Well-being; core indicators, background characteristics
Kenmerken | Marges | Perioden | General Happiness Score happiness (scale score) | General Happiness Unhappy (%) | General Happiness Neither happy, nor unhappy (%) | General Happiness Happy (%) | General Life satisfaction Score life satisfaction (scale score) | General Life satisfaction Dissatisfied (%) | General Life satisfaction Neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied (%) | General Life satisfaction Satisfied (%) | Education and work Satisfaction educ. opportunities Score satisfaction educ. opportunities (scale score) | Education and work Satisfaction educ. opportunities Dissatisfied (%) |
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T009002 | Value | 2023 | 7.6 | 2.3 | 11.1 | 86.6 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 12.9 | 84.2 | 7.8 | 4.5 |
T009002 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 1.9 | 10.4 | 85.7 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 12.1 | 83.2 | 7.7 | 4.0 |
T009002 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 11.9 | 87.4 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 13.8 | 85.0 | 7.8 | 5.1 |
3000 | Value | 2023 | 7.6 | 2.7 | 11.4 | 86.0 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 12.8 | 84.0 | 7.8 | 4.4 |
3000 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 2.2 | 10.3 | 84.7 | 7.5 | 2.6 | 11.7 | 82.7 | 7.7 | 3.7 |
3000 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 12.5 | 87.2 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 14.1 | 85.3 | 7.9 | 5.2 |
4000 | Value | 2023 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 10.9 | 87.2 | 7.5 | 2.7 | 13.0 | 84.3 | 7.8 | 4.7 |
4000 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 9.9 | 86.1 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 11.9 | 83.0 | 7.7 | 4.1 |
4000 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.7 | 2.4 | 12.0 | 88.3 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 14.2 | 85.5 | 7.8 | 5.5 |
53105 | Value | 2023 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 14.0 | 82.5 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 20.2 | 76.1 | 7.9 | 3.3 |
53105 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 11.5 | 79.3 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 17.2 | 72.6 | 7.8 | 2.2 |
53105 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 16.9 | 85.2 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 23.4 | 79.2 | 8.0 | 5.0 |
53500 | Value | 2023 | 7.5 | 2.6 | 12.6 | 84.8 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 14.5 | 81.4 | 7.9 | 5.7 |
53500 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.4 | 1.7 | 10.6 | 82.3 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 12.4 | 78.7 | 7.8 | 4.4 |
53500 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 14.9 | 87.0 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 16.9 | 83.8 | 8.0 | 7.5 |
53700 | Value | 2023 | 7.6 | 2.3 | 12.6 | 85.1 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 14.3 | 82.7 | 7.8 | 5.2 |
53700 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 10.6 | 82.6 | 7.4 | 2.0 | 12.2 | 80.0 | 7.7 | 3.9 |
53700 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.7 | 3.6 | 15.0 | 87.3 | 7.6 | 4.4 | 16.8 | 85.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 |
53800 | Value | 2023 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 11.5 | 85.9 | 7.5 | 3.8 | 11.3 | 84.9 | 7.8 | 4.3 |
53800 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 9.7 | 83.7 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 9.5 | 82.7 | 7.7 | 3.2 |
53800 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.7 | 3.7 | 13.6 | 87.9 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 13.3 | 87.0 | 7.9 | 5.8 |
53900 | Value | 2023 | 7.7 | 1.6 | 9.4 | 89.0 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 11.9 | 86.4 | 7.7 | 4.4 |
53900 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 7.9 | 87.1 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 10.2 | 84.3 | 7.7 | 3.3 |
53900 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 11.3 | 90.7 | 7.7 | 2.6 | 13.9 | 88.3 | 7.8 | 5.7 |
53925 | Value | 2023 | 7.8 | 1.7 | 7.7 | 90.7 | 7.8 | 1.7 | 8.4 | 89.9 | 7.9 | 2.0 |
53925 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 88.8 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 6.9 | 88.0 | 7.8 | 1.3 |
53925 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 9.4 | 92.3 | 7.9 | 2.7 | 10.2 | 91.6 | 8.0 | 3.1 |
21600 | Value | 2023 | 7.7 | 1.6 | 10.4 | 88.1 | 7.7 | 2.2 | 10.7 | 87.1 | 7.3 | 7.0 |
21600 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 85.7 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 8.8 | 84.7 | 7.2 | 5.4 |
21600 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 12.6 | 90.0 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 12.9 | 89.2 | 7.4 | 9.0 |
2018710 | Value | 2023 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 17.2 | 78.5 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 16.0 | 78.6 | 6.0 | 22.2 |
2018710 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 13.9 | 74.2 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 12.7 | 74.4 | 5.7 | 18.2 |
2018710 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 21.1 | 82.2 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 19.8 | 82.3 | 6.2 | 26.7 |
