The statistic displays the results of a survey regarding the share of women on boards of directors in the Netherlands from 2012 to the first half of 2020. Overall, the share of women serving on boards of directors in the Netherlands increased by over six percent between 2012 and 2020 . In 2012, roughly seven percent of members of boards of directors in the Netherlands were women, in the first half of 2020 the share of women on boards of directors in the Netherlands had increased to almost 14 percent.
Share of women on board of directors in the Netherlands from 2012 to the first half of 2020
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Commissie Monitoring Streefcijfer Wet bestuur en toezicht, & Bureau Pouwels. (January 29, 2021). Share of women on board of directors in the Netherlands from 2012 to the first half of 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/870546/share-of-women-on-board-of-directors-in-the-netherlands/
Commissie Monitoring Streefcijfer Wet bestuur en toezicht, und Bureau Pouwels. "Share of women on board of directors in the Netherlands from 2012 to the first half of 2020." Chart. January 29, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/870546/share-of-women-on-board-of-directors-in-the-netherlands/
Commissie Monitoring Streefcijfer Wet bestuur en toezicht, Bureau Pouwels. (2021). Share of women on board of directors in the Netherlands from 2012 to the first half of 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/870546/share-of-women-on-board-of-directors-in-the-netherlands/
Commissie Monitoring Streefcijfer Wet bestuur en toezicht, and Bureau Pouwels. "Share of Women on Board of Directors in The Netherlands from 2012 to The First Half of 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/870546/share-of-women-on-board-of-directors-in-the-netherlands/
Commissie Monitoring Streefcijfer Wet bestuur en toezicht & Bureau Pouwels, Share of women on board of directors in the Netherlands from 2012 to the first half of 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/870546/share-of-women-on-board-of-directors-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited December 02, 2023)
Share of women on board of directors in the Netherlands from 2012 to the first half of 2020 [Graph], Commissie Monitoring Streefcijfer Wet bestuur en toezicht, & Bureau Pouwels, January 29, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/870546/share-of-women-on-board-of-directors-in-the-netherlands/