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The number of young people aged 15-26 in paid work increased by 34 thousand in Q4 2023 compared to the same quarter one year earlier.

What is well-being ‘here and now’? Labour and leisure time concerns the quantity and quality of work and the balance between work and leisure time. Paid and unpaid work gives people control over...

Statistics Netherlands’ (CBS) has a highly diverse workforce that includes people of different ages, nationalities, cultural backgrounds and sexual orientation from various educational backgrounds...

Unemployment stood at 386 thousand in June 2025.

In 2023, 1,862 people took their own lives.

In 2023, 67 percent of the population aged 12 or older reported having seen or read information on the internet that they believed was inaccurate or untrue

Two percent of Dutch people aged 15 or older were victims of stalking in 2023: 137 thousand females and 90 thousand males.

Professional status, full-time, employed as researcher Sex, PhD characteristics

In June 2024, 370 thousand people aged 15 to 74 years were unemployed.

The purchasing power of people living in the Netherlands rose by 0.3 percent in 2023, on average

The gender gap in labour force participation has remained virtually the same in recent years.

What is well-being ‘here and now’? Safety is about victims and feelings of (un)safety. Crime and perceived (un)safety directly impact the quality of life of citizens.

A total of 172 thousand people died in the Netherlands in 2024

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11.1 Sustainable cities and communities: housing. A large part of life takes place in and around the home. SDG 11.1 relates to suitable housing....

Well-being ‘later’: Human capital pertains to the quality of labour now and in the future. This includes workload pressure and productivity, as well as aspects such as health and education level....

Households in the Netherlands size and composition Persons by position in the household on 1 January

Twenty percent of young people aged 15 to 26 who were not in education in Q2 2024 had no basic qualification from secondary education.

In 2023, 474 thousand young people received youth care.

In the first half of 2024, 81 percent of the population aged 12 years or older said they had made online purchases.

In 2022, there were 609 thousand young people (aged 15 to 34 years) in the Netherlands who had completed a technical education.

Income distribution of different household groups in the Netherlands Source of income, living situation, household composition, age and income

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 No poverty. SDG 1 aims to end extreme poverty across the world by 2030. The goal focuses on adequate social protection, equal economic rights and...

What is well-being ‘here and now’? Material well-being concerns the extent to which people are able to meet their basic needs and shape their own lives.

Smoking, alcohol, height and weight, contraceptive pill Sex, age, educational level

Marriages between partners of the same and opposite sex, partnership registrations and marriage partners