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Household income per inhabitant in the EU regions

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In Luxembourg, the net primary income of households was 36,200 PPS per inhabitant, against 13,200 PPS per inhabitant in Bulgaria.

In 2023, the net primary income of households in the EU was 24,500 PPS per inhabitant. It is what households earn from work, self-employment and property, before taxes, social contributions and social benefits. The amounts are in purchasing power standards (PPS), which remove the differences in price levels between countries.

Figures for:
2023.
Covers:
the whole year.
New data:
once a year.
Dataset updated:
20 May 2026.

Published 9 November 2026

27 / 27 EU countries ranked

The ranking

In 2023, the net primary income of households was highest in Luxembourg, at 36,200 PPS per inhabitant, and lowest in Bulgaria, at 13,200 PPS per inhabitant.

Net primary income of households, PPS per inhabitant

2023
010,00020,00030,00040,000PPS per inhabitant
EU, 24,500 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 1: Luxembourg, 36,200 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 2: Germany, 32,000 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 3: Netherlands, 30,500 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 4: Austria, 29,300 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 5: Belgium, 28,800 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 6: Denmark, 26,400 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 7: France, 24,900 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 7: Sweden, 24,900 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 9: Ireland, 24,800 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 10: Italy, 23,900 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 11: Malta, 23,800 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 12: Finland, 23,100 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 13: Spain, 22,500 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 14: Cyprus, 21,800 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 15: Slovenia, 20,800 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 16: Czechia, 19,300 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 17: Lithuania, 19,200 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 18: Poland, 18,300 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 18: Portugal, 18,300 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 20: Hungary, 17,200 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 21: Greece, 16,400 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 22: Slovakia, 16,100 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 23: Romania, 16,000 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 24: Estonia, 15,900 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 25: Croatia, 15,500 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 26: Latvia, 14,700 PPS per inhabitant
Rank 27: Bulgaria, 13,200 PPS per inhabitant
How to read: bars start at zero. Every country with a value is shown, ranked from highest to lowest, and the EU in the first row.The values for France, Germany, Greece, Malta, the Netherlands and Spain are provisional.Source: Eurostat, Income of households by NUTS 2 region (nama_10r_2hhinc).Chart: Civitascope (civitascope.eu) · CC BY 4.0 · Download image · Download data ·

The regions of the EU

In 2023, among the EU's 244 regions, the net primary income of households was highest in Oberbayern (Germany), 44,200 PPS per inhabitant, and lowest in Mayotte (France), 8,200 PPS per inhabitant.

Net primary income of households, by NUTS 2 region, PPS per inhabitant

2023 · the EU's 244 NUTS 2 regions
PPS per inhabitant
  • 8,200–16,500 (50 regions)
  • 16,600–20,600 (49 regions)
  • 20,700–24,600 (47 regions)
  • 24,700–29,600 (49 regions)
  • 29,800–44,200 (49 regions)

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AzoresMadeiraCanary IslandsGuadeloupeMartiniqueFrench GuianaRéunionMayotte
How to read: the regions are put into five bands by their value, each band holding about a fifth of the regions. The stronger the colour, the higher the value. Pointing at a region or tapping it shows its name, its value and its country's figure.Source: Eurostat (nama_10r_2hhinc), NUTS 2024, level 2. Boundaries: © EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries.Chart: Civitascope (civitascope.eu) · CC BY 4.0 · Download image · Download data ·

Austria29,300

  1. Vorarlberg31,900 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Salzburg30,800 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Tirol30,300 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Niederösterreich30,100 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Oberösterreich30,000 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Steiermark28,500 PPS per inhabitant
  7. Burgenland28,000 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Wien27,800 PPS per inhabitant
  9. Kärnten27,400 PPS per inhabitant

Belgium28,800

  1. Prov. Vlaams-Brabant35,700 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Prov. Brabant wallon33,500 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen32,000 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Prov. Antwerpen30,400 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Prov. West-Vlaanderen30,000 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Prov. Limburg (BE)27,700 PPS per inhabitant
  7. Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest26,800 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Prov. Namur26,100 PPS per inhabitant
  9. Prov. Luxembourg (BE)25,900 PPS per inhabitant
  10. Prov. Liège24,200 PPS per inhabitant
  11. Prov. Hainaut22,000 PPS per inhabitant

