NETHERLANDS Gender Data Landscape Fall 2025 edition Color Key Improvement The gender data landscape highlights opportunities for enhancing gender equality Deterioration outcomes in Netherlands to support productivity and wealth gains, reduce poverty and increase shared prosperity. No Change Latest* Comparison Click the indicators below to explore the World Bank Gender Data Portal. Year Value ECA HIC World Progress in ending all forms of gender-based violence Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of ever Female 2018 5.00 6.32 5.60 NA partnered women ages 15-49) Women who were first married by 18 (% of women 20-24) Female NA NA NA NA NA Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women 15-19) 2023 1.86 11.7 9.09 39.1 Stronger and more resilient human capital Female 2021 3.13 6.59 6.30 50.0 Learning poverty: Share of children at the end-of-primary age below minimum reading proficiency (%) Male 2021 5.83 8.31 9.14 53.7 Female 2021 96.5 88.9 89.4 46.4 School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) Male 2021 82.5 74.0 69.8 40.3 Female share of graduates from STEM programs, tertiary (%) 2017 29.3 NA NA NA Female NA NA NA NA NA Fraction of children under 5 not stunted Male NA NA NA NA NA Mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease between ages 30 Female 2021 8.80 11.2 9.44 15.6 and 70 (%) Male 2021 11.0 20.7 16.2 21.0 More and better jobs, including jobs of the future Female 2024 62.9 51.3 54.3 49.1 Labor force participation rate (% 15+) Male 2024 72.2 66.0 68.0 73.2 Female 2023 87.3 86.4 91.0 52.6 Wage and salaried workers (% of employment) Male 2023 80.1 80.1 86.6 51.6 Female 2023 1.35 6.15 2.18 25.9 Employment in agriculture (% of employment) Male 2023 2.41 7.55 4.01 26.2 Female 2023 10.8 11.4 7.23 45.1 Vulnerable employment (% of employment) Male 2023 15.2 14.9 9.25 43.4 Female 2023 3.54 13.0 11.1 NA Share of youth not in education, employment or training (% of youth population) Male 2023 3.13 10.8 10.5 NA Female 2024 7.88 15.0 11.7 15.3 Youth unemployment (% of labor force 15-24) Male 2024 8.44 13.7 11.8 13.2 Percentage of women’s economic rights (%) 2023 100 85.8 87.4 77.9 Greater ownership and use of economic assets Female 2021 23.6 24.1 21.1 9.93 Received a public sector pension (% age 15+) Male 2021 18.8 19.8 18.6 8.83 Female 2024 99.3 85.6 94.5 76.6 Account at a financial institution (% age 15+) Male 2024 99.1 90.2 95.3 80.9 Female 2021 62.2 NA NA NA Saved at a financial institution or using a mobile money account (% 15+) Male 2021 69.4 NA NA NA Wider access to and use of enabling services Female 2012 14.7 NA NA NA Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work (% of 24 hour day) Male 2012 9.24 NA NA NA Female 2023 95.9 86.6 91.1 61.6 Individuals using the Internet (% of population) Male 2023 98.1 89.2 92.8 67.2 Female 2021 74.2 47.8 55.3 31.8 Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills (% age 15+) Male 2021 75.6 53.0 57.0 37.0 Advances in women’s participation in decision-making Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) 2022 29.1 NA NA NA Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms) 2020 35.0 34.4 40.1 33.9 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 2024 38.7 31.5 30.9 27.0 Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%) 2024 40.0 27.4 29.5 22.9 * Latest value shows the latest available country value for the indicator. Color coding of the latest country value represents a more than 10 percent change upward or downward from the country’s baseline value from 10 years (+/- 2 years) prior to latest value. No coloring applied whenever there is no data for baseline or when latest available value is prior to 2020. Notes: (1) Netherlands is part of the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region and a high income country (HIC) as classified by The World Bank Group. Peer Comparison shows how it performs relative to its peers in the region, income group, and the world. (2) Data and definitions can be found on the Gender Data Portal. Data is as of September 28, 2025. NETHERLANDS Financial and Digital Inclusion Fall 2025 edition [1] "Account ownership is nearly universal |\nAdults with an account (%)" Account ownership unlocks access to financial products Women in the labor force are more likely to have an account 85% of women who are in the labor force have a bank account, but only 58% of women out of the labor force have a bank account * No country data available, therefore regional data is presented. Access to capital helps build businesses and create jobs Digital connectivity can unlock and accelerate access to finance and jobs Learn More ƺ Gender ɽ Financial Inclusion ΰ Digital Inclusion • World Bank Group Gender Strategy • Women Entrepreneurs Finance • Using Digital Solutions to Address 2024-2030 Initiative (We-Fi) Barriers to Female Entrepreneurship • World Bank Gender Data Portal • The Global Findex Database • Increasing Access to Technology for Inclusion Sources: Global Findex Database 2025. Regional aggregates exclude high income countries.