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Fewer murders, lowest number of men murdered in 30 years
There were 103 victims of murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands in 2025: 17 fewer than in 2024.
Labour participation; key figures
Labour force, unemployment rate, labour participation Sex, age, level of education High Value Dataset - Statistiek
Population; sex, age and nationality, 1 January
Population, sex, age, nationality sex, age, nationality
More than 2,500 centenarians, most of them women
At the start of 2026, there were 2,551 people aged 100 or older living in the Netherlands, 82 percent of whom were women.
Deaths; murder and manslaughter, crime scene in The Netherlands
Persons died as a result of murder or manslaughter by location and method crime scene located in the Netherlands (residents or non-residents)
Number of women killed by partner or ex unchanged in 15 years
An average of 22 women were killed each year by their partner or ex-partner between 2020 and 2024 (including cases where a partner or ex-partner was the perpetrator or presumed perpetrator).
Rising economic independence among women has slowed
In 2024, 70 percent of women and 83 percent of men were economically independent.
Number of economically independent women has risen from 20 to 70 percent
Between 1977 and 2022, the share of women who were economically independent increased from 20 percent to 70 percent.
No continued decline in gender labour force participation gap
The gender gap in labour force participation has remained virtually the same in recent years.
More women than men in higher education for 23 consecutive years
In the 2021/’22 academic year, universities and universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands had altogether 443,000 female students attending against 393 thousand male students.
More women than men with psychological complaints
In 2021, 18 percent of the female population aged 12 and over were suffering from psychological complaints. This was 12 percent among the male population.