Bulgaria13,200

  1. Yugozapaden21,300 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Severoiztochen10,300 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Severen tsentralen9,700 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Yuzhen tsentralen9,600 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Yugoiztochen9,500 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Severozapaden8,300 PPS per inhabitant

Croatia15,500

  1. Grad Zagreb20,100 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Sjeverna Hrvatska15,300 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Jadranska Hrvatska14,800 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Panonska Hrvatska13,100 PPS per inhabitant

Cyprus21,800

  1. Kýpros21,800 PPS per inhabitant

Czechia19,300

  1. Praha25,600 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Střední Čechy21,200 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Jihovýchod19,000 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Jihozápad18,400 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Severovýchod17,800 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Střední Morava17,500 PPS per inhabitant
  7. Severozápad17,000 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Moravskoslezsko16,900 PPS per inhabitant

Denmark26,400

  1. Hovedstaden31,100 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Midtjylland24,700 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Sjælland24,700 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Syddanmark23,600 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Nordjylland22,900 PPS per inhabitant

Estonia15,900

  1. Eesti15,900 PPS per inhabitant

Finland23,100

  1. Helsinki-Uusimaa29,800 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Åland24,300 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Etelä-Suomi20,900 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Länsi-Suomi20,600 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi18,700 PPS per inhabitant

France24,900

  1. Ile de France34,500 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur26,100 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Rhône-Alpes25,800 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Alsace24,700 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Aquitaine23,700 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Midi-Pyrénées23,300 PPS per inhabitant
  7. Corse23,200 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Pays de la Loire22,800 PPS per inhabitant
  9. Bretagne22,700 PPS per inhabitant
  10. Lorraine22,500 PPS per inhabitant
  11. Centre — Val de Loire22,200 PPS per inhabitant
  12. Haute-Normandie22,200 PPS per inhabitant
  13. Franche-Comté21,900 PPS per inhabitant
  14. Picardie21,700 PPS per inhabitant
  15. Basse-Normandie21,500 PPS per inhabitant
  16. Bourgogne21,400 PPS per inhabitant
  17. Auvergne21,300 PPS per inhabitant
  18. Champagne-Ardenne21,200 PPS per inhabitant
  19. Nord-Pas de Calais21,200 PPS per inhabitant
  20. Languedoc-Roussillon21,100 PPS per inhabitant
  21. Poitou-Charentes21,100 PPS per inhabitant
  22. Limousin20,200 PPS per inhabitant
  23. Martinique19,600 PPS per inhabitant
  24. Guadeloupe17,600 PPS per inhabitant
  25. La Réunion16,600 PPS per inhabitant
  26. Guyane11,100 PPS per inhabitant
  27. Mayotte8,200 PPS per inhabitant

Germany32,000

  1. Oberbayern44,200 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Hamburg37,500 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Stuttgart37,000 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Darmstadt36,800 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Mittelfranken35,300 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Tübingen35,000 PPS per inhabitant
  7. Schwaben34,700 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Karlsruhe34,300 PPS per inhabitant
  9. Oberpfalz33,700 PPS per inhabitant
  10. Unterfranken33,600 PPS per inhabitant
  11. Niederbayern33,300 PPS per inhabitant
  12. Freiburg33,200 PPS per inhabitant
  13. Köln32,900 PPS per inhabitant
  14. Oberfranken32,100 PPS per inhabitant
  15. Rheinhessen-Pfalz31,800 PPS per inhabitant
  16. Schleswig-Holstein31,800 PPS per inhabitant
  17. Trier31,800 PPS per inhabitant
  18. Lüneburg31,700 PPS per inhabitant
  19. Düsseldorf31,000 PPS per inhabitant
  20. Detmold30,900 PPS per inhabitant
  21. Berlin30,800 PPS per inhabitant
  22. Hannover30,800 PPS per inhabitant
  23. Koblenz30,200 PPS per inhabitant
  24. Braunschweig30,000 PPS per inhabitant
  25. Münster29,900 PPS per inhabitant
  26. Weser-Ems29,900 PPS per inhabitant
  27. Gießen29,400 PPS per inhabitant
  28. Arnsberg29,200 PPS per inhabitant
  29. Kassel28,800 PPS per inhabitant
  30. Bremen27,700 PPS per inhabitant
  31. Brandenburg26,800 PPS per inhabitant
  32. Saarland26,500 PPS per inhabitant
  33. Leipzig26,000 PPS per inhabitant
  34. Dresden25,100 PPS per inhabitant
  35. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern24,600 PPS per inhabitant
  36. Thüringen24,500 PPS per inhabitant
  37. Sachsen-Anhalt23,600 PPS per inhabitant
  38. Chemnitz23,500 PPS per inhabitant

