Children per private household by labour status within households in Netherlands
Netherlands: Children per private household by labour status within households was 0.4 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0.4
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
13th
of 45 countries
All-time high
0.5
in 2006
All-time low
0.4
in 2015
Years of data
20
2006–2025
Children per private household by labour status within households and in Netherlands, 2006–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 0.4 for children per private household by labour status within households and in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, children per private household by labour status within households and in Netherlands peaked at 0.5 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.4, in 2015.
Netherlands ranks 13th of 45 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Children per private household by labour status within households in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.5 | — |
| 2007 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4 | -20.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
Netherlands compared with similar countries
- Netherlands's 0.4 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.4, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Netherlands's 0.4 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.4, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.45 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 13 Austria 0.4 compare
- 13 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4 compare
- 13 Czechia 0.4 compare
- 13 Denmark 0.4 compare
- 13 Estonia 0.4 compare
- 13 Greece 0.4 compare
- 13 Spain 0.4 compare
- 13 France 0.4 compare
- 13 Croatia 0.4 compare
- 13 Hungary 0.4 compare
- 13 Luxembourg 0.4 compare
- 13 Latvia 0.4 compare
- 13 Norway 0.4 compare
- 13 Poland 0.4 compare
- 13 Portugal 0.4 compare
- 13 Serbia 0.4 compare
- 13 Sweden 0.4 compare
- 13 Slovenia 0.4 compare
- 13 Estonia 0.4 compare
- 13 Croatia 0.4 compare
- 13 Latvia 0.4 compare
- 13 Netherlands 0.4 compare
- 13 Poland 0.4 compare
- 13 Slovenia 0.4 compare
- 13 Serbia 0.4 compare
More work & labour data for Netherlands
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 5,256 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.71 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 10,535 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.03 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.834 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 130,584 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 94,797 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.03 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.4 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.1112 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children per private household by labour status within households and in Netherlands?
- Children per private household by labour status within households and in Netherlands was 0.4 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest children per private household by labour status within households and recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5 in 2006.
- What is the lowest children per private household by labour status within households and recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4 in 2015.
- How does Netherlands rank for children per private household by labour status within households and?
- Netherlands ranks 13th out of 45 countries with data for 2025.
- Is children per private household by labour status within households and rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Children per private household by labour status within households and household composition. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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