Number of single parents in the Netherlands 2009-2023, by gender

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 3, 2025
In 2023, there were 492,300 thousand single mothers in the Netherlands. This is far higher than the number of single fathers in the Netherlands, which stood at 118,300 in the same year. The number of single mothers and fathers has been increasing every year.

Number of single parents in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2023, by gender

CharacteristicMenWomen
2023 118,318 492,315
2022 115,802 480,606
2021 115,115 478,756
2020 113,720 476,255
2019 110,918 471,188
2018 108,376 464,043
2017 105,288 456,836
2016 103,469 453,957
2015 100,443 444,846
2014 97,591 438,279
2013 93,574 428,004
2012 90,264 420,630
2011 86,072 410,200
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August 2023

Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2009 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Figures valid as of January 1 of each indicated year.

A single parent is a parent who does not live with a partner, and who has at least one child (biological, step or adopted child) living at home, forming a private household.

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