Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Netherlands
Netherlands: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 12.9% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Netherlands, 1983–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 12.9% for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Netherlands peaked at 14.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10.5%, in 1983.
That places Netherlands 105th out of 120 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 10.5% | — |
| 1987 | 10.8% | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 13.3% | +23.1% |
| 1993 | 14.4% | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 12.6% | -12.5% |
| 2004 | 14.6% | +15.9% |
| 2005 | 14.0% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 13.7% | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 13.4% | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 14.0% | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 14.5% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 14.3% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 13.8% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 13.1% | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 13.9% | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 13.6% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 13.7% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 14.1% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 13.6% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 13.9% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 14.7% | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 13.7% | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 12.9% | -5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.7% | 10.5% | 10.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 13.4% | 12.6% | 14.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 14.0% | 13.4% | 14.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 13.9% | 13.1% | 14.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.3% | 12.9% | 13.7% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Netherlands?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Netherlands was 12.9% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 14.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5% in 1983.
- How does Netherlands rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Netherlands ranks 105th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 60% of the median.