In 2023, the United States had the highest gross household disposable income per capita in OECD countries adjusted for purchasing power parity. Their disposable income per capita was over ****** U.S. dollars. Luxembourg followed in second with around ****** U.S. dollars, with Switzerland in third.

This statistic shows the household net disposable income in OECD countries in 2018. In 2018, households in the U.S. had a net adjusted disposable income of about ****** U.S. dollars.

Japan JP: Household and NPISH: Disposable Income: Net data was reported at 365,218.479 JPY bn in Dec 2026. This records an increase from the previous number of 363,517.238 JPY bn for Sep 2026. Japan JP: Household and NPISH: Disposable Income: Net data is updated quarterly, averaging 294,978.969 JPY bn from Mar 1960 (Median) to Dec 2026, with 268 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 365,218.479 JPY bn in Dec 2026 and a record low of 9,822.337 JPY bn in Mar 1960. Japan JP: Household and NPISH: Disposable Income: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.OECD.EO: Household Sector Account: Forecast: OECD Member: Quarterly. YDH - Net household and non-profit institutions serving households disposable incomeHousehold disposable income consists essentially of income from employment and from the operation of unincorporated enterprises, plus receipts of interest, dividends and social benefits minus payments of interest, current taxes and social contributions. It also includes income from imputed rents received by owner-occupiers of dwellings. It can be measured on a gross basis, i.e. before deduction of consumption of fixed capital (CFC) or on a net basis, i.e., after the deduction of CFC.

The OECD Income Distribution database (IDD) has been developed to benchmark and monitor countries' performance in the field of income inequality and poverty. It contains a number of standardised indicators based on the central concept of "equivalised household disposable income", i.e. the total income received by the households less the current taxes and transfers they pay, adjusted for household size with an equivalence scale. While household income is only one of the factors shaping people's economic well-being, it is also the one for which comparable data for all OECD countries are most common. Income distribution has a long-standing tradition among household-level statistics, with regular data collections going back to the 1980s (and sometimes earlier) in many OECD countries.

Achieving comparability in this field is a challenge, as national practices differ widely in terms of concepts, measures, and statistical sources. In order to maximise international comparability as well as inter-temporal consistency of data, the IDD data collection and compilation process is based on a common set of statistical conventions (e.g. on income concepts and components). The information obtained by the OECD through a network of national data providers, via a standardized questionnaire, is based on national sources that are deemed to be most representative for each country.

Small changes in estimates between years should be treated with caution as they may not be statistically significant.

Fore more details, please refer to: https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/IDD-Metadata.pdf and https://www.oecd.org/social/income-distribution-database.htm

Australia Household and NPISH: Real Disposable Income: Net data was reported at 1,352.923 AUD bn in 2026. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,313.008 AUD bn for 2025. Australia Household and NPISH: Real Disposable Income: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 500.651 AUD bn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2026, with 67 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,352.923 AUD bn in 2026 and a record low of 173.689 AUD bn in 1960. Australia Household and NPISH: Real Disposable Income: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.OECD.EO: Household Sector Account: Forecast: OECD Member: Annual. YDRH - Net household and non-profit institutions serving households disposable income, realNominal disposable income deflated by the implicit private consumption price

This dataset accompanies the tables ‘Household income and saving in the National Accounts: distributions by income quintile’ and ‘Household consumption in the National Accounts: distributions by income quintile’ and presents the number of households in each quintile broken down by home ownership status.

   Households are grouped into income quintiles on the basis of their equivalised disposable income, ranked from lowest to highest, i.e., the first quintile represents the 20% households with the lowest equivalised disposable income and the fifth quintile the 20% households with the highest. Equivalisation means that results for each household have been recalculated on the basis of its consumption needs, in order to produce comparable results across households of different size and composition. <br><br>

   The following three home ownership classes are shown: a) households that rent their house (‘Rent’), b) households that own their house (partly) financing it with a mortgage (‘Own with mortgage’), and c) households that own their house but have no mortgage (‘Own without mortgage’).<br><br>

   The default view of this table is for a single country (‘Reference area’ filter) and single year (‘Time period’ filter). In cases where countries appear to be greyed-out, data may be available for earlier years, and these can be selected by selecting a different start and end year in the ‘Time period’ filter. <br><br>

   For more information on the (compilation of) these results, please see the <a href="https://www.oecd.org/sdd/na/household-distributional-results-in-line-with-national-accounts-experimental-statistics.htm"> webpage on household distributional results </a>.

