Denomination 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024a
Number of households, grossed up
1st income quintile 609,886 580,967 627,254 671,088 650,853 659,219 925,726
2nd income quintile 687,271 696,267 727,183 668,304 700,373 712,729 865,897
3rd income quintile 773,465 804,155 735,324 755,322 755,681 757,261 766,610
4th income quintile 921,408 933,480 906,299 865,381 838,098 842,236 702,709
5th income quintile 1,021,757 1,016,676 1,047,361 1,068,806 1,080,728 1,071,281 783,747
total 4,013,787 4,031,545 4,043,421 4,028,901 4,025,733 4,042,726 4,044,689
Number of persons, grossed up
1st income quintile 1,898,824 1,901,589 1,918,273 1,894,839 1,883,081 1,881,070 1,874,290
2nd income quintile 1,908,491 1,900,115 1,911,728 1,878,460 1,881,783 1,880,391 1,872,677
3rd income quintile 1,902,765 1,899,916 1,908,590 1,888,833 1,883,829 1,879,069 1,875,006
4th income quintile 1,902,077 1,902,225 1,912,055 1,880,542 1,883,062 1,880,411 1,873,051
5th income quintile 1,907,065 1,901,203 1,903,486 1,894,784 1,883,723 1,880,311 1,875,607
total 9,519,222 9,505,048 9,554,132 9,437,458 9,415,478 9,401,252 9,370,631
Average size of households
1st income quintile 3.1 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.0
2nd income quintile 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.2
3rd income quintile 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4
4th income quintile 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.7
5th income quintile 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8 2.4
total 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3

Footnotes

aThe income quintiles were determined on the basis of the OECD2 equivalent scale.
Source: EU-SILC.
.