Greece16,400

  1. Notio Aigaio20,500 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Ionia Nisia20,100 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Attiki19,900 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Kriti15,700 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Dytiki Makedonia14,800 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Kentriki Makedonia14,600 PPS per inhabitant
  7. Peloponnisos14,000 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Ipeiros13,900 PPS per inhabitant
  9. Sterea Elláda13,300 PPS per inhabitant
  10. Thessalia13,200 PPS per inhabitant
  11. Voreio Aigaio13,000 PPS per inhabitant
  12. Dytiki Elláda12,700 PPS per inhabitant
  13. Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki12,500 PPS per inhabitant

Hungary17,200

  1. Budapest28,200 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Pest18,300 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Közép-Dunántúl16,500 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Nyugat-Dunántúl15,500 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Dél-Alföld13,900 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Észak-Alföld13,500 PPS per inhabitant
  7. Dél-Dunántúl13,100 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Észak-Magyarország12,400 PPS per inhabitant

Ireland24,800

  1. Eastern and Midland27,300 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Southern23,300 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Northern and Western20,600 PPS per inhabitant

Italy23,900

  1. Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen35,500 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Lombardia31,700 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Emilia-Romagna29,000 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Piemonte26,700 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Provincia Autonoma di Trento26,600 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Veneto26,600 PPS per inhabitant
  7. Lazio25,700 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Friuli-Venezia Giulia25,600 PPS per inhabitant
  9. Liguria25,600 PPS per inhabitant
  10. Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste25,600 PPS per inhabitant
  11. Toscana25,000 PPS per inhabitant
  12. Marche23,200 PPS per inhabitant
  13. Umbria22,500 PPS per inhabitant
  14. Abruzzo20,000 PPS per inhabitant
  15. Molise18,100 PPS per inhabitant
  16. Sardegna17,800 PPS per inhabitant
  17. Basilicata17,000 PPS per inhabitant
  18. Puglia16,500 PPS per inhabitant
  19. Campania15,900 PPS per inhabitant
  20. Sicilia15,400 PPS per inhabitant
  21. Calabria14,600 PPS per inhabitant

Latvia14,700

  1. Latvija14,700 PPS per inhabitant

Lithuania19,200

  1. Sostinės regionas24,700 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas16,900 PPS per inhabitant

Luxembourg36,200

  1. Luxembourg36,200 PPS per inhabitant

Malta23,800

  1. Malta23,800 PPS per inhabitant

Netherlands30,500

  1. Utrecht34,900 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Noord-Holland33,900 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Zuid-Holland31,000 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Noord-Brabant30,900 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Gelderland29,600 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Flevoland29,200 PPS per inhabitant
  7. Overijssel28,100 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Zeeland27,600 PPS per inhabitant
  9. Drenthe27,000 PPS per inhabitant
  10. Limburg (NL)26,700 PPS per inhabitant
  11. Friesland (NL)26,000 PPS per inhabitant
  12. Groningen25,500 PPS per inhabitant

Poland18,300

  1. Warszawski stołeczny26,000 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Śląskie19,200 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Mazowiecki regionalny19,000 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Dolnośląskie18,700 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Wielkopolskie18,700 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Łódzkie18,600 PPS per inhabitant
  7. Małopolskie17,500 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Pomorskie17,400 PPS per inhabitant
  9. Zachodniopomorskie17,100 PPS per inhabitant
  10. Kujawsko-pomorskie16,600 PPS per inhabitant
  11. Opolskie16,300 PPS per inhabitant
  12. Podlaskie16,200 PPS per inhabitant
  13. Świętokrzyskie16,100 PPS per inhabitant
  14. Warmińsko-mazurskie16,000 PPS per inhabitant
  15. Lubelskie15,900 PPS per inhabitant
  16. Lubuskie15,700 PPS per inhabitant
  17. Podkarpackie14,700 PPS per inhabitant