This table presents household income and saving from the national accounts broken down by income quintile. It includes primary income, disposable income, adjusted disposable income and saving. Primary income is the income that households receive as a result of their involvement in production. It includes gross operating surplus (in the case of households, imputed income from owning your own house), gross mixed income (profits of the self-employed) and compensation of employees (wages and salaries and employers’ social contributions) as well as net interest, distributed income of corporations (dividends) and rent. Disposable income is the income that households receive after taxes on income and wealth, social contributions and benefits, non-life insurance premiums and claims, and other current transfers like remittances. Adjusted disposable income is derived from disposable income, but also includes the value of social transfers in kind received by households. Saving represents that part of disposable income (adjusted for the change in pension entitlements) that is not spent on final consumption goods and services.

   In this table, households are grouped on the basis of their main source of income, which is the income item that makes the largest contribution to the income of the household. Four categories are shown: wages and salaries, income from self-employment, net property income (mainly interest, dividends and rent), and current transfers received such as social benefits including social transfers in kind.<br><br>

   Results are presented in national currency and as averages per household and per consumption unit (you can choose these from the ‘Unit of measure’ filter). Results per consumption unit (equivalised income and saving) are obtained by dividing each household’s result by the number of consumption units, reflecting its consumption needs, for example by applying the standard OECD-modified equivalence scale, counting the first adult as 1, any additional people aged 14 and over as 0.5 and all children under 14 as 0.3.<br><br>

   The default view of this table is for a single country (‘Reference area’ filter) and single year (‘Time period’ filter). In cases where countries appear to be greyed-out, data may be available for earlier years, and these can be selected by selecting a different start and end year in the ‘Time period’ filter. Users are recommended to select one country at a time to obtain a comprehensive overview of the distributional results for that country for a given period of time. Alternatively, you may select a specific item from the ‘Transaction’ filter to make cross-country comparisons. <br><br>

   For more information on the (compilation of) these results, please see the <a href="https://www.oecd.org/sdd/na/household-distributional-results-in-line-with-national-accounts-experimental-statistics.htm"> webpage on household distributional results </a>.

Czech Republic CZ: Household and NPISH: Real Disposable Income: Net data was reported at 3,338.489 CZK bn in 2026. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,286.590 CZK bn for 2025. Czech Republic CZ: Household and NPISH: Real Disposable Income: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 2,537.102 CZK bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2026, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,338.489 CZK bn in 2026 and a record low of 1,642.088 CZK bn in 1995. Czech Republic CZ: Household and NPISH: Real Disposable Income: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Czech Republic – Table CZ.OECD.EO: Household Sector Account: Forecast: OECD Member: Annual. YDRH - Net household and non-profit institutions serving households disposable income, realNominal disposable income deflated by the implicit private consumption price

The OECD Income Distribution database (IDD) has been developed to benchmark and monitor countries' performance in the field of income inequality and poverty. It contains a number of standardised indicators based on the central concept of "equivalised household disposable income", i.e. the total income received by the households less the current taxes and transfers they pay, adjusted for household size with an equivalence scale. While household income is only one of the factors shaping people's economic well-being, it is also the one for which comparable data for all OECD countries are most common. Income distribution has a long-standing tradition among household-level statistics, with regular data collections going back to the 1980s (and sometimes earlier) in many OECD countries. Achieving comparability in this field is a challenge, as national practices differ widely in terms of concepts, measures, and statistical sources. In order to maximise international comparability as well as inter-temporal consistency of data, the IDD data collection and compilation process is based on a common set of statistical conventions (e.g. on income concepts and components). The information obtained by the OECD through a network of national data providers, via a standardized questionnaire, is based on national sources that are deemed to be most representative for each country. Small changes in estimates between years should be treated with caution as they may not be statistically significant. Fore more details, please refer to: https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/IDD-Metadata.pdf and https://www.oecd.org/social/income-distribution-database.htm

Part of a series of tables relating to household expenditure categorised by Classification Of Individual Consumption by Purpose (COICOP). Estimates are drawn from the Living Costs and Food Survey

Part of a series of tables relating to household expenditure categorised by Classification Of Individual Consumption by Purpose (COICOP). Estimates are drawn from the Living Costs and Food Survey

This dataset accompanies the tables ‘Household income and saving in the National Accounts: distributions by income quintile’ and ‘Household consumption in the National Accounts: distributions by income quintile’ and presents the number of individuals belonging to households in each quintile broken down by the highest level of education achieved.

