At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Netherlands
Netherlands: At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents was 31.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Netherlands, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 31.0% for at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in 2025.
That represents a change of down 12.4% on the previous year and up 71.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Netherlands peaked at 40.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10.8%, in 2013.
That places Netherlands 19th out of 44 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12.9% | — |
| 2006 | 14.6% | +13.2% |
| 2007 | 15.2% | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 24.2% | +59.2% |
| 2009 | 27.9% | +15.3% |
| 2010 | 18.1% | -35.1% |
| 2011 | 39.7% | +119.3% |
| 2012 | 28.5% | -28.2% |
| 2013 | 10.8% | -62.1% |
| 2014 | 13.4% | +24.1% |
| 2015 | 18.1% | +35.1% |
| 2016 | 26.6% | +47.0% |
| 2017 | 28.3% | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 27.5% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 22.6% | -17.8% |
| 2020 | 30.0% | +32.7% |
| 2021 | 39.9% | +33.0% |
| 2022 | 40.3% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 32.8% | -18.6% |
| 2024 | 35.4% | +7.9% |
| 2025 | 31.0% | -12.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.0% | 12.9% | 27.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 23.4% | 10.8% | 39.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.9% | 30.0% | 40.3% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Netherlands?
- At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Netherlands was 31.0% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 40.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.8% in 2013.
- How does Netherlands rank for at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents?
- Netherlands ranks 19th out of 44 countries with data for 2025.
- Is at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.3%. 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 At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents (population aged 0 to 17). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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