Median equivalised net income

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.

Unit: Euro per year Frequency: Annual Coverage: 37 countries and 1 group 1995 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2025 €50,046 per yearb (break in time series) Luxembourg Lowest in 2025 €5,785 per year Albania
European Union, 2025 €22,939 per year Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025 31 Updated by the source on 20 October 2026

31 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.

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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), 2001 to 2025
Period European UnionGermanyFranceSpain
2025 €22,939 per year €28,891 per year €26,459 per year €20,367 per year
2024 €21,582 per year €27,619 per year €25,557 per year €19,307 per year
2023 €20,290 per year €26,274 per year €24,179 per year €18,316 per year
2022 €19,092 per year €24,925 per year €23,053 per yearb (break in time series) €16,814 per year
2021 €18,381 per year €24,946 per year €22,732 per year €15,892 per year
2020 €18,291 per year €26,008 per yearb (break in time series) €22,143 per yearb (break in time series) €16,043 per year
2019 €17,325 per year €23,515 per year €22,562 per year €15,015 per year
2018 €16,832 per yeare (estimated) €22,713 per year €22,220 per year €14,785 per year
2017 €16,281 per year €21,920 per year €21,960 per year €14,203 per year
2016 €15,847 per year €21,275 per year €21,713 per year €13,681 per year
2015 €15,422 per year €20,668 per year €21,415 per year €13,352 per year
2014 €15,101 per year €19,733 per year €21,199 per year €13,269 per year
2013 €14,962 per year €19,582 per year €20,924 per year €13,524 per year
2012 €14,924 per year €19,595 per year €20,603 per year €13,868 per year
2011 €14,652 per year €19,043 per year €19,995 per year €13,929 per year
2010 €14,521 per year €18,797 per year €19,960 per year €14,605 per year
2009 €14,564 per yeare (estimated) €18,586 per year €19,644 per year €14,795 per year
2008 €14,015 per yeare (estimated) €18,309 per year €18,899 per yearb (break in time series) €13,966 per yearb (break in time series)
2007 €12,902 per yeare (estimated) €17,777 per year €16,441 per year €11,645 per year
2006 €12,677 per yeare (estimated) €15,663 per year €16,209 per year €11,138 per year
2005 €12,707 per yeare (estimated) €16,393 per yearb (break in time series) €15,946 per year €10,453 per year
2004 – – €15,242 per yearb (break in time series) €10,327 per yearb (break in time series)
2001 – €15,758 per year €14,889 per year €9,034 per year

Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • Among the 31 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Luxembourg (€50,046 per year) and the lowest Albania (€5,785 per year).
  • Half of the countries are above €20,367 per year and half below.
  • From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 30 countries and fell in 1.
  • The figure for the European Union was €22,939 per year in 2025, against €18,291 per year in 2020 (+25.4%).

About this measure

Definition
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
Unit
Euro per year
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

Before comparing

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

Source and dates

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
1995 to 2025
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Luxembourg €50,046 per yearb (break in time series)
  2. 2 Norway €41,923 per year
  3. 3 Austria €36,546 per year
  4. 4 Denmark €36,192 per year
  5. 5 Ireland €35,138 per year
  6. 6 Netherlands €34,466 per year
  7. 7 Belgium €31,299 per year
  8. 8 Finland €29,740 per year
  9. 9 Germany €28,891 per year
  10. 10 Sweden €28,574 per year
  11. 11 France €26,459 per year
  12. 12 Cyprus €22,066 per year
  13. 13 Italy €22,062 per year
  14. 14 Malta €22,034 per year
  15. 15 Slovenia €20,416 per year
  16. 16 Spain €20,367 per year
  17. 17 Estonia €17,146 per year
  18. 18 Czechia €15,199 per year
  19. 19 Croatia €15,057 per year
  20. 20 Portugal €14,465 per year
  21. 21 Poland €14,394 per year
  22. 22 Latvia €13,983 per year
  23. 23 Lithuania €13,982 per yearp (provisional)
  24. 24 Slovakia €12,990 per yearb (break in time series)
  25. 25 Greece €11,700 per year
  26. 26 Bulgaria €8,862 per year
  27. 27 Hungary €8,792 per year
  28. 28 Romania €8,187 per year
  29. 29 Serbia €7,802 per year
  30. 30 Türkiye €6,039 per year
  31. 31 Albania €5,785 per year
  32. European Union €22,939 per year
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