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Income differentials grew in 2021

release 19/12/2022 | Income distribution statistics 2021

Change

The database tables of income distribution statistics have been revised and a new table added. Publication of part of the tables has been postponed to 2023.

Key points

Income differentials grew clearly in 2021. The Gini coefficient received the value 29.1. It was 1.4 percentage points higher than in 2020.

Sales profits and other property income increased the income of those with the highest income more than that of other population groups. The average for disposable monetary income of the top 1 % grew in real terms by 19.9 % from the year before.

The average for real income of the lowest-income decile remained unchanged and the income level of the four lowest-income deciles rose by 0.3 per cent.

There were 719,000 persons at risk of poverty, 13.2 % of the dwelling population in 2021. The share grew from the previous year, when it was 12.5 %.

A total of 421,600 persons were at long-term risk of poverty, that is, besides 2021, they were at risk of poverty in at least two of the three previous years.

Change

The database tables of income distribution statistics have been revised and a new table added. Publication of part of the tables has been postponed to 2023.

Statistics used in the release

Income distribution statistics

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Disposable cash income per consumption unit, mean 1995-2021

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Disposable cash income per consumption unit, median 1995-2021

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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
16,965 17,281 17,802 18,166 18,614 18,840 19,451 19,957 20,449 21,198 21,599 22,085 22,786 23,132 23,693 23,967 23,944 24,077 23,947 23,891 24,073 24,266 24,485 24,752 25,079 25,108 25,281

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Median. personal disposable monetary income (no division of household income components) 1995-2021

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Personal disposable cash income by age in 2021

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Income shares (%), means, medians and maximum values of decile and percentile groups(External link)

Classifications used:

Income decile or fractile group

Statistics:

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
I	8,901	8,821	8,943	8,934	9,016	8,989	9,140	9,329	9,434	9,633	9,688	9,780	9,939	10,065	10,117	10,513	10,529	10,784	10,818	10,853	11,005	11,081	11,329	11,447	11,520	11,698	11,703
II	12,237	12,211	12,380	12,458	12,605	12,602	12,945	13,249	13,467	13,787	13,966	14,164	14,488	14,736	15,065	15,448	15,423	15,717	15,733	15,759	15,959	16,127	16,272	16,400	16,555	16,822	16,795
III	13,939	13,970	14,250	14,428	14,660	14,735	15,153	15,522	15,826	16,307	16,565	16,881	17,348	17,636	18,053	18,442	18,440	18,676	18,624	18,618	18,810	19,008	19,185	19,363	19,599	19,766	19,853
IV	15,481	15,607	16,032	16,306	16,630	16,790	17,295	17,727	18,131	18,778	19,118	19,538	20,151	20,477	20,911	21,276	21,297	21,469	21,363	21,325	21,510	21,726	21,939	22,191	22,496	22,606	22,780
V	17,028	17,271	17,840	18,199	18,619	18,853	19,433	19,919	20,425	21,213	21,629	22,134	22,859	23,198	23,672	24,028	24,052	24,178	24,019	23,958	24,143	24,384	24,656	24,967	25,330	25,401	25,650
VI	18,642	18,996	19,703	20,142	20,661	20,962	21,605	22,149	22,744	23,672	24,155	24,740	25,579	25,915	26,438	26,803	26,830	26,922	26,727	26,652	26,858	27,122	27,451	27,821	28,243	28,274	28,609
VII	20,436	20,886	21,741	22,287	22,921	23,294	24,007	24,613	25,319	26,391	26,953	27,642	28,604	28,933	29,510	29,902	29,937	29,993	29,763	29,674	29,901	30,208	30,583	31,036	31,528	31,521	31,955
VIII	22,646	23,204	24,247	24,918	25,718	26,200	26,985	27,666	28,510	29,766	30,432	31,230	32,349	32,663	33,312	33,766	33,811	33,805	33,547	33,427	33,708	34,061	34,512	35,067	35,622	35,601	36,164
IX	25,891	26,579	27,941	28,823	29,927	30,574	31,404	32,211	33,237	34,793	35,617	36,578	37,998	38,237	38,987	39,549	39,620	39,500	39,220	39,063	39,461	39,856	40,455	41,154	41,801	41,745	42,588
X	38,098	38,802	42,761	46,010	51,699	56,027	52,816	53,655	55,687	60,506	60,843	63,731	68,505	65,191	63,178	66,161	67,467	63,473	65,018	64,345	66,100	66,274	69,175	71,556	71,323	71,562	77,389