Portugal18,300

  1. Grande Lisboa23,300 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Algarve20,900 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Península de Setúbal19,100 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Alentejo18,400 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Região Autónoma da Madeira18,100 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Região Autónoma dos Açores17,700 PPS per inhabitant
  7. Oeste e Vale do Tejo17,000 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Centro (PT)16,300 PPS per inhabitant
  9. Norte16,300 PPS per inhabitant

Romania16,000

  1. Bucureşti-Ilfov36,100 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Vest17,300 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Centru15,900 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Nord-Vest15,600 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Sud-Est12,500 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Sud-Vest Oltenia11,600 PPS per inhabitant
  7. Sud-Muntenia11,500 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Nord-Est10,500 PPS per inhabitant

Slovakia16,100

  1. Bratislavský kraj26,800 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Stredné Slovensko15,500 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Západné Slovensko15,200 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Východné Slovensko12,700 PPS per inhabitant

Slovenia20,800

  1. Zahodna Slovenija21,700 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Vzhodna Slovenija20,000 PPS per inhabitant

Spain22,500

  1. Comunidad de Madrid31,000 PPS per inhabitant
  2. País Vasco28,300 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Comunidad Foral de Navarra26,300 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Cataluña25,900 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Illes Balears25,300 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Aragón24,100 PPS per inhabitant
  7. La Rioja22,900 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Cantabria20,900 PPS per inhabitant
  9. Castilla y León20,700 PPS per inhabitant
  10. Principado de Asturias20,500 PPS per inhabitant
  11. Galicia20,200 PPS per inhabitant
  12. Comunitat Valenciana19,200 PPS per inhabitant
  13. Región de Murcia19,200 PPS per inhabitant
  14. Castilla-La Mancha18,800 PPS per inhabitant
  15. Canarias18,700 PPS per inhabitant
  16. Ciudad de Ceuta18,100 PPS per inhabitant
  17. Andalucía17,000 PPS per inhabitant
  18. Ciudad de Melilla16,900 PPS per inhabitant
  19. Extremadura16,600 PPS per inhabitant

Sweden24,900

  1. Stockholm31,300 PPS per inhabitant
  2. Västsverige24,700 PPS per inhabitant
  3. Sydsverige23,300 PPS per inhabitant
  4. Övre Norrland23,000 PPS per inhabitant
  5. Östra Mellansverige22,200 PPS per inhabitant
  6. Småland med öarna21,900 PPS per inhabitant
  7. Mellersta Norrland21,600 PPS per inhabitant
  8. Norra Mellansverige20,900 PPS per inhabitant

Over time

From 2013 to 2023, the EU figure rose from 17,300 PPS per inhabitant to 24,500 PPS per inhabitant.

Net primary income of households in the EU, PPS per inhabitant

2013–2023
EU, by year: 2013 17,300 PPS per inhabitant, 2014 17,700 PPS per inhabitant, 2015 18,100 PPS per inhabitant, 2016 18,500 PPS per inhabitant, 2017 19,200 PPS per inhabitant, 2018 19,900 PPS per inhabitant, 2019 20,500 PPS per inhabitant, 2020 19,900 PPS per inhabitant, 2021 20,900 PPS per inhabitant, 2022 22,800 PPS per inhabitant, 2023 24,500 PPS per inhabitant.
How to read: one value a year, from 2013 to 2023. The axis does not start at zero, so that the change shows.Source: Eurostat, Income of households by NUTS 2 region (nama_10r_2hhinc).Chart: Civitascope (civitascope.eu) · CC BY 4.0 · Download image · Download data ·

Between 2013 and 2023, income rose in all 27 countries.