2018720 | Value | 2023 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 12.8 | 83.8 | 7.5 | 3.9 | 14.4 | 81.8 | 7.1 | 7.7 |
2018720 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.5 | 2.4 | 11.0 | 81.6 | 7.4 | 2.9 | 12.5 | 79.5 | 7.0 | 6.3 |
2018720 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 14.9 | 85.8 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 16.5 | 83.9 | 7.2 | 9.4 |
2018750 | Value | 2023 | 7.6 | 2.4 | 11.6 | 86.0 | 7.4 | 3.3 | 14.1 | 82.5 | 7.7 | 3.1 |
2018750 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 10.4 | 84.5 | 7.4 | 2.7 | 12.7 | 80.9 | 7.6 | 2.4 |
2018750 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 3.1 | 13.0 | 87.4 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 15.6 | 84.1 | 7.7 | 3.9 |
2018800 | Value | 2023 | 7.7 | 1.6 | 9.0 | 89.5 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 12.4 | 85.9 | 8.3 | 1.6 |
2018800 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 87.6 | 7.6 | 1.2 | 10.7 | 83.9 | 8.3 | 1.0 |
2018800 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 10.7 | 91.0 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 14.3 | 87.6 | 8.4 | 2.4 |
2018810 | Value | 2023 | 7.8 | 0.8 | 7.1 | 92.2 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 7.2 | 91.5 | 8.9 | 0.5 |
2018810 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 90.4 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 89.6 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
2018810 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.9 | 1.5 | 8.7 | 93.6 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 8.9 | 93.0 | 9.0 | 1.3 |
A051760 | Value | 2023 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 9.8 | 88.2 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 11.7 | 85.8 | 7.9 | 3.3 |
A051760 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 9.0 | 87.3 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 10.8 | 84.8 | 7.9 | 2.9 |
A051760 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 10.6 | 89.1 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 12.6 | 86.8 | 8.0 | 3.9 |
A051761 | Value | 2023 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 8.6 | 89.8 | 7.5 | 2.4 | 10.7 | 86.9 | 7.8 | 3.7 |
A051761 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 85.1 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 7.2 | 81.8 | 7.6 | 1.9 |
A051761 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 12.9 | 93.1 | 7.7 | 5.4 | 15.5 | 90.7 | 8.0 | 7.0 |
A051762 | Value | 2023 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 12.0 | 85.2 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 15.0 | 80.9 | 7.6 | 5.5 |
A051762 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 9.1 | 81.2 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 11.7 | 76.6 | 7.5 | 3.6 |
A051762 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 15.8 | 88.5 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 19.1 | 84.6 | 7.8 | 8.4 |
A051763 | Value | 2023 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 17.1 | 79.8 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 18.3 | 76.8 | 7.5 | 7.7 |
A051763 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 13.1 | 74.7 | 7.2 | 3.0 | 14.2 | 71.5 | 7.2 | 5.1 |
A051763 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 22.0 | 84.1 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 23.3 | 81.3 | 7.7 | 11.6 |
A051764 | Value | 2023 | 7.4 | 3.4 | 18.3 | 78.3 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 18.5 | 76.9 | 7.1 | 11.3 |
A051764 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 15.4 | 74.7 | 7.2 | 3.2 | 15.5 | 73.2 | 6.9 | 8.9 |
A051764 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 21.7 | 81.5 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 21.9 | 80.1 | 7.3 | 14.3 |
A051735 | Value | 2023 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 9.9 | 88.0 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 11.9 | 85.5 | 7.9 | 3.5 |
A051735 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 9.1 | 87.2 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 11.1 | 84.5 | 7.8 | 3.1 |
A051735 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 10.7 | 88.9 | 7.6 | 3.1 | 12.8 | 86.4 | 7.9 | 4.1 |
A051736 | Value | 2023 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 18.0 | 78.7 | 7.4 | 4.8 | 18.4 | 76.8 | 7.2 | 10.2 |
A051736 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.4 | 2.3 | 15.5 | 75.9 | 7.3 | 3.5 | 15.9 | 73.9 | 7.1 | 8.3 |
A051736 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 4.7 | 20.7 | 81.4 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 21.2 | 79.6 | 7.4 | 12.5 |
1012600 | Value | 2023 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 9.8 | 88.2 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 11.7 | 85.8 | 7.9 | 3.3 |
1012600 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 9.0 | 87.3 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 10.8 | 84.8 | 7.9 | 2.9 |
1012600 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 10.6 | 89.1 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 12.6 | 86.8 | 8.0 | 3.9 |
H007933 | Value | 2023 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 13.4 | 84.1 | 7.5 | 3.9 | 15.0 | 81.1 | 7.6 | 6.0 |
