Life style; personal characteristics

Life style; personal characteristics

Characteristics Margins Periods Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older Drinkers Number of alcoholic beverages per day (number) Nutrition, 1 year or older, from 2023 Food score, health survey Average nutrition score (scoring)
Age: 0 to 3 years Value 2025 . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 . .
Age: 4 to 11 years Value 2025 . .
Age: 4 to 11 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 . .
Age: 4 to 11 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 . .
Age: 12 to 15 years Value 2025 . .
Age: 12 to 15 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 . .
Age: 12 to 15 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 . .
Age: 16 to 19 years Value 2025 1.1 .
Age: 16 to 19 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 0.9 .
Age: 16 to 19 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 1.3 .
Age: 20 to 29 years Value 2025 1.0 .
Age: 20 to 29 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 0.9 .
Age: 20 to 29 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 1.1 .
Age: 30 to 39 years Value 2025 0.8 .
Age: 30 to 39 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 0.7 .
Age: 30 to 39 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 0.9 .
Age: 40 to 49 years Value 2025 0.8 .
Age: 40 to 49 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 0.7 .
Age: 40 to 49 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 1.0 .
Age: 50 to 54 years Value 2025 1.0 .
Age: 50 to 54 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 0.8 .
Age: 50 to 54 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 1.1 .
Age: 55 to 64 years Value 2025 1.0 .
Age: 55 to 64 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 0.9 .
Age: 55 to 64 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 1.1 .
Age: 65 to 74 years Value 2025 1.1 .
Age: 65 to 74 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 1.0 .
Age: 65 to 74 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 1.2 .
Age: 75 years or older Value 2025 1.0 .
Age: 75 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 0.9 .
Age: 75 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 1.1 .
Age: 0 to 11 years Value 2025 . .
Age: 0 to 11 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 . .
Age: 0 to 11 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 . .
Age: 12 to 17 years Value 2025 0.8 .
Age: 12 to 17 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 0.6 .
Age: 12 to 17 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 1.0 .
Age: 18 years or older Value 2025 1.0 .
Age: 18 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 0.9 .
Age: 18 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 1.0 .
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ Value 2025 1.0 .
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 0.7 .
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 1.4 .
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains data on life style of the Dutch population in private households. These data can be grouped by several personal characteristics.

Data available from: 2014.

Status of the data: final.

Changes by March 13, 2026:
The figures for 2025 have been added. The table has been expanded with information on 'Drug use, excluding cannabis' and 'Use of drugs, total' (in the past month, past year, and ever). Finally, the personal characteristic of poverty (categorized as poor, almost poor, and not poor and not almost poor) has been added.

When will new data be published?
Data on reporting year 2026 will be published in the second quarter of 2027.

Description topics

Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older
The questions on consuming alcohol are asked to all persons aged 12 years or older.
Drinkers
Number of alcoholic beverages per day
Average number of glasses per day per drinker of 12 years or older.
Nutrition, 1 year or older, from 2023
The questions about nutrition are asked to all people aged 1 year or older and cover the consumption of meat and fish, fruit, vegetables, sugary drinks, bread and snacks. The nutritional questions are thoroughly revised in 2023. Therefore the figures on fish, fruit and vegetable consumption for the years before 2023 cannot be compared to those from 2023 onwards.
Food score, health survey
The nutrition score is composed on the basis of partial scores on the following aspects of nutrition: consumption of meat and fish, vegetables, fruit, sugary drinks, brown or wholemeal bread, snacks and (from 12 years) alcohol. The nutritional score ranges from 0 to 10, a higher score indicates that the nutrition on the above aspects is more in line with the Nutrition Center guidelines. The score is divided into three classes.
Average nutrition score