Net primary income of households, PPS per inhabitant

2013 and 2023 · ranked by 2023
20132023ChangeChange
10,00020,00030,000%
EU, 2013: 17,300 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 24,500 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +42%
Rank 1: Luxembourg, 2013: 28,400 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 36,200 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +27%
Rank 2: Germany, 2013: 23,700 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 32,000 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +35%
Rank 3: Netherlands, 2013: 21,100 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 30,500 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +45%
Rank 4: Austria, 2013: 22,300 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 29,300 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +31%
Rank 5: Belgium, 2013: 21,900 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 28,800 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +32%
Rank 6: Denmark, 2013: 18,900 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 26,400 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +40%
Rank 7: France, 2013: 19,800 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 24,900 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +26%
Rank 7: Sweden, 2013: 19,700 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 24,900 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +26%
Rank 9: Ireland, 2013: 16,300 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 24,800 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +52%
Rank 10: Italy, 2013: 17,600 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 23,900 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +36%
Rank 11: Malta, 2013: 13,200 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 23,800 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +80%
Rank 12: Finland, 2013: 18,000 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 23,100 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +28%
Rank 13: Spain, 2013: 14,700 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 22,500 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +53%
Rank 14: Cyprus, 2013: 13,300 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 21,800 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +64%
Rank 15: Slovenia, 2013: 12,400 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 20,800 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +68%
Rank 16: Czechia, 2013: 12,700 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 19,300 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +52%
Rank 17: Lithuania, 2013: 10,800 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 19,200 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +78%
Rank 18: Poland, 2013: 11,900 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 18,300 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +54%
Rank 18: Portugal, 2013: 12,400 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 18,300 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +48%
Rank 20: Hungary, 2013: 10,200 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 17,200 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +69%
Rank 21: Greece, 2013: 11,100 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 16,400 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +48%
Rank 22: Slovakia, 2013: 11,000 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 16,100 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +46%
Rank 23: Romania, 2013: 7,200 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 16,000 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +122%
Rank 24: Estonia, 2013: 10,500 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 15,900 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +51%
Rank 25: Croatia, 2013: 9,000 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 15,500 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +72%
Rank 26: Latvia, 2013: 8,500 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 14,700 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +73%
Rank 27: Bulgaria, 2013: 6,700 PPS per inhabitant, 2023: 13,200 PPS per inhabitant, Change: +97%
Eurostat marks a break in the series between 2013 and 2023 for Poland and Slovakia. Their two values are not fully comparable.How to read: each arrow goes from 2013 (outlined dot) to 2023 (filled dot). A leftward arrow means income fell. Each value is beside its dot. The column on the right is the change in % of the 2013 value. Countries are ranked by 2023.The values for France (2023), Germany (2023), Greece, Malta (2023), the Netherlands (2023) and Spain (2023) are provisional.Source: Eurostat, Income of households by NUTS 2 region (nama_10r_2hhinc).Chart: Civitascope (civitascope.eu) · CC BY 4.0 · Download image · Download data ·

About the data

Net primary income of private households per inhabitant. It is what households earn from work, self-employment and property (compensation of employees, operating surplus and mixed income, net property income), before income taxes, social contributions and social benefits.

Eurostat: “Primary income is presented in relation to GDP and disposable income. It is also analysed in terms of its components (net operating surplus and mixed income, compensation of employees received by households, and net property income ).” (source)

From the regional part of the national accounts, the system in which GDP is also calculated. The Member States add up households' income region by region.

How to read these numbers

How it is measured

PPS uses national purchasing power parities, so every region of a country gets the same price level and price differences inside a country are not taken into account.

Primary income is income before taxes, social contributions and social benefits such as pensions. It is not what households have left to spend.

France's figures include its five overseas departments (Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion and Mayotte). Spain's include the Canary Islands, and Portugal's the Azores and Madeira.

Breaks in the series

A break in the series (flag b) means that a value is not fully comparable with the years before it. This concerns Poland (2020, 2022) and Slovakia (2021).

Provisional figures

A provisional value (flag p) may still be revised. This concerns France (2023), Germany (2023), Greece (2013, 2023), Malta (2023), the Netherlands (2023), Spain (2023), the regions of France (2023), the regions of Greece (2023), the regions of Malta (2023), the regions of Spain (2023) and the regions of the Netherlands (2023).

Estimates

A value with flag e is an estimate, not measured or counted in full. This concerns the regions of Germany (2023).

Sources and data

Eurostat, Income of households by NUTS 2 region (nama_10r_2hhinc). Data updated 20 May 2026, retrieved 9 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Eurostat metadata · Eurostat methodology

The exact Eurostat API query

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nama_10r_2hhinc?format=JSON&lang=en&direct=BAL&freq=A&geo=AT&geo=BE&geo=BG&geo=CY&geo=CZ&geo=DE&geo=DK&geo=EE&geo=EL&geo=ES&geo=EU27_2020&geo=FI&geo=FR&geo=HR&geo=HU&geo=IE&geo=IT&geo=LT&geo=LU&geo=LV&geo=MT&geo=NL&geo=PL&geo=PT&geo=RO&geo=SE&geo=SI&geo=SK&na_item=B5N&unit=PPS_EU27_2020_HAB

How every number in this story was computed

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