Inequality of income distribution

In 2021, Netherlands's inequality of income distribution decreased by 6.5% compared to 2020, reaching 7.76.

Netherlands accounts for 77.9% of the EU-27 total of 9.96.

Netherlands ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.3% (from 7.86 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm151, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.