Gender in Netherlands 236 indicators covering gender for Netherlands. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Can a Woman Travel Outside the Country in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Travel Outside Her Home in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Choose Where to Live in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Apply For a Passport in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Mobility Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Work in a Job Deemed Dangerous in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Work in An Industrial Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Work at Night in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Does the Law Mandate Equal Remuneration For Work of Equal Value? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pay Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Obtain a Judgment of Divorce in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Be Head of Household in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her 1 2023 unchanged 1st Does a Woman Have the Same Rights to Remarry as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is There Legislation Specifically Addressing Domestic Violence? 1 2023 — 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Marriage Score 100 2023 up 25.0% 1st Are Periods of Absence Due to Childcare Accounted For in Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is the Mandatory Retirement Age For Men and Women the Same? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Partial Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Full Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pension Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Get a Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Workplace Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index 100 2023 up 5.3% 1st Women Business and the Law Index 100 2023 up 5.3% 1st Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 93.5% 2025 down 5.1% 140th Share of female employment by economic sector 1.1% 2025 down 21.8% 155th Maternal Mortality Ratio, Modeled Estimate 4 2023 down 33.3% 173rd Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 36.2 2019 down 11.1% 110th Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 24.8 2019 down 20.3% 181st Total Fertility Rate 1.49 2022 down 13.5% 156th Tertiary Gross Enrollment Rate 86.59 2023 up 14.2% 19th Women have the same rights to remarry as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 18.85 years 2018 up 12.5% 13th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 18.28 years 2018 up 9.1% 8th Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 28.6% 2025 down 38.8% 56th Women of reproductive age 3.92 million 2023 up 1.7% 73rd Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern 88.3% 2026 up 0.3% 11th Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women 7.0% 2020 down 3.5% 161st Share of women in ministerial positions 40.0% 2024 down 14.3% 26th Share of women in parliament 43.3% 2025 up 16.1% 20th Preprimary Gross Enrollment Rate 91.95 2020 up 2.4% 54th Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 10.3% 2016 up 47.9% 128th Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 14.1% 2016 up 48.9% 136th Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments 38.67 2024 unchanged 30th Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament 0.86 ratio 2026 up 30.3% 15th Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 94.5% 2025 down 4.2% 120th Access to justice women row, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Share of pregnant women who have anemia 16.5% 2023 down 4.6% 170th Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia 647.1 2023 up 34.3% 90th Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 16.5 2023 up 31.0% 162nd Gender Development Index 0.96 2022 up 0.7% 103rd Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female 89.0% 2023 up 17.1% 35th Access to anti-retroviral drugs, male 89.0% 2023 up 21.9% 17th Gender Inequality Index 0.025 2022 down 45.7% 158th Suicide Rate 11.5 2021 up 14.2% 50th Female migrants 51.9% 2020 down 0.0% 52nd Share of temporary employees 26.22 2024 up 21.7% 28th Time-related underemployment, female 7.4% 2024 down 25.5% 18th Time-related underemployment, male 5.1% 2024 up 7.8% 26th ← Previous Page 3 of 4 Next →