Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week in Netherlands
Netherlands: Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week was 10.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week in Netherlands, 2014–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 10.5% for persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week in 2025.
That represents a change of down 8.7% on the previous year and up 41.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week in Netherlands peaked at 11.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.9%, in 2016.
That places Netherlands 15th out of 47 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7.6% | — |
| 2015 | 7.4% | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 6.9% | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 7.4% | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 7.7% | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 7.8% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 7.1% | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 9.6% | +35.2% |
| 2022 | 10.4% | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 10.9% | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 11.5% | +5.5% |
| 2025 | 10.5% | -8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.5% | 6.9% | 7.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 10.0% | 7.1% | 11.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 13 France 10.8% compare
- 14 Sweden 10.7% compare
- 15 Netherlands 10.5% compare
- 17 Hungary 10.4% compare
- 18 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 10.3% compare
More work & labour data for Netherlands
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 655.76 Persons (2022)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 433.18 Persons (2022)
- Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 9,833 Thousand persons (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 76.2% (2025)
- Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 30.4 Hour (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 85.6% (2025)
- Labour force by NUTS 2 region 10,229 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by NUTS 2 region 9,833 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employment rates by NUTS 2 region 73.2% (2025)
- Labour force by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 10,229 Thousand persons (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week in Netherlands?
- Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week in Netherlands was 10.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 11.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9% in 2016.
- How does Netherlands rank for persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week?
- Netherlands ranks 15th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week on themselves by employment status and income quintile. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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