Welfare of persons; key figures

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Characteristic persons Sex Persons economically independent (%)
Total persons Total male and female 76.4
Male 82.6
Female 70.0
Age: 0 to 14 years Total male and female
Male
Female
Age: 15 to 24 years Total male and female 77.7
Male 78.7
Female 76.4
Age: 25 to 44 years Total male and female 82.1
Male 86.9
Female 77.2
Age: 45 to 64 years Total male and female 72.5
Male 80.9
Female 64.2
Age: 65 years or older Total male and female 39.4
Male 50.9
Female 28.3
Pos. in hh.: main earner Total male and female 82.2
Male 85.9
Female 75.6
Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner Total male and female 70.3
Male 73.7
Female 66.9
Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner Total male and female 91.7
Male 92.1
Female 90.2
Pos. in hh.: partner of main earner Total male and female 66.8
Male 72.6
Female 65.2
Pos. in hh.: child underage Total male and female 62.0
Male 68.0
Female 45.8
Pos. in hh.: child of age Total male and female 76.8
Male 77.0
Female 76.5
Pos. in hh.: other member Total male and female 57.9
Male 63.0
Female 53.5
SEC: employee Total male and female 93.7
Male 96.5
Female 90.9
SEC: self-employed (total) Total male and female 82.2
Male 88.5
Female 70.9
SEC: benefit recipient and pensioner Total male and female 4.2
Male 5.7
Female 3.0
SEC: benefit claimant Total male and female 2.1
Male 2.9
Female 1.5
SEC: claiming unemployment benefit Total male and female 10.9
Male 13.4
Female 8.3
SEC: claiming social provision benefit Total male and female 0.1
Male 0.2
Female 0.1
SEC: claiming disability benefit Total male and female 3.1
Male 4.3
Female 2.3
SEC: pensioner Total male and female 15.8
Male 22.1
Female 11.2
SEC: (school) child or student Total male and female
Male
Female .
SEC: other (without income) Total male and female 0.0
Male 0.0
Female 0.0
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table aims to show the distribution of welfare of persons in the Netherlands, measured by their income.
The figures in this table are broken down to different person characteristics.
For poverty the new measurement method from Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP), and the National Institute for Family Finance Information (Nibud) is used.
The population consists of all persons in private households with income on January 1st of the reporting year.
The population for the subject economic independence consists of all persons aged from 15 to the OAP-age in private households with income on January 1st of the reporting year, except for students and pupils.

Data available from 2011.

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2011 to 2023 are final. The figures for 2024 are preliminary.

Changes as of 17 December 2025:
Figures for 2023 are finalized. Preliminary figures for 2024 are added.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be published in the fall of 2026.

Description topics

Persons economically independent
Number of economically independent persons as a percentage of all persons in a category.

Economic independence in accordance with policy is connected to the social benefit level of a single person. Someone is considered to be economically independent if the personal net income from work (employed as well as self-employed) is equal to or exceeds this level.