EU real household income per person rises 0.1 per cent in second quarter
Consumption increased by 0.4 per cent across the EU and by 0.3 per cent in the euro area, while household saving rates declined.
Real income per person in EU households rose by 0.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the previous quarter, Eurostat said. The euro area recorded the same increase. The seasonally adjusted figures followed first-quarter growth of 0.3 per cent across the EU and 0.1 per cent within the euro area.
Real consumption per person grew by 0.4 per cent across the EU, reversing a 0.1 per cent decline in the preceding quarter. In the euro area, it increased by 0.3 per cent after remaining unchanged in the first quarter.
Households saved a smaller share of their income: the saving rate fell by 0.3 percentage points across the EU and by 0.2 percentage points within the euro area. Among countries with published data, four recorded increases and eleven saw declines. Poland and Czechia each registered a rise of 0.6 percentage points. Finland recorded the steepest fall, at 1.6 percentage points, followed by Hungary at 1.4 percentage points and Italy at 1.2 percentage points.
The household investment rate was unchanged for the euro area but fell by 0.1 percentage point across the EU. Hungary recorded the largest increase among countries with available figures, at 0.7 percentage points, while Ireland had the largest decline, also at 0.7 percentage points.
