Life style; personal characteristics

Life style; personal characteristics

Characteristics Margins Periods Length and weight Reported length, 18 years or older (number) Length and weight Reported weight, 18 years or older (number)
Origin country: The Netherlands Value 2025 175.7 79.7
Origin country: The Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 175.4 79.3
Origin country: The Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 176.0 80.1
Origin: born in the Netherlands Value 2025 175.4 79.5
Origin: born in the Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 175.1 79.1
Origin: born in the Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 175.6 79.9
Pre-primary and primary education Value 2025 169.1 77.2
Pre-primary and primary education Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 168.1 75.7
Pre-primary and primary education Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 170.1 78.8
Master degrees and doctorate Value 2025 176.6 77.2
Master degrees and doctorate Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 176.0 76.3
Master degrees and doctorate Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 177.2 78.1
Poverty: not poor and not almost poor Value 2025 174.8 79.2
Poverty: not poor and not almost poor Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2025 174.5 78.8
Poverty: not poor and not almost poor Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2025 175.0 79.6
Source: CBS.
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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

Length and weight
The questions on length and weight were asked to every person. It is asked to report one's length in centimetres and one's body weight in kilograms without clothes. If a woman is pregnant, she is asked to report her body weight before the pregnancy.
Reported length, 18 years or older
The mean length in centimetres reported by persons of 18 years or older, without shoes
Reported weight, 18 years or older
The mean weight in kilograms, without clothes, reported by persons of 18 years or older. Women who are pregnant are asked to report their weight before the pregnancy.