Number of individuals without health insurance in the Netherlands 2011-2019
The number of individuals that did not have a health insurance in the Netherlands, despite it being mandatory, grew by nearly 7,000 in 2018, but only by around 655 in 2019. The Dutch health insurance system as it is now was introduced in 2006 and combines elements of both public as well as private insurance. It is mandatory to have at least a basic health insurance (in Dutch: basisverzekering) when you work in the Netherlands, because healthcare is funded through taxation of income.
