Netherlands: contact with alternative healers

This statistic displays the contact with alternative healers in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2019. This shows that in 2017, six percent of the population had been in contact with an alternative healer at least once during the last 12 months. A year later, this had decreased to just over five percent.

Share of individuals having contact with alternative healers in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2019

Characteristic	Share of the population
2019	4.3%
2018	5.2%
2017	6%
2016	5.3%
2015	5.1%
2014	5.5%
2013	6.3%
2012	5.7%
2011	6.3%
2010	5.8%
2009	6.6%
2008	7.2%

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Release date

December 2020

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2008 to 2019

Supplementary notes

Share of the population in the Netherlands that has been in contact with an alternative healer at least once in the last 12 months.

According to the source, alternative healers include for example homeopaths, acupuncturists, chiropractors, osteopaths, herbalists, magnetizers, paranormal healers, faith healers and/or other healers.

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