a genuine one-year surge in household income, and comparisons spanning 2015–2016 should typically be read with that caveat in mind."},{"question":"Has the Netherlands's income premium over the EU average been widening or narrowing?","answer":"Mostly widening, though not steadily. The ratio to the EU-27 average rose from about 139.7% in 2010 to a peak of roughly 154.7% in 2021–2022, eased back to approximately 144.2% in 2023, and then recovered to 148.2% in 2024 and 150.3% in 2025. The net effect over the full period is a premium that is typically larger than it was in 2010, even after the mid-decade pullback."}]}