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On 1 January 2024, 10.6 million people aged 18 years or older had registered their preference regarding organ donation in the national Donor Register.

As of 1 January 2023, 10.7 million people aged 18 years and over had recorded their organ donation choice in the Donor Register.

On 2 January 2020, 49 percent of the Dutch population aged 18 years and over were included in the Donor Register.

Background characteristics Sex, age, origin and generation

Donorregister, fixed choice, with or without permission Part of country, province, NUTS-region, municipality

On 2 January 2019, 42 percent of the Dutch population aged 12 and over (6.4 million people) were included in the Donor Register.

Donorregister, fixed choice, with or without permission Part of country, province, NUTS-region, municipality

As of this year, the number of people aged 12 and over who are included in the Dutch organ donor register has increased to over 6.3 million. This is equivalent to 42 percent of the population.

The number of people who explicitly deny permission for organ donation has increased as of 1 March 2017.

Nearly one-quarter in the population aged 12 years and older have given explicit permission for their organs or tissues to be donated after death. More women than men have given permission for organ...

Over half of the adult population in the Netherlands indicate they are prepared to donate their organs after death. Nearly two thirds would like to receive an organ, when in need of a transplant.