In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Netherlands
Netherlands: In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract was 2.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Netherlands, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Netherlands stood at 2.7%.
The figure is up 58.8% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Netherlands peaked at 4.5% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2024.
That places Netherlands 42nd out of 47 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2.6% | — |
| 2006 | 2.4% | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | +20.8% |
| 2008 | 3.1% | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 3.0% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | -10.0% |
| 2011 | 4.5% | +66.7% |
| 2012 | 3.4% | -24.4% |
| 2013 | 3.3% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 3.8% | +15.2% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | -13.2% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | +12.1% |
| 2017 | 3.4% | -8.1% |
| 2018 | 3.9% | +14.7% |
| 2019 | 3.3% | -15.4% |
| 2020 | 4.1% | +24.2% |
| 2021 | 2.9% | -29.3% |
| 2022 | 2.4% | -17.2% |
| 2023 | 2.5% | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 1.7% | -32.0% |
| 2025 | 2.7% | +58.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.8% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 2.7% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 1.7% | 4.1% | 6 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Netherlands
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,806 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -15.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 38.53 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 38.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Netherlands?
- In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Netherlands was 2.7% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 4.5% in 2011.
- What is the lowest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2024.
- How does Netherlands rank for in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract?
- Netherlands ranks 42nd out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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