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Number of people who feel unsafe is rising
In 2025, 37 percent of people said they felt generally unsafe at times, compared to 33 percent in 2019.
SDG 4 Quality education
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 Quality education. SDG 4 stresses the importance of high quality and accessible education for all age groups and in all stages of life: from...
Health and health care; personal characteristics
Health, limitations, pain, health care Disorders, informal care
1 in 5 Dutch people did not go on holiday in 2023
In 2023, Dutch people aged 15 years and over went on holiday 2.5 times, on average, totalling 37.6 million holidays. Not everyone went on holiday however, and over 19 percent stayed at home.
146 fatalities due to accidental drowning in 2024
Last year, 107 residents and 39 people from other countries drowned in the Netherlands in open water, or in their homes or gardens
Marriage dissolutions; due to divorce and death
Marriage dissolutions due to divorce and death, average age
External migration; sex, age, marital status and country of birth
Immigration and emigration and the administrative corrections in the Netherlands by country of birth, sex, age and marital status,
Rising economic independence among women has slowed
In 2024, 70 percent of women and 83 percent of men were economically independent.
Purchasing power development; person characteristics
Purchasing power development Sex, age, position in the household, socio-economic category
More than two in five PhD graduates work as doctors or in education
A total of 5,600 people obtained a PhD at a Dutch university in the 2023/’24 academic year, with roughly equal numbers of women and men
Gender pay gap in private sector is narrowing
The average hourly wage for women in the private sector in the Netherlands in 2024 was 14.5 percent lower than that for men.
Caribbean Netherlands; labour participation, key figures
Labour force, unemployment rate, labour participation Sex, age, level of education
Rise in poverty rate after five years of decreases
A total of 551 thousand people in the Netherlands were living in poverty in 2024
Over 5 percent of Dutch population lived through the liberation of 1945
On 5 May 2025, the Netherlands celebrates 80 years of freedom since the country was occupied during World War II.
Fewer asylum requests and more following family members in 2025
The Netherlands received 24.1 thousand first-time asylum applications in 2025, down by 8 thousand from 2024
3 percent of the population report having autism spectrum disorder
In the 2022/2024 period, 3 percent of people reported having autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which means one of several forms of autism
Average retirement age of employees: 65 years and 8 months
In 2022, a total of 84 thousand employees in the Netherlands went into retirement, 12 percent less than in the previous year.
Caribbean Netherlands; jobs and wages, economic activity (SIC2008)
Jobs and average annual wages of employees broken down by wage category and economic activity (SIC2008)
Population forecast, Caribbean Netherlands 2025-2050
Forecast for the population of the Caribbean Netherlands by island of residence, age and region of birth, for the years 2025-2050.
Bankruptcies; enterprises, SIC 2008
Pronounced bankruptcies Type of bankruptcy, sector/branches (SIC 2008)
Caribbean Netherlands; labour participation, position in the household
Labour force, unemployment, labour participation Sex, age, position in the household
Caribbean Netherlands; labour participation, attachment to labour market
Employed and not employed, want to work, reasons to not want to work Sex, age, level of education, Caribbean Netherlands
Life style; personal characteristics
Smoking, alcohol and drug use, being overweight, physical activity Sexual health, nutrition, giving informal care
Agriculture; labour force by region
Agricultural census; number of persons, annual work units and corresponding number of holdings by region
Population; sex, age and nationality, 1 January
Population on 1 January by nationality, age and sex