   Households are grouped into income quintiles on the basis of their equivalised disposable income, ranked from lowest to highest, i.e., the first quintile represents the 20% households with the lowest equivalised disposable income and the fifth quintile the 20% households with the highest. Equivalisation means that results for each household have been recalculated on the basis of its consumption needs, in order to produce comparable results across households of different size and composition. <br><br>

   The education levels are derived on the basis of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) which distinguishes the following categories: 0) less than primary education, 1) primary education, 2) lower secondary education, 3) upper secondary education, 4) post-secondary non-tertiary education, 5) short-cycle tertiary education, 6) bachelor’s or equivalent level, 7) master’s or equivalent level, 8) doctoral or equivalent level. <br><br>

   The default view of this table is for a single country (‘Reference area’ filter) and single year (‘Time period’ filter). In cases where countries appear to be greyed-out, data may be available for earlier years, and these can be selected by selecting a different start and end year in the ‘Time period’ filter. <br><br>

   For more information on the (compilation of) these results, please see the <a href="https://www.oecd.org/sdd/na/household-distributional-results-in-line-with-national-accounts-experimental-statistics.htm"> webpage on household distributional results </a>.

Canada CA: Household and NPISH: Disposable Income: Net: Double Hit Scenario data was reported at 1,360.000 CAD bn in Dec 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,350.000 CAD bn for Sep 2021. Canada CA: Household and NPISH: Disposable Income: Net: Double Hit Scenario data is updated quarterly, averaging 646.500 CAD bn from Mar 1981 (Median) to Dec 2021, with 164 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,370.000 CAD bn in Mar 2020 and a record low of 217.000 CAD bn in Mar 1981. Canada CA: Household and NPISH: Disposable Income: Net: Double Hit Scenario data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.OECD.EO: Household Sector Account: Forecast: OECD Member: Quarterly. YDH - Net household and non-profit institutions serving households disposable incomeHousehold disposable income consists essentially of income from employment and from the operation of unincorporated enterprises, plus receipts of interest, dividends and social benefits minus payments of interest, current taxes and social contributions. It also includes income from imputed rents received by owner-occupiers of dwellings. It can be measured on a gross basis, i.e. before deduction of consumption of fixed capital (CFC) or on a net basis, i.e., after the deduction of CFC.

This table contains estimates of Incomes (Median Equivalised, Median Disposable), Poverty (using the proportion of people below a half median equivalised disposable household income poverty line), Inequality (using the Gini coefficient) and financial stress (Had no access to emergency money, Can't afford a night out once a fortnight and Leaving low income from benefit). Leaving low income from benefit is the gross earning (expressed as a percentage of average full time earnings) required for a family to reach a 60% of median household income threshold from benefits of last resort (State welfare payments or income support). All estimates were derived using a spatial microsimulation model which used the Survey of Income and Housing and the 2011 Census data as base datasets, so they are synthetic estimates. This table forms part of the AURIN Social Indicators project.

The aggregate house price to income ratio of OECD countries from 2005 to 2023 increased overall. In 2023, the aggregate house price to income ratio of the OECD countries amounted to ***** percent, which means that since 2015, the growth of house prices had outpaced income growth by ** percent.This ratio was calculated by dividing nominal house prices by nominal disposable income per head. The house price to income ratio of OECD countries varies strongly.

Average weekly household expenditure on goods and services in the UK. Data are shown by region, age, income (including equivalised) group (deciles and quintiles), economic status, socio-economic class, housing tenure, output area classification, urban and rural areas (Great Britain only), place of purchase and household composition.

This table presents household consumption from the national accounts broken down by income quintile. It includes final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. Final consumption expenditure concerns the amount that households actually spend on consumption goods and services such as food, clothing, housing, transport, health care and education. Actual individual consumption includes not only households’ total final consumption expenditure but also their consumption of social transfers in kind, which are goods and services (such as health care, education, housing and childcare) that are provided by government and non-profit institutions for free or at subsidised rates, so they are not fully paid for by households themselves.

   In this table, households are grouped into income quintiles on the basis of their equivalised disposable income, ranked from lowest to highest, i.e., the first quintile represents the 20% households with the lowest equivalised disposable income and the fifth quintile the 20% households with the highest. Equivalisation means that results for each household have been recalculated on the basis of its consumption needs, in order to produce comparable results across households of different size and composition. <br><br>

   Results are presented in national currency and as averages per household and per consumption unit (you can choose these from the ‘Unit of measure’ filter). Results per consumption unit (equivalised consumption) are obtained by dividing each household’s result by the number of consumption units, reflecting its consumption needs, for example by applying the standard OECD-modified equivalence scale, counting the first adult as 1, any additional people aged 14 and over as 0.5 and all children under 14 as 0.3.<br><br>

   The default view of this table is for a single country (‘Reference area’ filter) and single year (‘Time period’ filter). In cases where countries appear to be greyed-out, data may be available for earlier years, and these can be selected by selecting a different start and end year in the ‘Time period’ filter. Users are recommended to select one country at a time to obtain a comprehensive overview of the distributional results for that country for a given period of time. Alternatively, you may select a specific item from the ‘Transaction’ or ‘Expenditure’ filter to make cross-country comparisons. <br><br>


   For more information on the (compilation of) these results, please see the <a href="https://www.oecd.org/sdd/na/household-distributional-results-in-line-with-national-accounts-experimental-statistics.htm"> webpage on household distributional results </a>.

