Life style; personal characteristics

Changed on: 13/03/2026 06:30

Life style; personal characteristics
Characteristics	Margins	Periods	Drug use, 12 years or older Drugs excluding cannabis, laughing gas Last month (%)	Drug use, 12 years or older Drugs excluding cannabis, laughing gas Last year (%)	Drug use, 12 years or older Drugs excluding cannabis, laughing gas Ever (%)	Drug use, 12 years or older Use of laughing gas Last month (%)	Drug use, 12 years or older Use of laughing gas Last year (%)	Drug use, 12 years or older Use of laughing gas Ever (%)	Drug use, 12 years or older Other drugs excluding laughing gas Last month (%)	Drug use, 12 years or older Other drugs excluding laughing gas Last year (%)	Drug use, 12 years or older Other drugs excluding laughing gas Ever (%)	Drug use, 12 years or older Drugs total, excluding laughing gas Last month (%)	Drug use, 12 years or older Drugs total, excluding laughing gas Last year (%)	Drug use, 12 years or older Drugs total, excluding laughing gas Ever (%)
Total persons	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.4	6.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total persons	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.3	6.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total persons	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.2	0.6	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sex: Male	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.2	0.4	8.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sex: Male	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.3	7.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sex: Male	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.4	0.7	9.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sex: Female	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.4	4.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sex: Female	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.2	4.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sex: Female	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.2	0.6	5.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	0.0	0.2	0.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 12 to 15 years	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 12 to 15 years	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	.	1.2	1.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 16 to 19 years	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.7	1.5	3.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 16 to 19 years	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.2	0.7	2.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 16 to 19 years	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	2.4	3.3	5.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 20 to 29 years	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.4	1.0	20.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 20 to 29 years	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.5	18.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 20 to 29 years	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	1.0	1.9	23.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 30 to 39 years	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.6	14.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 30 to 39 years	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.3	12.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 30 to 39 years	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.6	1.3	16.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 40 to 49 years	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.4	5.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 40 to 49 years	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.2	4.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 40 to 49 years	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	1.0	1.2	6.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 50 to 54 years	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	3.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 50 to 54 years	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	2.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 50 to 54 years	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	.	.	5.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 55 to 64 years	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.1	0.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 55 to 64 years	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	0.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 55 to 64 years	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	.	0.5	1.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 65 to 74 years	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	0.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 65 to 74 years	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 65 to 74 years	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	.	.	0.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 75 years or older	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	0.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 75 years or older	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 75 years or older	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	.	.	0.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
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	.	.	.	0.5	0.9	1.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 12 to 17 years	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.4	0.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 12 to 17 years	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	1.6	2.0	2.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 18 years or older	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.4	7.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 18 years or older	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.2	6.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Age: 18 years or older	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.2	0.6	7.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin country: The Netherlands	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.3	6.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin country: The Netherlands	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.2	6.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin country: The Netherlands	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.5	7.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin country: Europe (excl. NL)	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	6.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin country: Europe (excl. NL)	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	4.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin country: Europe (excl. NL)	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	.	.	8.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin country: outside Europe	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.5	1.0	5.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin country: outside Europe	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.2	0.6	4.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin country: outside Europe	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	1.1	1.8	7.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in the Netherlands	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.5	7.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in the Netherlands	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.3	6.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in the Netherlands	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.3	0.7	7.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in NL, parents in NL	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.3	6.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in NL, parents in NL	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.2	6.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in NL, parents in NL	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.5	7.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) abroad	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.7	1.4	10.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) abroad	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.3	0.8	8.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) abroad	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	1.6	2.5	12.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	6.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	3.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	.	.	10.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born NL, parent(s) out. Europe	Value	2025	.	.	.	1.0	2.2	12.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born NL, parent(s) out. Europe	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.4	1.2	9.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born NL, parent(s) out. Europe	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	2.5	4.0	15.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born abroad	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.2	3.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born abroad	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	2.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born abroad	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.8	0.7	4.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL)	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	5.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL)	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	3.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL)	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	.	.	9.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born outside Europe	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.2	0.3	2.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born outside Europe	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.1	1.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Origin: born outside Europe	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	1.2	1.1	3.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Position: single; < 40 year	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.3	1.6	22.4	.	.	.	.	.	.
Position: single; < 40 year	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.1	0.8	18.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Position: single; < 40 year	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	1.3	3.3	26.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Position: single; 40 to 64 years	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.3	0.6	5.5	.	.	.	.	.	.
Position: single; 40 to 64 years	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.2	3.8	.	.	.	.	.	.
Position: single; 40 to 64 years	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	1.9	2.0	8.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Position: single; >= 65 years	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	0.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Position: single; >= 65 years	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.0	0.0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Position: single; >= 65 years	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	.	.	0.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
Position: child<18 yrs one-parent	Value	2025	.	.	.	1.7	2.7	3.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
Position: child<18 yrs one-parent	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.2	0.7	1.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Position: child<18 yrs one-parent	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	11.3	10.7	11.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ	Value	2025	.	.	.	1.4	2.1	17.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ	Lower bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	0.3	0.7	11.6	.	.	.	.	.	.
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ	Upper bound 95% confidence interval	2025	.	.	.	5.3	6.2	25.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Position: child < 18 yrs, two-parents	Value	2025	.	.	.	0.0	0.3	0.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
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

