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Health58

Health and welfare spending by payer: basic health insurance (Zvw) is the largest part, 38% in 2024

People meeting the physical activity guidelines: 47.0 percent of people aged 4 or over in 2025, 2.8 percentage points higher than in 2016

People who rate their health as good or very good: 76.9 percent of the population in 2025, 3.5 percentage points lower than in 2014

General practitioners: 13.9 thousand in 2024, 6.5 times as much as in 1900

Life expectancy at birth: 82.1 years in 2025, 15% more than in 1950

Remaining life expectancy at 65: 20.5 years in 2025, 40% more than in 1950

People who are overweight: 44.8 percent of people aged 4 or over in 2025, 1.7 percentage points higher than in 2014

Deaths per year: 173.5 thousand in 2025, 28% more than in 1995

People with mental health complaints: 13.7 percent of people aged 12 or over in 2023, 3 percentage points higher than in 2014

Smokers: 17.0 percent of people aged 12 or over in 2025, 7.2 percentage points lower than in 2014

Deaths from cardiovascular disease: 213 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2024, 9% less than in 1936

Average length of hospital stay: 5.1 days in 2023, 85% less than in 1927

People who exercise weekly: 58.3 percent of people aged 4 or over in 2025, 6 percentage points higher than in 2016

Suicides: 9.8 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2025, 78% more than in 1950

Spending on health and welfare: 13.8 percent of GDP in 2024, 5.1 percentage points higher than in 1972

Infant mortality: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2025, 87% less than in 1950

Heavy drinkers: 6.4 percent of people aged 12 or over in 2025, 2.3 percentage points lower than in 2014

Adults who used drugs other than cannabis in the past year: 6.1 percent in 2024, 2 percentage points higher than in 2016

Two-year-olds vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella: 87.3 percent in 2026, 8.1 percentage points lower than in 2006

Adults who used cannabis in the past year: 6.9 percent in 2024, 0.7 percentage points lower than in 2014

Adults with obesity: 15.7 percent in 2024, 2.4 percentage points higher than in 2014

Overweight among children and young people (2 to 24): 17.0 percent in 2025, 2.3 percentage points higher than in 2014

People who received district nursing: 604 thousand per year in 2025, 18% more than in 2015

People eligible for residential long-term care (Wlz): 382 thousand in 2025, 38% more than in 2015

Nursing homes and home care organisations with a loss (CBS, from DigiMV annual reports): 14 percent of organisations in 2024, 16 percentage points lower than in 2015

Solvency of hospitals, equity as a share of total assets (CBS, from DigiMV): 36 percent in 2024, 12 percentage points higher than in 2015

Nitrogen dioxide in outdoor air in the Netherlands (annual mean of monitoring stations): 15.7 micrograms per cubic metre in 2025, 40% less than in 2013

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at urban background stations in the Netherlands: lower than in 14 of the 26 other EU countries

Antibiotic use in the Netherlands: lower than in 25 of the 25 other EU countries

Healthy life years at birth in the Netherlands: lower than in 21 of the 25 other EU countries

People who rate their health as good or very good in the Netherlands: higher than in 16 of the 26 other EU countries

Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands: higher than in 17 of the 26 other EU countries

Life expectancy at birth in the Netherlands: lower than in 14 of the 26 other EU countries

Obesity in the Netherlands: lower than in 22 of the 26 other EU countries

People who rate their health as good or very good: 68.6 percent of people aged 16 or over in 2025, 7.3 percentage points lower than in 2016

Healthy life years: 72.7 percent of life expectancy at birth in 2024, 1.1 percentage points lower than in 2016

People with unmet medical needs (too expensive, too far or waiting list): 0.5 percent of people aged 16 or over in 2025, 0.2 percentage points higher than in 2008

Smokers in the Netherlands: lower than in 25 of the 26 other EU countries

Avoidable deaths in the Netherlands: lower than in 20 of the 26 other EU countries

