The real income of families per capita in OECD countries rose 0.3% in the third quarter of 2025, while among the G7 members this indicator stagnated, according to data released this Tuesday, 10, by the OECD.
Among the 20 countries for which data is available, 11 recorded growth in disposable income, eight saw a reduction and one was unchanged. However, growth in real per capita household income in the G7 has stagnated, with most major economies recording a contraction.
Among the G7 countries, the United Kingdom recorded the biggest fall (-0.8%) in the third quarter of 2025, driven mainly by the increase in taxes on income and wealth, while growth in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita was nil.
In France and Canada, real household income per capita fell (-0.3% and -0.1%, respectively) due to the acceleration of consumer price inflation.
Inflation also had a negative impact on real income per capita in the United States (-0.1%), ending the longest period of continuous post-Covid growth in the OECD, which began in the third quarter of 2022.
On the other hand, Italy recorded an increase in real family income per capita (1.7%), as did Germany (0.5%), driven mainly by workers’ remuneration.
Among the remaining OECD countries, Hungary recorded the largest increase in real household income per capita (1.6%), while the largest fall in real household income per capita was observed in the Netherlands (-1.6%), where increases in net social contributions and income and wealth taxes offset increases in employee remuneration.
In Portugal, household disposable income rose 1.3% in the third quarter of last year.
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