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The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.

What is well-being ‘later’? Well-being ‘later’ looks at trends in resources needed by future generations to accomplish the same level of well-being as the current generation, and the consequences of...

Well-being ‘here and now’ refers to people’s personal characteristics and the quality of the environment they live in. It relates to subjective well-being, material well-being, health, labour and...

The number of people living in the Netherlands who were born elsewhere is very likely to increase between now and 2050.

Methods used for the calculation of the Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios 2019-2021

Quality of life in the Netherlands today, well-being ‘here and now’, is high. However it not just as high for everybody in the country; well-being of young adults is lower than for the rest of the...

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) currently projects life expectancy at age 65 to be 20.93 years in 2027.

People under the age of 35 experience lower levels of well-being than older people in the Netherlands.

What is well-being ‘here and now’? Subjective well-being reflects how satisfied people are with their lives. It is an evaluative indicator that gives an indication of overall well-being at the...

(Un)happiness and (dis)satisfaction with aspects of life Gender, age, migration background and other characteristics

In 2022, 36 percent of adults said that they would like to eat more healthily.

What is well-being ‘here and now’? Labour and leisure time.

In 2021, nearly 171 thousand deaths were recorded. This is 16 thousand (10 percent) more than the expected number for last year. There was excess mortality in every age group. Flevoland, Zeeland and...

This methodology report describes the operationalisation of the indicators included in the monitor and the underlying calculations.

A brief explanation of why CBS compiles the Monitor of Well-being and the SDGs, what well-being is and how well-being is measured.

Recent data on distribution of well-being for the theme subjective well-being by sex, age, education level and origin/country of birth. Well-being is not distributed equally across all groups in the...

Recent data on distribution of well-being for the theme environment by sex, age, education level and origin/country of birth. Well-being is not distributed equally across all groups in the population.

What is well-being ‘here and now’? Housing.

The number of older people in the Netherlands will increase in the future, regardless of the scale of migration.

In 2023, in 13 percent of families with children under 18 only the father was in paid work, while their partners (mostly women) were not in paid work.

What is well-being ‘here and now’? Society.

Although material well-being levels are relatively low, most inhabitants of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba are satisfied with their lives.

Recent data on distribution of well-being for the theme housing by sex, age, education level and origin/country of birth. Well-being is not distributed equally across all groups in the population.

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 Quality education. SDG 4 stresses the importance of high quality and accessible education for all age groups and in all stages of life: from...

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11.1 Sustainable cities and communities: housing. A large part of life takes place in and around the home. SDG 11.1 relates to suitable housing....