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90-
median, personal disposable monetary income (no division of household income components)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	486	1,292	3,413	8,406	10,982	13,910	15,132	16,260	17,968	19,894	21,614	23,052	24,067	24,743	25,376	25,925	26,470	27,004	27,593	28,097	28,539	29,042	29,463	29,925	30,280	30,639	31,061	31,102	31,335	31,383	31,337	31,114	30,734	30,464	30,274	29,874	29,657	29,304	28,873	28,567	28,255	28,067	27,699	27,371	27,049	26,502	26,109	25,308	23,826	20,740	19,576	19,243	19,082	18,911	18,828	18,668	18,709	18,756	18,866	18,866	18,823	18,720	18,713	18,681	18,392	18,252	18,089	17,880	17,825	17,735	17,533	17,476	17,477	17,321	17,155
median, personal disposable moneteary income (household income components allocated to persons)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	481	1,268	3,837	8,461	10,899	13,767	14,943	16,079	17,823	19,781	21,559	23,000	24,009	24,673	25,295	25,830	26,305	26,859	27,429	27,897	28,355	28,818	29,244	29,753	30,077	30,463	30,881	30,977	31,220	31,279	31,268	31,059	30,697	30,469	30,276	29,914	29,687	29,332	28,917	28,618	28,288	28,093	27,740	27,407	27,073	26,539	26,134	25,331	23,834	20,752	19,583	19,246	19,094	18,915	18,833	18,674	18,720	18,762	18,874	18,871	18,832	18,725	18,716	18,681	18,392	18,250	18,089	17,878	17,823	17,735	17,534	17,477	17,476	17,313	17,146

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
18-24	7,246	7,216	7,481	7,787	8,079	8,300	8,606	8,639	8,785	9,096	9,437	9,825	10,249	10,469	9,560	9,924	10,247	10,522	10,408	10,348	10,362	10,725	11,199	11,716	12,019	11,862	12,313
25-34	16,886	17,218	17,861	18,331	18,857	19,156	19,850	20,259	20,693	21,465	21,969	22,518	23,225	23,590	23,817	23,904	23,838	23,892	23,365	23,096	23,110	23,312	23,521	23,903	24,314	24,407	24,589
35-49	19,536	19,992	20,751	21,222	21,779	22,066	22,747	23,310	24,040	25,171	25,769	26,441	27,251	27,651	28,343	28,789	28,818	28,928	28,558	28,415	28,620	28,963	29,209	29,501	29,920	30,026	30,208
50-64	15,834	16,521	17,221	17,749	18,436	18,755	19,441	20,122	20,766	21,770	22,147	22,757	23,439	23,725	24,548	24,937	25,022	25,271	25,283	25,310	25,628	26,013	26,339	26,749	27,297	27,491	27,816
65-74	11,901	12,140	12,236	12,442	12,666	12,658	13,229	13,819	14,256	14,729	15,077	15,423	15,758	16,131	17,340	17,680	17,731	18,049	18,379	18,555	18,876	18,930	19,026	19,006	19,127	19,188	19,083
75-	11,744	11,924	12,003	12,192	12,366	12,285	12,746	13,118	13,302	13,504	13,721	13,852	14,044	14,342	15,277	15,572	15,485	15,894	16,244	16,531	16,954	17,136	17,352	17,480	17,755	18,105	18,186

Income differentials grew in 2021

Change

Key points

Change

Statistics used in the release

Figures

Disposable cash income per consumption unit, mean 1995-2021

Disposable cash income per consumption unit, median 1995-2021

Median. personal disposable monetary income (no division of household income components) 1995-2021

Personal disposable cash income by age in 2021

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