Drug use, 12 years or older

The questions about drug use are asked to all persons aged 12 or older. The following drug types are asked whether they have ever been used and, if so, when was the last time:
• Cannabis (hashish, weed, marijuana)
• Amphetamine (such as pep and speed)
• XTC (ecstasy, MDMA)
• LSD
• Magic mushrooms (hallucinogenic mushrooms)
• Cocaine (also crack, basecoke, freebase)
• Heroine (horse, smack or brown)
• GHB or GBL
• Methadone (included in the questionnaire up to and including 2022)
• 4-Fluoroamphetamine (4-FA, 4-FMP or Flux) (included in the questionnaire from 2018 up to and including 2022)
• Ketamine (included in the questionnaire from 2023)
• 3-MMC (Poes or 3M) (included in the questionnaire from 2023)
• Laughing gas (figures in the table from reporting year 2023 onwards)
• Other drugs
The answer categories for each type of drug are:
• Yes, in the last 30 days
• Yes, in the last 12 months, but not in the last 30 days
• Yes, more than 12 months ago
• No, never used

Drugs excluding cannabis, laughing gas

Drug use other than cannabis and laughing gas
Based on the questions about the use of:
• Amphetamine (such as pep and speed)
• XTC (ecstasy, MDMA)
• Cocaine (also crack, basecoke, freebase)
• LSD
• Magic mushrooms (hallucinogenic mushrooms)
• Heroine (horse, smack or brown)
• GHB or GBL
• Methadone (included in the questionnaire up to and including 2022)
• 4-Fluoroamphetamine (4-FA, 4-FMP or Flux) (included in the questionnaire from 2018 up to and including 2022)
• Ketamine (included in the questionnaire from 2023)
• 3-MMC (Poes or 3M) (included in the questionnaire from 2023)
• Other drugs
It involves the use of 1 or more of these types of drugs. When using several of these types of drugs, the most recently used type of drug is seen as determining the distribution across the categories 'last month', 'last year' and 'ever'.

Last month

Last year

Ever

Use of laughing gas

Based on the question on the use of laughing gas.

Last month

Last year

Ever

Other drugs excluding laughing gas

Based on the questions about the use of:
• LSD
• Magic mushrooms (hallucinogenic mushrooms)
• Heroine (horse, smack or brown)
• GHB or GBL
• Methadone (included in the questionnaire up to and including 2022)
• 4-Fluoroamphetamine (4-FA, 4-FMP or Flux) (included in the questionnaire from 2018 up to and including 2022)
• Ketamine (included in the questionnaire from 2023)
• 3-MMC (Poes or 3M) (included in the questionnaire from 2023)
• Other drugs
It involves the use of 1 or more of these types of drugs. When using several of these types of drugs, the most recently used type of drug is seen as determining the distribution across the categories 'last month', 'last year' and 'ever'.

Last month

Last year

Ever

Drugs total, excluding laughing gas

Based on the questions about the use of:
• Cannabis (hashish, weed, marijuana)
• Amphetamine (such as pep and speed)
• XTC (ecstasy, MDMA)
• LSD
• Magic mushrooms (hallucinogenic mushrooms)
• Cocaine (also crack, basecoke, freebase)
• Heroine (horse, smack or brown)
• GHB or GBL
• Methadone (included in the questionnaire up to and including 2022)
• 4-Fluoroamphetamine (4-FA, 4-FMP or Flux) (included in the questionnaire from 2018 up to and including 2022)
• Ketamine (included in the questionnaire from 2023)
• 3-MMC (Poes or 3M) (included in the questionnaire from 2023)
• Other drugs
It involves the use of 1 or more of these types of drugs. When using multiple types of drugs, the most recently used type of drug is seen as determining the distribution across the categories 'last month', 'last year' and 'ever'.

Last month

Last year

Ever