Household distributional results in line with national accounts, experimental statistics

The data have been compiled on the basis of methodology as developed by the two expert groups, combining national accounts’ data with micro data sources on income, consumption and wealth to arrive at the relevant results. The methodology proceeds in five steps:

1. removing any amounts from the national accounts’ results that do not relate to private households which constitute the target population for the distributional results (dependent on the underlying data, countries may choose to also include institutional households in the population, but this is not recommended);
2. identifying micro variables that can be linked to the relevant national accounts items;
3. generating imputations for elements that may not be covered in micro data and aligning the results to the national accounts totals as derived in step 1;
4. clustering households into household groups, e.g. on the basis of their disposable income or net wealth (excluding employment-related pensions and non-financial business assets) or socio-demographic characteristics; and
5. deriving distributional indicators based on the results for the household groupings derived in step 4.

For income and consumption, more information on these steps can be found in the EG DNA handbook. Furthermore, the collection template as used in the EG DNA work can be found here (XLSM) (please also see the reporting instructions (PDF)).  

Member countries of the EG DNA are compiling distributional results on the basis of various micro data sources available to their institution. In addition, Eurostat and the OECD have started to compile results for countries that are not participating in this work, utilising data sources available at the international level. Eurostat is focusing on EU countries, using EU-SILC and HBS data as input, and the OECD is focusing on non-EU OECD member countries, relying on data available from the Luxembourg Income Study. Results for EU countries are already available and have been included in the database. Results for non-EU countries are expected to become available in the course of 2026. More information on the Eurostat methodology, including results from sensitivity analyses accompanying the results, can be obtained here.

For wealth, the collection template as used in the EG DHW in the 2026 data collection round can be found here (XLSX). The guidelines to accompany this data collection round are currently being finalized by the group. The guidelines for the 2025 collection round can be found here (PDF). In undertaking this work, the OECD closely collaborates with G20 and other OECD economies, the European Central Bank, and other international organisations. Indeed, the EG DHW builds on the existing works done by its member countries and the Distributional Wealth Accounts of the European System of Central Banks. Similar to the EG DNA, the OECD is also developing methodology to compile results for countries not participating in the EG DHW, utilising data sources available at the international level.

The EG DNA and EG DHW are continuing their work, among others to broaden the range of countries for which distributional information becomes available, to improve the timeliness of the results, and to increase the granularity of the data. In this regard, the G20 Data Gaps Initiative includes a recommendation for G20 economies to compile annual distributional results on income, consumption and wealth, at decile level within 18 months after the reference period by the end of 2026. As the two workstreams use a common methodological framework, the future direction will include the creation of a joint distribution on income, consumption and wealth.

Income, consumption and saving

• Australia
• Canada
• France
• Ireland
• Netherlands 
  
• New Zealand 
• Slovenia 
• United Kingdom
• United States
  • Income
  • Comsumption

Wealth

• Canada
• European Central Bank
• Netherlands
• United States