Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Netherlands
Netherlands: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 10.8% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Netherlands, 1983–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Netherlands stood at 10.8%. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.3% on the previous year and down 46.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Netherlands peaked at 58.0% in 1983 and was at its lowest, 10.8%, in 2021.
That places Netherlands 115th out of 119 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 $30 a day … 2011 in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 58.0% | — |
| 1987 | 50.7% | -12.5% |
| 1990 | 37.7% | -25.6% |
| 1993 | 41.5% | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 28.2% | -31.9% |
| 2004 | 28.5% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 26.5% | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 23.0% | -12.9% |
| 2007 | 19.9% | -13.6% |
| 2008 | 19.5% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 20.3% | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 20.3% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 20.2% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 20.8% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 22.7% | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 21.9% | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 17.9% | -18.5% |
| 2016 | 16.5% | -7.9% |
| 2017 | 16.6% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 16.2% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 15.6% | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 11.8% | -24.3% |
| 2021 | 10.8% | -8.3% |
Netherlands compared with similar countries
- Netherlands's 10.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 39% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Netherlands's 10.8% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 19% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 54.4% | 50.7% | 58.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 35.8% | 28.2% | 41.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 23.0% | 19.5% | 28.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 18.9% | 15.6% | 22.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.3% | 10.8% | 11.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More poverty & inequality data for Netherlands
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Netherlands?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Netherlands was 10.8% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 58.0% in 1983.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.8% in 2021.
- How does Netherlands rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Netherlands ranks 115th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.6%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.