NewsEuro area household saving rate fell to 14.2% in Q2
In Eurostat’s first release of second-quarter 2026 sector accounts, the household saving rate declined to 14.2% from 14.4% in the previous quarter.
Event / data period: 2026-06
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IllustrationEurostat attributed the decrease to consumption rising 1.3% quarter on quarter while gross disposable income grew 1.1%. The household investment rate also edged down, from 8.4% to 8.3%.
In the same release, the euro area non-financial corporation profit share rose from 38.4% to 39.0%, while the business investment rate increased from 22.5% to 22.7%. Rates are seasonally adjusted; the saving rate is gross saving divided by gross disposable income adjusted for changes in households’ pension fund reserves.
Eurostat revised the first-quarter 2026 household saving rate from 14.3% to 14.4% in this release, so the comparison uses the revised figure.
Data
Sector accounts indicators
Eurostat indicators for euro area households and non-financial corporations.
- Household saving rate
- 14.4 percent
- 2026-01 — 2026-03 · Observed
- Household saving rate
- 14.2 percent
- 2026-04 — 2026-06 · Observed
- Household investment rate
- 8.4 percent
- 2026-01 — 2026-03 · Observed
- Household investment rate
- 8.3 percent
- 2026-04 — 2026-06 · Observed
- Non-financial corporation profit share
- 38.4 percent
- 2026-01 — 2026-03 · Observed
- Non-financial corporation profit share
- 39 percent
- 2026-04 — 2026-06 · Observed
- Business investment rate
- 22.5 percent
- 2026-01 — 2026-03 · Observed
- Business investment rate
- 22.7 percent
- 2026-04 — 2026-06 · Observed
Methodology
Eurostat nasq_10_ki, first-release seasonally adjusted quarterly sector accounts. Saving and investment indicators are ratios; quarterly growth rates compare with the preceding quarter.
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