Luxembourg vs Netherlands: Threshold income or consumption per month marking the poorest decile, the median, and the richest decile

Luxembourg
1,179 international-$ in 2021 prices
in 2023
Netherlands
1,123 international-$ in 2021 prices
in 2021
Luxembourg rank
2nd
Netherlands rank
3rd

Threshold income or consumption per month marking the poorest decile, the median, and the richest decile over time

  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 1,179 international-$ in 2021 prices against 1,123 international-$ in 2021 prices in Netherlands, a difference of 55.94 international-$ in 2021 prices.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Luxembourg ranks 2nd and Netherlands ranks 3rd of 120 regions.

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About this data

Indicator
Threshold income or consumption per month marking the poorest decile, the median, and the richest decile
Unit
international-$ in 2021 prices
Source
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
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The level of income or consumption per month below which 10% of the population falls.