Share of population living below national poverty lines in Netherlands
Netherlands: Share of population living below national poverty lines was 14.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Share of population living below national poverty lines in Netherlands, 2015–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2021, share of population living below national poverty lines in Netherlands stood at 14.5%. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Netherlands ranks 46th of 70 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of population living below national poverty lines in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.7% | — |
| 2016 | 13.2% | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 13.3% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 13.2% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 13.4% | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 14.4% | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 14.5% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.2% | 12.7% | 13.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 14.4% | 14.4% | 14.5% | 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 share of population living below national poverty lines in Netherlands?
- Share of population living below national poverty lines in Netherlands was 14.5% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of population living below national poverty lines recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of population living below national poverty lines recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.7% in 2015.
- How does Netherlands rank for share of population living below national poverty lines?
- Netherlands ranks 46th out of 70 countries with data for 2021.
- Is share of population living below national poverty lines rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. 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) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of population living below national poverty lines. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.