Median equivalised net income in European Union

Name: Median equivalised net income in European Union
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Median equivalised net income in the European Union was €22,939 per year in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.

Median equivalised net income Euro per year Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: Eurostat

European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.

European Union, 2025 €22,939 Euro per year

Change from 2024 +6.3% 2024: €21,582 per year

Median equivalised net income in European Union over time

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Euro per year. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Median equivalised net income (euro per year), 2005 to 2025
Period	European Union
2025	€22,939 per year
2024	€21,582 per year
2023	€20,290 per year
2022	€19,092 per year
2021	€18,381 per year
2020	€18,291 per year
2019	€17,325 per year
2018	€16,832 per yeare (estimated)
2017	€16,281 per year
2016	€15,847 per year
2015	€15,422 per year
2014	€15,101 per year
2013	€14,962 per year
2012	€14,924 per year
2011	€14,652 per year
2010	€14,521 per year
2009	€14,564 per yeare (estimated)
2008	€14,015 per yeare (estimated)
2007	€12,902 per yeare (estimated)
2006	€12,677 per yeare (estimated)
2005	€12,707 per yeare (estimated)

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In short

That is a change of +6.3% from €21,582 per year in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was €15,422 per year, the figure has changed by +48.7%.

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Original producer: Eurostat
Source: Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code: ilc_di03 · dataset details · view at source
Selection: freq=A age=TOTAL sex=T statinfo=MED_EI unit=EUR
Observation period: 2005 to 2025 for European Union
Provider update: 20 October 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution: Source: Eurostat

What this measures

The middle value of household disposable income after taxes and social transfers, adjusted for household size and composition (equivalised), per person per year. Figures are in nominal euro and are not adjusted for price differences between countries.

Population covered: All people living in private households

Nominal euro values do not account for different price levels between countries.

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