Well-being; core indicators, background characteristics
| Kenmerken | Marges | Perioden | General Happiness Score happiness (scale score) | General Happiness Unhappy (%) | General Happiness Neither happy, nor unhappy (%) | General Happiness Happy (%) | General Life satisfaction Score life satisfaction (scale score) | General Life satisfaction Dissatisfied (%) | General Life satisfaction Neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied (%) | General Life satisfaction Satisfied (%) | Education and work Satisfaction educ. opportunities Score satisfaction educ. opportunities (scale score) | Education and work Satisfaction educ. opportunities Dissatisfied (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total persons | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.3 | 10.4 | 87.4 | 7.6 | 3.0 | 12.2 | 84.9 | 7.8 | 4.6 |
| Total persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.6 | 1.9 | 9.6 | 86.5 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 11.4 | 84.0 | 7.8 | 4.1 |
| Total persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 11.1 | 88.2 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 13.0 | 85.7 | 7.9 | 5.2 |
| Sex: male | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 10.9 | 86.5 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 12.4 | 84.3 | 7.9 | 4.5 |
| Sex: male | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 9.9 | 85.3 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 11.3 | 83.0 | 7.8 | 3.8 |
| Sex: male | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 3.2 | 12.1 | 87.7 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 13.6 | 85.5 | 7.9 | 5.4 |
| Sex: female | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 9.8 | 88.2 | 7.6 | 2.7 | 11.9 | 85.4 | 7.8 | 4.7 |
| Sex: female | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 8.8 | 87.1 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 10.9 | 84.1 | 7.7 | 4.0 |
| Sex: female | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 10.9 | 89.3 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 13.1 | 86.6 | 7.8 | 5.5 |
| Age: 18 to 24 years | Value | 2025 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 12.9 | 83.9 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 15.8 | 79.5 | 8.0 | 4.9 |
| Age: 18 to 24 years | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.4 | 2.1 | 10.5 | 80.9 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 13.2 | 76.1 | 7.8 | 3.4 |
| Age: 18 to 24 years | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.6 | 5.0 | 15.7 | 86.6 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 18.9 | 82.4 | 8.1 | 7.0 |
| Age: 25 to 34 years | Value | 2025 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 11.3 | 85.9 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 14.9 | 81.1 | 8.0 | 4.4 |
| Age: 25 to 34 years | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 9.5 | 83.6 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 12.8 | 78.6 | 7.9 | 3.3 |
| Age: 25 to 34 years | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 13.4 | 87.9 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 17.2 | 83.4 | 8.1 | 5.9 |
| Age: 35 to 44 years | Value | 2025 | 7.6 | 3.5 | 10.8 | 85.7 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 11.8 | 84.6 | 7.9 | 5.2 |
| Age: 35 to 44 years | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 9.0 | 83.3 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 9.9 | 82.1 | 7.8 | 3.9 |
| Age: 35 to 44 years | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 13.0 | 87.8 | 7.6 | 5.0 | 14.0 | 86.7 | 8.0 | 6.9 |
| Age: 45 to 54 years | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 10.2 | 87.9 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 11.7 | 84.9 | 7.8 | 5.4 |
| Age: 45 to 54 years | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.6 | 1.3 | 8.4 | 85.6 | 7.5 | 2.4 | 9.8 | 82.5 | 7.7 | 4.1 |
| Age: 45 to 54 years | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.8 | 3.1 | 12.3 | 89.8 | 7.7 | 4.8 | 13.9 | 87.1 | 8.0 | 7.1 |
| Age: 55 to 64 years | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 1.8 | 11.0 | 87.2 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 13.3 | 84.9 | 7.8 | 3.5 |
| Age: 55 to 64 years | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 9.3 | 85.1 | 7.6 | 1.2 | 11.4 | 82.7 | 7.7 | 2.5 |
| Age: 55 to 64 years | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 13.0 | 89.1 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 15.4 | 86.9 | 7.9 | 4.9 |
| Age: 65 to 74 years | Value | 2025 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 7.3 | 91.6 | 7.8 | 1.3 | 7.7 | 90.9 | 7.8 | 3.5 |
| Age: 65 to 74 years | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 89.8 | 7.8 | 0.8 | 6.3 | 89.1 | 7.7 | 2.5 |
| Age: 65 to 74 years | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.9 | 1.9 | 9.1 | 93.1 | 7.9 | 2.2 | 9.5 | 92.5 | 7.9 | 4.9 |
| Age: 75 years or older | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 1.6 | 8.8 | 89.7 | 7.7 | 1.8 | 9.5 | 88.7 | 7.4 | 5.4 |
| Age: 75 years or older | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 0.9 | 7.0 | 87.4 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 7.7 | 86.3 | 7.3 | 4.0 |
| Age: 75 years or older | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 10.9 | 91.6 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 11.7 | 90.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 |
| 11 Pre-primary and primary education | Value | 2025 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 18.8 | 79.0 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 19.6 | 76.2 | 6.1 | 19.9 |
| 11 Pre-primary and primary education | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 15.2 | 74.6 | 7.2 | 2.6 | 15.8 | 71.6 | 5.9 | 15.9 |
