New Zealand: median disposable household income (local currency, equivalised) was 56,478 national currency in 2022, up 5.5% on a year earlier.
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Source: OECD. Last retrieved 10 October 2026.
In 2020, the latest period all 10 comparison countries have. New Zealand's newer value is 56,478 (2022; national currency).
In 2020, the latest period all 5 comparison countries have.
| Period | New Zealand: median disposable household income (local currency, equivalised) (national currency) | Australia: median disposable household income (local currency, equivalised) (national currency) | United Kingdom: median disposable household income (local currency, equivalised) (national currency) | Canada: median disposable household income (local currency, equivalised) (national currency) | United States: median disposable household income (local currency, equivalised) (national currency) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 50,037 | 55,919 | 19,843 | 50,880 | 45,270 |
| 2019 | 47,016 | No data | 20,044 | 47,759 | 42,800 |
| 2018 | 46,347 | 51,935 | 18,923 | 46,070 | 39,670 |
| 2017 | 44,042 | No data | 18,713 | 44,710 | 35,600 |
| 2016 | 41,662 | 49,154 | 18,037 | 43,026 | 34,514 |
| 2015 | 40,661 | No data | 17,606.74 | 42,345 | 32,075 |
| 2014 | 39,082 | 48,537 | 17,264.1 | 41,537 | 30,960 |
| 2013 | 37,417 | No data | 16,598 | 40,130 | 30,473 |
| 2012 | 37,140 | 45,651 | 16,121.53 | 39,559 | No data |
| 2011 | 34,999 | No data | 15,760.93 | 38,205 | No data |
| 2010 | 33,398 | No data | 15,405.02 | 36,733 | No data |
| 2009 | 32,906 | No data | 14,969.53 | 35,909 | No data |
| 2008 | 32,273 | No data | 14,925.46 | 35,615 | No data |
| 2007 | 30,317 | No data | 14,454.14 | 33,792 | No data |
| 2006 | 28,603 | No data | 13,822.32 | 32,075 | No data |
| 2005 | No data | No data | 13,260 | 30,866 | No data |
| 2004 | No data | No data | 12,799.55 | 29,676 | No data |
| 2003 | No data | No data | 12,357.78 | 28,661 | No data |
| 2002 | No data | No data | 12,102.86 | 27,921 | No data |
| 2001 | No data | No data | No data | 27,077 | No data |
| Country | median disposable household income (local currency, equivalised) (national currency) in 2020 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 50,037 |
| Australia | 55,919 |
| Canada | 50,880 |
| United Kingdom | 19,843 |
| United States | 45,270 |
In 2020, the latest period all 5 comparison countries have. New Zealand's newer value is 56,478 (2022; national currency).
Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: OECD.
Median equivalised household disposable income (after tax and transfers, adjusted for household size) in each country's own currency, and the Gini coefficient of income inequality, from the OECD Income Distribution Database.
These affect how the figures can be compared.
The latest ten periods for up to the first six series. Downloads contain every published observation.
| Period | New Zealand: median disposable household income (local currency, equivalised) | New Zealand: Gini coefficient (disposable income) | Australia: median disposable household income (local currency, equivalised) | Australia: Gini coefficient (disposable income) | United Kingdom: median disposable household income (local currency, equivalised) | United Kingdom: Gini coefficient (disposable income) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | 23,669.4 national currency | 0.37 ratio |
| 2022 | 56,478 national currency | 0.33 ratio | Not available | Not available | 22,648.04 national currency | 0.36 ratio |
| 2021 | 53,549 national currency | 0.30 ratio | Not available | Not available | 20,656.44 national currency | 0.35 ratio |
| 2020 | 50,037 national currency | 0.32 ratio | 55,919 national currency | 0.32 ratio | 19,843 national currency | 0.36 ratio |
| 2019 | 47,016 national currency | 0.33 ratio | Not available | Not available | 20,044 national currency | 0.37 ratio |
| 2018 | 46,347 national currency | 0.33 ratio | 51,935 national currency | 0.33 ratio | 18,923 national currency | 0.37 ratio |
| 2017 | 44,042 national currency | 0.34 ratio | Not available | Not available | 18,713 national currency | 0.36 ratio |
| 2016 | 41,662 national currency | 0.33 ratio | 49,154 national currency | 0.33 ratio | 18,037 national currency | 0.35 ratio |
| 2015 | 40,661 national currency | 0.33 ratio | Not available | Not available | 17,606.74 national currency | 0.36 ratio |
| 2014 | 39,082 national currency | 0.34 ratio | 48,537 national currency | 0.34 ratio | 17,264.1 national currency | 0.36 ratio |
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The attached CSV is Household incomes and inequality: NZ and other countries (household-income-international), from OECD, Income distribution database. Describe how each measure has changed, naming its unit and period. Treat changes in basis and missing periods as breaks. Distinguish observation from explanation. Limitations: Incomes are in local currency; converting with PPPs (see purchasing power parities) is needed to compare countries, planned as a calculated dataset. Survey years differ between countries; NZ figures come from Stats NZ's Household Economic Survey (years ending June). Uses the OECD income definition in force since 2012; earlier years use a different definition and are not mixed in.. Do not infer causation from changes during government terms.
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