H007933 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.5 | 1.4 | 10.7 | 80.6 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 12.1 | 77.5 | 7.5 | 4.2 |
H007933 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 16.7 | 87.0 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 18.4 | 84.3 | 7.8 | 8.4 |
H008859 | Value | 2023 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 15.8 | 81.1 | 7.4 | 4.4 | 17.1 | 78.5 | 7.3 | 8.9 |
H008859 | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.4 | 2.2 | 13.6 | 78.5 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 14.8 | 75.8 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
H008859 | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | 2023 | 7.6 | 4.4 | 18.3 | 83.5 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 19.6 | 81.0 | 7.4 | 11.0 |
Source: CBS. |
Table explanation
In general, persons of 15 years or older took part in this study, the well-being figures only apply to the Dutch population of 18 years or older. Therefore, this table consists of well-being figures of the Dutch population of 18 years or older in terms of happiness, life satisfaction, satisfaction with education opportunities, work, travel time, daily activities, physical health, mental health, weight, the financial situation, the house, the neighborhood, social life and the amount of free time. In addition, concerns about the financial future, feelings of unsafety and trust in others are included. Satisfaction with work and the travel time to and from work are measured only for people who have a paid job for 12 hours per week or more. For people who do not work or work less than 12 hours per week satisfaction with daily activities is reported. These subjects are reported for gender, age, education level and migration background.
Data available from: 2013
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are definite.
Changes as of May 8th, 2024.
Not applicable, the table has been updated with data from 2023.
When will new figures be published?
New figures on 2024 will be published around mid-2025.
Description topics
- General
- Happiness
- The answer to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you consider yourself to be a happy person. A score of 1 refers to very unhappy and a 10 to very happy?’.
- Score happiness
- The average score to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you consider yourself to be a happy person. A score of 1 refers to very unhappy and a 10 to very happy?’.
- Unhappy
- Percentage of the people who score a 1 to 4 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you consider yourself to be a happy person. A score of 1 refers to very unhappy and a 10 to very happy?’. A score from 1 to 4 is classified as unhappy.
- Neither happy, nor unhappy
- Percentage of the people who score a 5 or a 6 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you consider yourself to be a happy person. A score of 1 refers to very unhappy and a 10 to very happy?’. A score of 5 or 6 is classified as neither happy, nor unhappy.
- Happy
- Percentage of the people who score a 7 to 10 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you consider yourself to be a happy person. A score of 1 refers to very unhappy and a 10 to very happy?’. A score from 7 to 10 is classified as happy.
- Life satisfaction
- The answer to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the life you currently lead. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’.
- Score life satisfaction
- The average score to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the life you currently lead. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’.
- Dissatisfied
- Percentage of the people who score a 1 to 4 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the life you currently lead. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score from 1 to 4 is classified as dissatisfied.
- Neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied
- Percentage of the people who score a 5 or a 6 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the life you currently lead. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score of 5 or 6 is classified as neither satisfied, nor dissatisfied.
- Satisfied
- Percentage of the people who score a 7 to 10 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the life you currently lead. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score from 7 to 10 is classified as satisfied.
- Education and work
- Satisfaction educ. opportunities
- The answer to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the education opportunities you have had so far. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’.
- Score satisfaction educ. opportunities
- The average score to the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the education opportunities you have had so far. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’.
- Dissatisfied
- Percentage of the people who score a 1 to 4 on the question ‘On a scale from 1 to 10 can you indicate to what extent you are satisfied with the education opportunities you have had so far. A score of 1 refers to completely dissatisfied and a 10 to completely satisfied?’. A score from 1 to 4 is classified as dissatisfied.