| 11 Pre-primary and primary education | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 4.5 | 23.1 | 82.9 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 23.9 | 80.2 | 6.3 | 24.6 |
| 12 Lower secondary education | Value | 2025 | 7.6 | 2.4 | 12.4 | 85.2 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 14.4 | 82.6 | 7.0 | 8.1 |
| 12 Lower secondary education | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.5 | 1.6 | 10.6 | 83.1 | 7.4 | 2.1 | 12.4 | 80.3 | 6.9 | 6.6 |
| 12 Lower secondary education | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 14.4 | 87.2 | 7.6 | 4.2 | 16.5 | 84.7 | 7.1 | 9.9 |
| 21 Upper secondary | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 10.2 | 87.1 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 12.0 | 84.6 | 7.7 | 3.4 |
| 21 Upper secondary | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 9.0 | 85.6 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 10.8 | 83.0 | 7.7 | 2.7 |
| 21 Upper secondary | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 3.5 | 11.6 | 88.4 | 7.6 | 4.2 | 13.5 | 86.0 | 7.8 | 4.3 |
| 31 Bachelor degrees | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 8.7 | 89.5 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 10.3 | 87.2 | 8.4 | 1.5 |
| 31 Bachelor degrees | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 1.2 | 7.3 | 87.7 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 8.9 | 85.3 | 8.4 | 1.0 |
| 31 Bachelor degrees | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 10.3 | 91.0 | 7.7 | 3.5 | 12.0 | 88.9 | 8.5 | 2.4 |
| 32 Master degrees and doctorate | Value | 2025 | 7.9 | 1.3 | 6.2 | 92.6 | 7.8 | 1.6 | 8.6 | 89.8 | 8.9 | 0.2 |
| 32 Master degrees and doctorate | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.8 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 90.9 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 87.9 | 8.9 | 0.1 |
| 32 Master degrees and doctorate | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 7.7 | 93.9 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 10.4 | 91.4 | 9.0 | 0.8 |
| Origin: born in NL, parents in NL | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 8.9 | 89.1 | 7.7 | 2.6 | 10.6 | 86.8 | 8.0 | 2.9 |
| Origin: born in NL, parents in NL | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 1.6 | 8.2 | 88.2 | 7.6 | 2.2 | 9.8 | 85.8 | 8.0 | 2.5 |
| Origin: born in NL, parents in NL | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 9.7 | 89.9 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 11.5 | 87.7 | 8.1 | 3.5 |
| Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 11.9 | 87.1 | 7.6 | 0.8 | 13.4 | 85.7 | 7.8 | 4.7 |
| Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 8.0 | 81.5 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 9.4 | 80.2 | 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 17.4 | 91.2 | 7.8 | 3.2 | 18.9 | 89.9 | 8.1 | 8.9 |
| Origin: born in NL, parent(s) out. Europ | Value | 2025 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 11.3 | 85.3 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 13.7 | 83.2 | 7.7 | 4.9 |
| Origin: born in NL, parent(s) out. Europ | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.4 | 2.0 | 8.6 | 81.5 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 10.8 | 79.3 | 7.5 | 3.2 |
| Origin: born in NL, parent(s) out. Europ | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 14.7 | 88.4 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 17.4 | 86.5 | 7.8 | 7.4 |
| Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL) | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.4 | 14.1 | 83.5 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 18.2 | 77.8 | 7.5 | 8.1 |
| Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL) | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.5 | 1.2 | 10.8 | 79.3 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 14.5 | 73.1 | 7.3 | 5.6 |
| Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL) | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 18.1 | 87.1 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 22.6 | 81.8 | 7.8 | 11.7 |
| Origin: born outside Europe | Value | 2025 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 16.6 | 79.8 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 17.4 | 77.7 | 7.0 | 13.1 |
| Origin: born outside Europe | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 13.8 | 76.4 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 14.6 | 74.2 | 6.8 | 10.5 |
| Origin: born outside Europe | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 19.7 | 82.8 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 20.6 | 80.8 | 7.1 | 16.1 |
| Origin: born in the Netherlands | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.1 | 9.2 | 88.7 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 11.0 | 86.5 | 8.0 | 3.2 |
| Origin: born in the Netherlands | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 8.5 | 87.9 | 7.6 | 2.2 | 10.2 | 85.5 | 7.9 | 2.7 |
| Origin: born in the Netherlands | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 10.0 | 89.5 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 11.8 | 87.3 | 8.0 | 3.7 |
| Origin: born abroad | Value | 2025 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 15.6 | 81.2 | 7.4 | 4.6 | 17.7 | 77.7 | 7.2 | 11.2 |
| Origin: born abroad | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 13.4 | 78.6 | 7.3 | 3.4 | 15.4 | 75.0 | 7.0 | 9.3 |
| Origin: born abroad | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 18.1 | 83.6 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 20.2 | 80.2 | 7.3 | 13.4 |
| Origin country: The Netherlands | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 8.9 | 89.1 | 7.7 | 2.6 | 10.6 | 86.8 | 8.0 | 2.9 |
| Origin country: The Netherlands | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.7 | 1.6 | 8.2 | 88.2 | 7.6 | 2.2 | 9.8 | 85.8 | 8.0 | 2.5 |
