Netherlands: number of homeless people by background 2021

This statistic shows the total number of homeless people in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2021, by background (in thousands). In 2021, there were approximately 4 thousand homeless people with a Western foreign background living in the Netherlands.

Number of homeless people in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2021, background (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Dutch background	Foreign background (Western)	Foreign background (non-Western)
2021*	12.1	4	15.9
2020*	14.6	3.5	18.3
2018	16.9	4.1	18.3
2017	15	3.8	15.7
2016	12.7	3	14.9
2015	15.2	2.5	13.2
2014	13.2	2.8	11
2013	11.7	2.5	10.6
2012	13.5	2.9	10.9
2011	11.6	2.7	10
2010	11.5	2.6	9.3
2009	9.6	1.7	6.5

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Release date

November 2021

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2009 to 2021

Age group

18-65 years

Supplementary notes

*Figures are provisional.

There was a timebreak in 2019, as the methodology changed nad figures were measured differently from 2020 onwards.

People are considered homeless when they do not have a fixed address and sleep in the open-air, in public spaces such as railway stations or shopping centers, in a car or a homeless shelter or with friends, family and acquaintances on a non-structural basis.

Western foreign background: someone whose roots are in Europe (excl. Turkey), North America, Indonesia, Japan or Oceania. All others are considered as non-Western. For foreigners born abroad the land of birth is considered the country of origin. For people with a foreign background the mother's country of birth is considered the country of origin, should the mother have been born abroad. In the case of a mother born in the Netherlands the father's country of birth is considered the country of origin.

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