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People in the Netherlands aged 65 or older ate the most healthily in 2023.

The number of people that reported having an allergy rose from 18 percent in 2014 to 21 percent in 2023.

Smoking, alcohol and drug use, being overweight, physical activity Sexual health, nutrition, giving informal care

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

Recent data on distribution of well-being for the theme health 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) 3 Good health and well-being. SDG 3 aims to ensure health for people of all ages.

In 2023, 88 percent of young adults aged 18 to 24 rated their health as good or very good.

One quarter of all main meals consumed in the Netherlands in 2023 were vegetarian.

Smoking, alcohol and drug use, being overweight, physical activity Sexual health, nutrition, health examination, giving informal care.

Perceived health, chronic disorders Sex, age, educational level

People in the Netherlands with low levels of education and those with a migration background have lower levels of well-being than those with higher education and those without a migration background.

Health, chronic disorders, use of health care sex, age, eduational level, ethnicity, income level

Well-being is not equally distributed in the Netherlands.

In the first six months of 2020, nearly 80 percent of the Dutch population aged 12 years and over used the internet to search for health information, book appointments with their general practitioner...

Although well-being in the Netherlands increased in 2019, not everybody benefited from this equally. Well-being is under pressure in a number of areas: time lost through traffic congestion, less...

Background characteristics Sex, age, origin and generation

In 2019, almost half of the Dutch population aged 4 years and over complied with the standards for physical activity as set by the Health Council of the Netherlands.

On 2 January 2019, 42 percent of the Dutch population aged 12 and over (6.4 million people) were included in the Donor Register.

Donorregister, fixed choice, with or without permission Part of country, province, NUTS-region, municipality

The broad well-being of higher educated is higher than of lower educated.

A health survey among residents of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba aged 15 and over shows that three-quarters felt healthy or very healthy in 2017/2018.

Almost half of the total Dutch adult population are moderately or severely overweight. In the period 2015-2017, two in five severely overweight (obese) people indicated that they were dissatisfied...

One percent of the Dutch population aged 20 years or older are morbidly obese.

The Monitor of Well-being is a well-arranged tool that serves the wider political and public debate.

Nearly nine in ten adults say they are happy. This share has been stable for years.