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New method of measuring poverty: 540 thousand people in poverty in 2023
A total of 540 thousand people in the Netherlands were living in poverty in 2023, which was 3.1 percent of the total population
221 thousand children at risk of poverty, lowest number in 25 years
Last year, 221 thousand minors in the Netherlands were living in low-income households, the lowest number in 25 years.
Child poverty stable in 2018, less long-term poverty
Last year, 264 thousand minors in the Netherlands were living in low-income families, the same number as the year before.
Half of refugee households at risk of poverty
Nearly 53 percent of refugee households have a low income, over six times the average in the Netherlands (8.2 percent). Among households with a Syrian or Eritrean main breadwinner, this share is even...
Half of refugee households at risk of poverty
Refugee households often have a persistently low income
Purchasing power erodes further in 2013
The purchasing power of the Dutch population was reduced by 1.1 percent in 2013. Purchasing power fell for the fourth year in a row, consistent with the economic recession and climbing unemployment...
Income data employed living on long-term low incomes; characteristics and explanations (Dutch only)
This report includes results on the composition of the category of employed living on long-term low incomes and the factors which determine why people are trapped in a long-term low-income situation....
Highest rent increase since 1994
Residential property rents were raised by an average of 4.7 percent in July 2013, the most substantial increase since 1994. Tenants in the highest income category in dwellings owned by social housing...
Sharp rise in poverty in 2011
These are among the conclusions in the Poverty Survey 2012 (Armoedesignalement 2012) which is published today. In the report, researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP and...
Income dynamics in Amsterdam municipality and the Amsterdam metropolitan region (Dutch only)
A paper and additional customised tables on the removals of households living in Amsterdam or the Amsterdam metropolitan region, by income. The tables cover the period 2001-2008. Commissioned by:...
Amsterdam has highest proportion of long-term low incomes
Households who have been living on low incomes for four years or more are mainly found in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague. Four in ten municipalities with the greatest risk of long-term poverty...
More poverty in 2009
Poverty has grown in the Netherlands in 2009 and after a long period of decline, the percentage of poor children has increased last year.
More GP house calls for elderly with a low income
Some nine out of ten people aged over 75 in the Netherlands consulted their general practitioner at least once in 2008.
More households at poverty risk in 2008
Lage inkomens, kans op armoede en uitsluiting 2009. It describes recent developments in poverty and constraints in social and financial aspects.
Poverty down in 2006 and 2007, but unchanged in 2008
In 2006, 623 households in the Netherlands had a low income. According to the budget-based thresholds 382 households (not-much-but-enough-to-get-by), and 233 thousand households...
People in poor health find it more difficult to live within their income
People who consider their own health as poor more often find it hard to make ends meet. They cannot afford a hot meal every other day or heat their houses properly.
Low incomes transferred to the next generation in families with non-western background
People who grew up in low-income families – in particular people with a non-western background –often have low incomes themselves.
Most people on long-term low incomes live in major cities
There are more than 5 thousand neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. In nearly one third, the the proportion of long-term low incomes is above the nationwide average of 3 percent.
Consumer confidence high-income earners plummets
In the first quarter of 2008, consumer confidence was considerably lower than one year previously. The mood among consumers in the highest income bracket dropped more rapidly than among low-income...
Leisure activities income-related
Children from low-income families less often participated in club activities than children from high-income families in 2006. They also went on holiday less often.