This table presents a set of selected quarterly indicators highlighting people’s economic well-being. It includes the following indicators (or measures) for households and Non Profit Institutions Serving Households (NPISH): real gross disposable income per capita, real final consumption expenditure per capita, the gross savings rate, net cash transfers to households and NPISH, debt and net financial worth. Some other indicators that are relevant for people and households are also provided: real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, consumer confidence, the unemployment rate and the labour underutilisation rate.

The table shows OECD countries, as well as the OECD total, G7, European Union and euro area. Data is presented on an indicator-by-indicator basis. Users are recommended to select one indicator at a time in the ‘Measure’ filter.

See also the visualisation tool: Households' economic well-being: the OECD dashboard

These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the HHDASH dataset. The mapping table between old OECD.Stat and new OECD Data Explorer codes is available here.
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Date of last data update: August 7, 2025

The financial indicators are based on data compiled according to the 2008 SNA "System of National Accounts, 2008". Many indicators are expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or as a percentage of Gross Disposable Income (GDI) when referring to the Households and NPISHs sector. The definition of GDP and GDI are the following:

Gross Domestic Product:
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is derived from the concept of value added. Gross value added is the difference of output and intermediate consumption. GDP is the sum of gross value added of all resident producer units plus that part (possibly the total) of taxes on products, less subsidies on products, that is not included in the valuation of output [System of National Accounts, 2008, par. 2.138]. GDP is also equal to the sum of final uses of goods and services (all uses except intermediate consumption) measured at purchasers’ prices, less the value of imports of goods and services [System of National Accounts, 2008, par. 2.139]. GDP is also equal to the sum of primary incomes distributed by producer units [System of National Accounts, 2008, par. 2.140].

Gross Disposable Income:
Gross Disposable Income (GDI) is equal to net disposable income which is the balancing item of the secondary distribution income account plus the consumption of fixed capital. The use of the Gross Disposable Income (GDI), rather than net disposable income, is preferable for analytical purposes because there are uncertainty and comparability problems with the calculation of consumption of fixed capital. GDI measures the income available to the total economy for final consumption and gross saving [System of National Accounts, 2008, par. 2.145].

Definition of Debt:
Debt is a commonly used concept, defined as a specific subset of liabilities identified according to the types of financial instruments included or excluded. Generally, debt is defined as all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. Consequently, all debt instruments are liabilities, but some liabilities such as shares, equity and financial derivatives are not debt [System of National Accounts, 2008, par. 22.104]. According to the SNA, most debt instruments are valued at market prices. However, some countries do not apply this valuation, in particular for securities other than shares, except financial derivatives (AF33). In this dataset, for financial indicators referring to debt, the concept of debt is the one adopted by the SNA 2008 as well as by the International Monetary Fund in “Public Sector Debt Statistics – Guide for compilers and users” (Pre-publication draft, May 2011). Debt is thus obtained as the sum of the following liability categories, whenever available / applicable in the financial balance sheet of the institutional sector:special drawing rights (AF12), currency and deposits (AF2), debt securities (AF3), loans (AF4), insurance, pension, and standardised guarantees (AF6), and other accounts payable (AF8). This definition differs from the definition of debt applied under the Maastricht Treaty for European countries. First, gross debt according to the Maastricht definition excludes not only financial derivatives and employee stock options (AF7) and equity and investment fund shares (AF5) but also insurance pensions and standardised guarantees (AF6) and other accounts payable (AF8). Second, debt according to Maastricht definition is valued at nominal prices and not at market prices.

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Japanese households had an average annual income of approximately *** million Japanese yen in 2024, constituting an increase of *** percent compared to the previous year. Stagnant wages and regional income disparitiesHousehold income refers to the combined gross income of all household members aged 15 years and older, regardless of relation. While the average number of household members was **** in 2022, there were only about **** earners per household. A look at the time series reveals that the average income stagnated in the last ten years. Japan’s well-beingOften cited with family income and per capita income, the annual average household income is a useful economic indicator of a country’s living standard and individual wealth. In terms of well-being, Japan’s performance is mixed compared to other OECD countries. While low labor market insecurity and a high employment rate indicate Japan is performing well relative to other OECD countries, average earnings, as well as household net adjusted disposable income were lower than the OECD average.