At the end of 2021, nearly 100 thousand young people aged 0 to 24 years were half-orphans. In addition, over 1.5 thousand young people were orphans.
After secondary education, young people up to the age of 25 are more likely to attend secondary vocational education (MBO) than higher vocational education (HBO) or university (WO).
Labour force, unemployment, labour participation Young people (15-24 years), sex, in education or not
In 2021, 18 percent of Dutch young people aged 12 to 24 were mentally unhealthy. This was still 11 percent in 2019 and 2020.
In 2021, a lower share of young adults in the Netherlands experienced high personal well-being. For the first time since measurement commenced, they reported high well-being relatively less often than...
More young men have started working over the past two years. For a long time, net labour participation among young men lagged behind the female rate.
The Annual Report Youth Monitor 2021 Summary presents an outline of the living situation of young people in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, including those in the Caribbean Netherlands.
The legal minimum wage on 1 January for a fulltime employee aged under 23.
In 2021, the number of people held in detention rose on the previous year. However, it declined when observed a longer period. This is evident from new figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
In 2021, nearly 2 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 years and over reported they had been bullied in the previous year.
In 2021, a total of 126 people fell victim to murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands, 5 more than in 2020.
In 2021, altogether 80 Dutch residents died due to drowning in open water, or in or around the house.
In 2020, the population of the Caribbean Netherlands saw gains in purchasing power again.
In 2021, over 2 thousand people were registered as house burglary suspects, 24 percent fewer than in the previous year.
In August 2022, unemployment continued to rise to 378 thousand. This is 3.8 percent of the labour force.
Of all young people between the ages of 15 and 25 in paid employment, 21 percent reported regular or frequent work-related stress in 2021.
In the first few months of 2021, 47 percent of young people in the Netherlands between the ages of 12 and 25 indicated that their lives were negatively affected by the coronavirus crisis in general.
Over the past three months, the number of unemployed has declined by 14 thousand per month on average. As a result, it stood at 327 thousand in March 2022.
Number of social security benefits Total number of benefits
Last year, 1,859 people took their own lives. This is 36 more than in 2020. There was a decrease in suicide deaths among women (-31) against an increase among men (+67).