Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Netherlands
Netherlands: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 11.8% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Netherlands, 1983–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Netherlands stood at 11.8%. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.5% on the previous year and down 46.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Netherlands peaked at 60.7% in 1983 and was at its lowest, 11.8%, in 2021.
That places Netherlands 118th out of 120 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 60.7% | — |
| 1987 | 53.4% | -12.0% |
| 1990 | 40.5% | -24.2% |
| 1993 | 44.2% | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 30.3% | -31.4% |
| 2004 | 30.4% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 28.7% | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 25.4% | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 21.7% | -14.5% |
| 2008 | 21.4% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 21.8% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 22.3% | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 22.2% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 22.8% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 24.7% | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 24.3% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 19.6% | -19.4% |
| 2016 | 18.2% | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 18.1% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 17.7% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 16.8% | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 12.9% | -23.4% |
| 2021 | 11.8% | -8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 57.0% | 53.4% | 60.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 38.3% | 30.3% | 44.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 24.9% | 21.4% | 30.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 20.7% | 16.8% | 24.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.3% | 11.8% | 12.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 115 Switzerland 15.3% compare
- 116 Austria 15.0% compare
- 117 Denmark 14.9% compare
- 119 Luxembourg 11.3% compare
- 120 Norway 8.3% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Netherlands
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Netherlands?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Netherlands was 11.8% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 60.7% in 1983.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.8% in 2021.
- How does Netherlands rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Netherlands ranks 118th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.