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In 2024, the population counter passed 18 million people for the first time.

Around 9 in 10 residents of the Caribbean Netherlands gave their quality of life a score of 7 or higher in 2021.

A total of 540 thousand people in the Netherlands were living in poverty in 2023, which was 3.1 percent of the total population

An estimated 400 thousand households were affected by energy poverty in 2023, 70 thousand more than in 2022.

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,...

This methodology report describes the operationalisation of the indicators included in the monitor and the underlying calculations.

Smoking, alcohol and drug use, being overweight, physical activity Sexual health, nutrition, health examination, giving informal care.

Latest data contributing to worldwide monitoring of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 No poverty. The aim of SDG 1 is to end extreme poverty across the world by 2030. The goal focuses on giving...

Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 No poverty. The aim of SDG 1 is to end extreme poverty across the world by 2030.

The price of energy, which has risen sharply over the past year, is in the news every day.

Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius are on the right track in terms of poverty reduction, one of the internationally agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In 2021, half of the Dutch population aged 18 years and over were overweight.

Health, chronic disorders, use of health care sex, age, eduational level, ethnicity, income level

Last year, 221 thousand minors in the Netherlands were living in low-income households, the lowest number in 25 years.

Last year, 264 thousand minors in the Netherlands were living in low-income families, the same number as the year before.

Nearly 53 percent of refugee households have a low income, over six times the average in the Netherlands (8.2 percent). Among households with a Syrian or Eritrean main breadwinner, this share is even...

The municipality and Statistics Netherlands (CBS) work together at this ‘Research Data Centre’ (RDC) in order to find answers to local policy questions

The use of data is in line with the government’s growing preference for knowledge-based policies

Refugee households often have a persistently low income

This report includes results on the composition of the category of employed living on long-term low incomes and the factors which determine why people are trapped in a long-term low-income situation....

The poverty rate in the Netherlands increased sharply in 2012, as in 2011. Estimates suggest weaker growth in 2013 and a further reduction in 2014.

The number of underage children at risk of poverty has increased in 2011. In the provinces of South Holland and Groningen, more children grow up in poverty than in other provinces. In more than half...

These are among the conclusions in the Poverty Survey 2012 (Armoedesignalement 2012) which is published today. In the report, researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP and...

Despite having paid jobs, 370 thousand households in the Netherlands were living below the poverty line in 2009.