Household Accounts by Region, Slovenia, 2017

In 2017, too, household disposable income increased in all statistical regions

Household disposable income is income that remains to the households after the payment of all liabilities. Households allocate it either to purchases or to savings. In 2017, household disposable income increased compared to 2016 by 4.5% on average. It increased by more than 5% in the Zasavska, Jugovzhodna Slovenija, Primorsko-notranjska and Gorenjska statistical regions, and between 4% and 5% in the Osrednjeslovenska, Savinjska, Posavska, Koroška and Pomurska statistical regions. The Obalno-kraška statistical region had the lowest growth of disposable income per capita (2.8%).

The level of household disposable income was mainly affected by significant growth of the compensation of employees (6.6% on average). The Vzhodna Slovenija cohesion region recorded an average growth of the compensation of employees, while some of its statistical regions – Zasavska, Posavska, Savinjska and Jugovzhodna Slovenija – recorded an above average growth.

The highest household disposable income in Koroška, the lowest in Pomurska

In 2017, household disposable income per capita amounted to EUR 11,248 on average. Disposable income per capita was the highest in the Koroška region (EUR 12,352); it was 9.8% higher than the average national disposable income. Disposable income was the lowest in the Pomurska statistical region (EUR 10,584); it was 5.9% lower than the average national disposable income.

Regional disparities slowly increasing

In 2017, disposable income per capita in statistical regions of Slovenia, weighted by the number of residents in regions, differed on average by 3.3% from the national average (in 2016 by 3.1%). According to data from the previous years, the differences between the statistical regions increased precisely during the period of economic growth. In 2017, primary income per capita – labour and capital income – increased by 6.0% (in 2016 by 4.7%), while disposable income, in which social benefits have a large share, increased by 4.5% (in 2016 by 4.0%).

We also publish the revised household accounts by regions for the 2000–2016 period