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Netherlands: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Netherlands

Latest value

· 2025

3.76 Ratio

EU 4.73 · -1.0 pp vs Europe

European ranking

24 / 30

Up 1 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

18.0M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 ilc_di11

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· 2025 · 12 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Noord-Holland

    +14.36

    4.30

  2. 2

    Zuid-Holland Zuid

    +3.72

    3.90

  3. 2

    Zuid-Holland Centraal

    +3.72

    3.90

  4. 4

    Limburg (NL)

    -1.60

    3.70

  5. 5

    Overijssel

    -4.26

    3.60

  6. 6

    Groningen

    -6.91

    3.50

  7. 6

    Noord-Brabant

    -6.91

    3.50

  8. 8

    Friesland (NL)

    -9.57

    3.40

  9. 9

    Gelderland

    -12.23

    3.30

  10. 10

    Drenthe

    -17.55

    3.10

  11. 11

    Flevoland

    -25.53

    2.80

  12. 11

    Zeeland

    -25.53

    2.80

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Netherlands performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Netherlands

In Netherlands, S80/S20 ratio stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 3.76 versus 4.73 in 2025, a large gap of 0.97 in the ratio.

Recent trend

In the Netherlands, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 4.15 in 2020 to 3.76 in 2025. The latest value changes little from 3.72 in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.

Regional differences in Netherlands

In Netherlands, regional values for S80/S20 ratio are relatively close. Across 12 comparable regions, Noord-Holland records the highest value (4.3) and Flevoland the lowest (2.8), a gap of 1.5 in the ratio.

Reading within the topic

In Netherlands, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.