People who missed needed care because of cost, distance or waiting lists in the Netherlands: lower than in 23 of the 26 other EU countries

Adults who felt anxious or low in the past four weeks: highest in Amsterdam (57%), lowest in Heerenveen (32%)

Children and young people receiving youth care: highest in Tiel (25.7%), lowest in Staphorst (6.3%)

Adults with a long-term illness or condition: highest in Eemsdelta (45%), lowest in Staphorst (25%)

Adults with a physical disability: highest in Rotterdam and 1 other municipality (32%), lowest in Oegstgeest (13%)

Adults who are informal carers: highest in Moerdijk (21%), lowest in Diemen and 2 other municipalities (9%)

Adults with obesity: highest in Pekela (29%), lowest in Bloemendaal (8%)

Adults who smoke: highest in Groningen (23%), lowest in Alphen-Chaam and 2 other municipalities (8%)

Adults who exercise every week: highest in Bloemendaal and 1 other municipality (72%), lowest in Pekela (39%)

Adults who drink too much: highest in Tubbergen (12.4%), lowest in Nederweert (2.2%)

Deaths: highest on average in January, lowest in June

Nitrogen dioxide over the Netherlands on 20 March 2025: dark red from The Hague to beyond Amsterdam, measured by Sentinel-5P

Samen Meten measuring points by project: most Luftdaten (6,103 measuring points), then Palmes and Luchtclub

Healthy life years and smokers in EU countries: no clear relationship

Life expectancy and smokers in EU countries: the higher one, the lower the other, mostly

Life expectancy and gDP per person in EU countries: the higher one, the higher the other, mostly

Basic health insurance costs by type of care: most Specialist medical care (31,273 million euros), then Pharmaceuticals and Mental health, consultations

Basic health insurance costs per insured person: highest in Heerlen and 1 other municipality (4,520 euros), lowest in Urk (2,601 euros)

Residents with a Wmo social support provision (CBS figure, also in Waarstaatjegemeente): highest in Stadskanaal (122 per 1,000), lowest in Rozendaal (29 per 1,000)

Climate and environment57

Municipal waste by treatment: recycling is the largest part, 32% in 2024

Greenhouse gas emissions by sector: industry is the largest part, 31% in 2025

Greenhouse gas emissions by gas: CO₂ is the largest part, 83% in 2025

Amsterdam municipal trees by species: most Iep (Ulmus) (42,020 trees), then Esdoorn (Acer) and Linde (Tilia)

Sand nourishments along the coast since 1952, volume by coastal section: most Maasvlakte (189.0 million cubic metres of sand), then Noord-Holland and Delfland

Groundwater monitoring wells in the BRO by year built: 2,786 wells in 2025, 2.2 times as much as in 1990

Ammonia emissions: 111 million kilograms in 2025, 68% less than in 1990

Greenhouse gas emissions: 145 million tonnes CO2 equivalent in 2025, 36% less than in 1990

Household waste: 449 kilograms per inhabitant in 2025, 6% less than in 1993

Nitrogen oxide emissions: 141 million kilograms in 2025, 77% less than in 1990

Greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation: 26.4 million tonnes CO2 equivalent in 2025, 33% less than in 1990

Greenhouse gas emissions from industry: 45.2 million tonnes CO2 equivalent in 2025, 48% less than in 1990

Greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars: 14.1 million tonnes CO2 equivalent in 2025, 12% less than in 1990

The largest wildfires in the Netherlands according to EFFIS: most Deurne, April 2020 (649 hectares), then Elburg, April 2026 and Ede, April 2014

Burnt natural land in the Netherlands mapped by EFFIS: 330 hectares in 2025, 80% more than in 2018

CO₂ emissions by source: energy sector is the largest part, 30% in 2025

CO₂ emissions on Dutch territory: 142.2 megatonnes in 2025, 17% less than in 1990

Global mean temperature at 2 metres (ERA5): highest on average in July, lowest in January

Municipal waste per person in the Netherlands: lower than in 17 of the 25 other EU countries