Poverty & Inequality in Netherlands 48 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Netherlands. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 13.4% 2025 up 15.5% 33rd At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 21.2% 2025 down 4.9% 38th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 5.9% 2025 down 19.2% 35th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 15.8% 2025 down 3.7% 36th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 2.6% 2025 down 18.8% 31st Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 2.1% 2020 down 4.5% 38th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 16.1% 2020 up 6.6% 34th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 30.4% 2025 down 2.6% 32nd At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 12.4% 2025 down 8.8% 35th Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 30.7% 2025 up 22.8% 5th Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age -1.39 Number 2025 down 307.5% 29th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 2.7% 2025 down 18.2% 42nd In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 13.4% 2025 up 42.6% 34th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 5.5% 2025 up 22.2% 45th Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 67.3% 2025 up 4.0% 36th Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 1.0% 2025 down 44.4% 44th Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 20.7% 2025 down 18.2% 24th Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 34.5% 2025 down 6.5% 20th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 11.8% 2025 up 5.4% 15th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 11.0% 2025 up 120.0% 21st At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 6.8% 2025 down 50.4% 20th Subjective poverty by sex and age 7.3% 2025 down 43.4% 43rd Subjective poverty by tenure status 7.3% 2025 down 43.4% 43rd Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 5.9% 2025 down 19.2% 37th Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 5.9% 2025 down 19.2% 37th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 23.4% 2025 down 22.0% 22nd Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 1.7% 2025 down 15.0% 34th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 2,806 Thousand persons 2025 up 2.0% 11th Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 17,734 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.8% 9th Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8 Average 2025 up 1.3% 32nd Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 1.6% 2025 up 23.1% 38th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 2.2% 2025 down 31.2% 42nd Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 2.2% 2025 down 31.2% 42nd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 2,806 Thousand persons 2025 up 2.0% 9th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 1.6% 2025 up 23.1% 38th Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 5.8% 2025 down 20.5% 21st Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 2.7% 2025 up 42.1% 15th Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 2.6% 2025 down 18.8% 31st Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 412 Thousand persons 2025 down 22.4% 15th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 2,806 Thousand persons 2025 up 2.0% 9th Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 93.8% 2020 down 0.1% 17th Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 0.9% 2025 down 80.4% 31st Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 367 Thousand persons 2020 up 0.3% 20th Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 2.1% 2020 down 4.5% 40th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 16.1% 2020 up 7.3% 36th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 9.4% 2025 down 28.8% 26th Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 0 Thousand persons 2025 — 15th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU 329 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 up 545.1% 7th