{"id":659611,"date":"2026-10-28T13:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/659611\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T13:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:52:13","slug":"household-real-income-per-capita-slightly-increases-in-both-the-euro-area-and-the-eu-euro-indicators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/659611\/","title":{"rendered":"Household real income per capita slightly increases in both the euro area and the EU – Euro indicators"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the second quarter of 2026, household real income per capita increased by 0.1% in the euro area, after an increase of 0.1% in the first quarter of 2026. In the same period, household real consumption per capita increased by 0.3%, after having stayed stable in the previous quarter.<\/p>\n

These data come from a detailed set of seasonally adjusted quarterly European sector accounts that is published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.<\/p>\n

In the EU as a whole, household real income per capita increased by 0.1% in the second quarter of 2026, after having increased by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2026. At the same time, household real consumption per capita increased by 0.4%, after a decrease of 0.1% in the previous quarter.<\/p>\n

During the second quarter of 2026, the slight increase in household real income per capita in the euro area is mainly explained by the positive contribution of net property income and other net current transfers while in the EU by the compensation of employees and social benefits other than social transfers in kind. Conversely, the largest negative contributor in the euro area was gross operating surplus and gross mixed income while in the EU it was current taxes and net social contributions.<\/p>\n

In the second quarter of 2026, the saving rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points (pp) in the euro area and by 0.3 pp in the EU, compared with the previous quarter.<\/p>\n

Among the Member States for which data are published, the household saving rate increased in four Member States and decreased in eleven. The largest increase was in Poland and Czechia (+0.6 pp in both). At the same time, the largest decrease was observed in Finland (-1.6 pp), Hungary (-1.4 pp) and Italy (-1.2 pp).<\/p>\n

In the second quarter of 2026, the investment rate of households stayed stable in the euro area and decreased by 0.1 percentage point (pp) in the EU, compared with the previous quarter.<\/p>\n

Among the Member States for which data are published, the household investment rate increased in four Member States, remained stable in six and decreased in five. The largest increase was in Hungary (+0.7 pp) and Czechia (+0.3 pp), while the largest decrease was observed in Ireland (-0.7 pp) and Italy (-0.3 pp).<\/p>\n

Notes for users
\n Revisions and timetable<\/p>\n

A first release, focusing on data for household saving and investment rates in the euro area, is published around 94 days after each quarter ends. Compared with the rate indicated in the first news release<\/a> of
2 October 2026 on the euro area aggregate, the seasonally adjusted household saving rate of the second quarter of 2026 remained unrevised at 14.2%. The investment rate also remained unrevised at 8.3%.<\/p>\n

Compared with the rate indicated in the news release<\/a> of 27 July 2026, the growth rate of household real income per capita for the first quarter of 2026 was revised from 0.0% to 0.1% for the euro area and from 0.1% to 0.3% for the EU. As to household real consumption per capita, the unchanged level was confirmed for the euro area, while for the EU the growth rate was revised from -0.2% to -0.1%.<\/p>\n

Methods and definitions<\/p>\n

Household real income per capita is defined as the adjusted gross disposable income of households, in nominal terms, divided by the total population (source: national accounts) and by the deflator (price index) of household actual final consumption.<\/p>\n

Household real consumption per capita is defined as the actual final consumption of households, in nominal terms, divided by the total population (source: national accounts) and by the deflator (price index) of household actual final consumption.<\/p>\n

For more definitions, please consult the national accounts glossary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The compilation of the European sector accounts follows the European System of Accounts 2010 (ESA 2010) and covers the period from the first quarter of 1999 onwards. The data come from a detailed set of seasonally adjusted quarterly European sector accounts released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, and the European Central Bank (ECB).<\/p>\n

Institutional sectors bring together economic units with broadly similar characteristics and behaviour, namely: households (including non-profit institutions serving households), non-financial corporations, financial corporations, government, and the rest of the world. For the rest of the world, to measure the external transactions of the euro area \/ European Union, it is necessary to remove cross-border flows within the area concerned.<\/p>\n

Eurostat\u2019s database includes detailed annual and quarterly sector accounts of Member States of the European Economic Area and derived key indicators published around 120 days after each quarter ends (which also cover annual indicators such as debt-to-income ratios). A subset of quarterly key indicators is published around 94 days after each quarter ends.<\/p>\n

Due to the conversion to euro, the growth rates of European Union aggregates may be affected by movements in exchange rates.<\/p>\n

Geographical information<\/p>\n

Euro area (EA21): Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland, plus the European Central Bank, the European Stability Mechanism and the European Financial Stability Facility.<\/p>\n

European Union (EU 27): Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the second quarter of 2026, household real income per capita increased by 0.1% in the euro area,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,184,20132,92173,85,46],"class_list":["post-659611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-economy-and-finance","tag-esa_news","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}