In 2023, there were 492,300 thousand single mothers in the Netherlands. This is far higher than the number of single fathers in the Netherlands, which stood at 118,300 in the same year. The number of single mothers and fathers has been increasing every year.
Number of single parents in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2023, by gender
Figures valid as of January 1 of each indicated year.
A single parent is a parent who does not live with a partner, and who has at least one child (biological, step or adopted child) living at home, forming a private household.
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (August 7, 2023). Number of single parents in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2023, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 07, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/521933/total-number-of-single-parents-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Number of single parents in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2023, by gender." Chart. August 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/521933/total-number-of-single-parents-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2023). Number of single parents in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2023, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/521933/total-number-of-single-parents-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Number of Single Parents in The Netherlands from 2009 to 2023, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/521933/total-number-of-single-parents-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Number of single parents in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2023, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/521933/total-number-of-single-parents-the-netherlands-by-gender/ (last visited December 07, 2024)
Number of single parents in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2023, by gender [Graph], Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, August 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/521933/total-number-of-single-parents-the-netherlands-by-gender/
