Share of vegans and vegetarians in the Netherlands by gender 2020

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Koen van Gelder,
Jul 19, 2022
The result from a 2020 survey in the Netherlands indicate that roughly 0.4 percent of Dutch consumers have a fully plant-based, or vegan, diet. When looking at the share of vegetarians, a clear difference between men and women can be observed. According to this survey, women are more than double as likely to be vegetarians as men.

Share of vegans and vegetarians in the Netherlands in 2020, by gender

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Release date

June 2021

Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

February to June 2020

Number of respondents

3,648 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

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Consumers in the Netherlands

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

*Vegetarians are people who do not eat meat and fish. As such, pescatarians are excluded.

The source mentions that the coronavirus outbreak may have impacted the survey results.

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