Netherlands: number of homeless people by location 2022

This statistic shows the total number of homeless people in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2022, by location (in thousands). It reveals that between 2009 and 2022, the majority of the homeless people lived outside the four major cities Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht.

Number of homeless people in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2022, by location (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Living in one of the four major cities	Living outside the four major cities
2022*	10.2	16.3
2021*	11.7	20.3
2020*	13.1	23.3
2018	14.6	24.7
2017	12.6	21.9
2016	13	17.5
2015	12.6	18.3
2014	10.4	16.5
2013	9.8	14.9
2012	12.4	14.9
2011	9.7	14.7
2010	9.5	13.9
2009	6.5	11.2

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2009 to 2022

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.

The four major cities are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. Figures are valid as of January 1 of each indicated year.

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