| Origin country: The Netherlands | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 9.7 | 89.9 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 11.5 | 87.7 | 8.1 | 3.5 |
| Origin country: Europe (excl. NL) | Value | 2025 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 13.4 | 84.6 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 16.8 | 80.1 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
| Origin country: Europe (excl. NL) | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 10.8 | 81.2 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 13.8 | 76.4 | 7.4 | 5.2 |
| Origin country: Europe (excl. NL) | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 16.6 | 87.4 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 20.2 | 83.3 | 7.8 | 9.8 |
| Origin country: outside Europe | Value | 2025 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 14.6 | 81.8 | 7.4 | 4.2 | 16.1 | 79.7 | 7.2 | 10.0 |
| Origin country: outside Europe | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 12.6 | 79.3 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 14.0 | 77.1 | 7.1 | 8.2 |
| Origin country: outside Europe | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2025 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 16.9 | 84.1 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 18.4 | 82.1 | 7.4 | 12.0 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||||||
Table explanation
In general, persons of 15 years or older took part in this study, the well-being figures only apply to the Dutch population of 18 years or older. Therefore, this table consists of well-being figures of the Dutch population of 18 years or older in terms of happiness, life satisfaction, satisfaction with education opportunities, work, travel time, daily activities, physical health, mental health, weight, the financial situation, the house, the neighborhood, social life and the amount of free time. In addition, concerns about the financial future, feelings of unsafety and trust in others are included. Satisfaction with work and the travel time to and from work are measured only for people who have a paid job for 12 hours per week or more. For people who do not work or work less than 12 hours per week satisfaction with daily activities is reported. These subjects are reported for gender, age, education level and migration background.
Data available from: 2013
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are definite.
Changes as of March 20th, 2026.
The table has been updated with data from 2025.
When will new figures be published?
New figures on 2026 will be published around mid-2027.
Description topics
- General
- Happiness
- The answer to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you consider yourself to be a happy person. A score of 1 refers to very unhappy and a 10 to very happy?’.
- Score happiness
- The average score to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you consider yourself to be a happy person. A score of 1 refers to very unhappy and a 10 to very happy?’.
- Unhappy
- Percentage of the people who score a 1 to 4 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you consider yourself to be a happy person. A score of 1 refers to very unhappy and a 10 to very happy?’. A score from 1 to 4 is classified as unhappy.
- Neither happy, nor unhappy
- Percentage of the people who score a 5 or a 6 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you consider yourself to be a happy person. A score of 1 refers to very unhappy and a 10 to very happy?’. A score of 5 or 6 is classified as neither happy, nor unhappy.
- Happy
- Percentage of the people who score a 7 to 10 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you consider yourself to be a happy person. A score of 1 refers to very unhappy and a 10 to very happy?’. A score from 7 to 10 is classified as happy.
- Life satisfaction
- The answer to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the life you currently lead. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’.
- Score life satisfaction
- The average score to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the life you currently lead. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’.
- Dissatisfied
- Percentage of the people who score a 1 to 4 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the life you currently lead. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score from 1 to 4 is classified as dissatisfied.
- Neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied
- Percentage of the people who score a 5 or a 6 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the life you currently lead. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score of 5 or 6 is classified as neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied.
- Satisfied
- Percentage of the people who score a 7 to 10 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the life you currently lead. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score from 7 to 10 is classified as satisfied.
- Education and work
- Satisfaction educ. opportunities
- The answer to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the education opportunities you have had so far. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’.
- Score satisfaction educ. opportunities
- The average score to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the education opportunities you have had so far. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’.
- Dissatisfied
- Percentage of the people who score a 1 to 4 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the education opportunities you have had so far. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score from 1 to 4 is classified as dissatisfied.