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Median income (after tax)

Median equivalised household disposable income per person, USD PPP — what the middle household actually has to spend after taxes and transfers. OECD countries only for now; US states pending a Census API key.

Not to be confused with Median income (before tax). That one is income before tax, per adult, from the World Inequality Database; this one is household income after tax and transfers, from the OECD. The two cover different sets of countries.

Darker = better (higher), by rank · 45 countries · OECD Income Distribution Database · tap a country to pin it here

Countries

45 · OECD Income Distribution Database
  1. 1stLuxembourg$66,4762023
  2. 2ndNorway$54,3762023
  3. 3rdNetherlands$50,6772024
  4. 4thAustria$50,5622023
  5. 5thUnited States$49,8852023
  6. 6thSwitzerland$47,6052023
  7. 7thCanada$46,1232023
  8. 8thBelgium$45,1842023
  9. 9thSweden$44,4362024
  10. 10thGermany$43,0472023
  11. 11thIreland$42,7852023
  12. 12thSouth Korea$42,5432023
  13. 13thFinland$40,3582024
  14. 14thDenmark$39,2672022
  15. 15thFrance$38,7522023
  16. 16thSlovenia$38,5192023
  17. 17thNew Zealand$38,3202022
  18. 18thSpain$37,9692023
  19. 19thItaly$36,3872023
  20. 20thAustralia$36,2032020
  21. 21stUnited Kingdom$35,1362023
  22. 22ndIceland$35,0432019
  23. 23rdIsrael$33,8302023
  24. 24thPoland$32,1432023
  25. 25thCroatia$29,9862023
  26. 26thCzechia$28,8212023
  27. 27thEstonia$28,0442023
  28. 28thLatvia$27,2702023
  29. 29thPortugal$25,6732023
  30. 30thLithuania$25,0942023
  31. 31stJapan$23,2082021
  32. 32ndBulgaria$23,1382023
  33. 33rdSlovakia$23,1072023
  34. 34thRomania$22,5192023
  35. 35thGreece$21,9052023
  36. 36thHungary$19,7412023
  37. 37thRussia$16,1632017
  38. 38thCosta Rica$15,3392025
  39. 39thChile$13,7972022
  40. 40thTürkiye$12,8972022
  41. 41stBrazil$8,9892022
  42. 42ndMexico$8,3812022
  43. 43rdSouth Africa$5,3992017
  44. 44thChina$4,4842011
  45. 45thIndia$2,4732011

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