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)
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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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (November 2, 2021). Number of homeless people in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2021, background (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/522132/netherlands-number-of-homeless-people-by-background/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Number of homeless people in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2021, background (in 1,000s)." Chart. November 2, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/522132/netherlands-number-of-homeless-people-by-background/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2021). Number of homeless people in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2021, background (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/522132/netherlands-number-of-homeless-people-by-background/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Number of Homeless People in The Netherlands from 2009 to 2021, Background (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/522132/netherlands-number-of-homeless-people-by-background/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Number of homeless people in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2021, background (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/522132/netherlands-number-of-homeless-people-by-background/ (last visited December 14, 2024)
Number of homeless people in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2021, background (in 1,000s) [Graph], Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, November 2, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/522132/netherlands-number-of-homeless-people-by-background/