People reporting good or very good health in Netherlands
68.6% of people aged 16 or over in Netherlands rated their health as good or very good in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2008. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Netherlands, 2025
68.6%
Change from 2024
−1.3percentage points
European Union, 2025
67.9%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
68.2%
Position in 2025
13th of 31
People reporting good or very good health in Netherlands over time
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% of people aged 16 or over. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Netherlands | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.6% | 67.9% |
| 2024 | 69.9% | 68.4% |
| 2023 | 69.6% | 67.8% |
| 2022 | 71.3% | 67.7% |
| 2021 | 73.1% | 69.0% |
| 2020 | 78.0% | 68.8% |
| 2019 | 74.8% | 68.6% |
| 2018 | 75.6% | 68.5%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 76.1% | 68.9%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 75.9%b (break in time series) | 67.4%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 76.2% | 66.7%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 77.3% | 67.2%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 75.6% | 66.4%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 75.6% | 67.3%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 76.3% | 66.6%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 78.0% | 66.7%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 77.6% | – |
| 2008 | 77.3% | – |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −1.3 percentage points from 69.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 76.2%, the figure has changed by −7.6 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Netherlands has the 13th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 67.9%.
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Life expectancy at birth
81.9 years
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Average life satisfaction
7.6 out of 10
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Infant mortality rate
3.3 per 1,000 live births
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Hospital beds
221 per 100,000 people
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Practising physicians
396 per 100,000 people
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Health spending share of GDP
10.2%p (Provisional)
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