Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Netherlands
Netherlands: Probability that a man will outlive a woman was 40.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
40.9%
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
80th
of 236 countries
All-time high
48.7%
in 1922
All-time low
34.0%
in 1983
Years of data
174
1850–2023
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Netherlands, 1850–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Netherlands stood at 40.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Netherlands peaked at 48.7% in 1922 and was at its lowest, 34.0%, in 1983.
Netherlands ranks 80th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 174 years of available data.
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 47.9% | — |
| 1851 | 48.2% | +0.5% |
| 1852 | 48.1% | -0.0% |
| 1853 | 47.7% | -0.9% |
| 1854 | 48.0% | +0.6% |
| 1855 | 48.0% | +0.0% |
| 1856 | 48.1% | +0.2% |
| 1857 | 48.1% | -0.1% |
| 1858 | 47.6% | -0.9% |
| 1859 | 47.8% | +0.3% |
| 1860 | 47.7% | -0.2% |
| 1861 | 48.1% | +0.8% |
| 1862 | 48.2% | +0.3% |
| 1863 | 47.8% | -0.9% |
| 1864 | 48.1% | +0.6% |
| 1865 | 48.0% | -0.2% |
| 1866 | 47.7% | -0.6% |
| 1867 | 47.8% | +0.2% |
| 1868 | 47.9% | +0.4% |
| 1869 | 47.9% | -0.2% |
| 1870 | 47.8% | -0.0% |
| 1871 | 47.9% | +0.0% |
| 1872 | 47.3% | -1.1% |
| 1873 | 47.3% | +0.1% |
| 1874 | 47.5% | +0.2% |
| 1875 | 47.5% | +0.1% |
| 1876 | 47.4% | -0.3% |
| 1877 | 47.2% | -0.2% |
| 1878 | 47.4% | +0.3% |
| 1879 | 47.5% | +0.1% |
| 1880 | 47.0% | -1.0% |
| 1881 | 47.2% | +0.5% |
| 1882 | 46.9% | -0.7% |
| 1883 | 47.2% | +0.7% |
| 1884 | 47.4% | +0.4% |
| 1885 | 47.5% | +0.1% |
| 1886 | 46.7% | -1.6% |
| 1887 | 46.8% | +0.2% |
| 1888 | 46.9% | +0.0% |
| 1889 | 47.2% | +0.8% |
| 1890 | 47.1% | -0.2% |
| 1891 | 47.0% | -0.2% |
| 1892 | 47.2% | +0.3% |
| 1893 | 46.9% | -0.6% |
| 1894 | 47.0% | +0.1% |
| 1895 | 46.7% | -0.5% |
| 1896 | 47.0% | +0.6% |
| 1897 | 46.4% | -1.4% |
| 1898 | 46.8% | +0.8% |
| 1899 | 46.9% | +0.3% |
| 1900 | 47.0% | +0.3% |
| 1901 | 46.7% | -0.7% |
| 1902 | 47.0% | +0.6% |
| 1903 | 46.6% | -0.7% |
| 1904 | 47.2% | +1.1% |
| 1905 | 47.0% | -0.4% |
| 1906 | 47.5% | +1.0% |
| 1907 | 47.3% | -0.4% |
| 1908 | 47.4% | +0.2% |
| 1909 | 47.2% | -0.4% |
| 1910 | 47.4% | +0.6% |
| 1911 | 47.4% | -0.0% |
| 1912 | 47.6% | +0.3% |
| 1913 | 47.5% | -0.1% |
| 1914 | 47.5% | -0.2% |
| 1915 | 47.6% | +0.3% |
| 1916 | 47.6% | -0.0% |
| 1917 | 47.5% | -0.1% |
| 1918 | 47.6% | +0.3% |
| 1919 | 48.1% | +0.9% |
| 1920 | 48.0% | -0.2% |
| 1921 | 48.2% | +0.5% |
| 1922 | 48.7% | +1.0% |
| 1923 | 48.2% | -1.0% |
| 1924 | 48.6% | +0.9% |
| 1925 | 48.3% | -0.6% |
| 1926 | 48.6% | +0.6% |
| 1927 | 48.6% | -0.0% |
| 1928 | 48.4% | -0.5% |
| 1929 | 48.4% | +0.0% |
| 1930 | 48.4% | -0.0% |
| 1931 | 48.6% | +0.5% |
| 1932 | 48.6% | +0.0% |
| 1933 | 48.6% | +0.1% |
| 1934 | 48.1% | -1.0% |
| 1935 | 48.2% | +0.0% |
| 1936 | 48.3% | +0.3% |
| 1937 | 48.2% | -0.2% |
| 1938 | 47.8% | -0.7% |
| 1939 | 47.7% | -0.3% |
| 1940 | 45.2% | -5.2% |
| 1941 | 46.0% | +1.7% |
| 1942 | 45.0% | -2.2% |
| 1943 | 45.6% | +1.4% |
| 1944 | 44.6% | -2.1% |
| 1945 | 37.3% | -16.3% |
| 1946 | 46.9% | +25.7% |
| 1947 | 46.6% | -0.7% |
| 1948 | 46.0% | -1.3% |
| 1949 | 46.5% | +1.1% |
| 1950 | 46.4% | -0.3% |
| 1951 | 45.9% | -1.1% |
| 1952 | 46.0% | +0.3% |
| 1953 | 45.6% | -0.9% |
| 1954 | 44.7% | -1.9% |
| 1955 | 44.0% | -1.7% |
| 1956 | 44.0% | -0.1% |
| 1957 | 43.8% | -0.5% |
| 1958 | 43.3% | -1.1% |
| 1959 | 42.2% | -2.4% |
| 1960 | 42.2% | -0.2% |
| 1961 | 41.5% | -1.7% |
| 1962 | 40.4% | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 40.0% | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 39.6% | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 39.3% | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 39.2% | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 38.5% | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 38.0% | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 38.2% | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 37.5% | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 37.3% | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 36.6% | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 36.7% | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 36.5% | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 35.5% | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 35.1% | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 35.4% | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 34.8% | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 34.9% | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 34.3% | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 34.4% | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 34.1% | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 34.0% | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 34.0% | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 34.1% | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 34.0% | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 34.1% | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 34.1% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 34.4% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 34.5% | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 34.9% | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 35.1% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 34.8% | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 35.5% | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 35.4% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 35.5% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 36.1% | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 36.0% | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 36.7% | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 36.9% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 37.3% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 37.6% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 37.6% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 38.0% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 38.0% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 38.5% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 38.4% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 39.2% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 38.8% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 39.3% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 40.0% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 40.0% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 40.0% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 40.6% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 40.7% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 40.9% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 41.1% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 41.3% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 41.5% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 40.5% | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 40.9% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 40.8% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 40.9% | +0.3% |
Netherlands compared with similar countries
- Netherlands's 40.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 38.1%, 1.1× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Netherlands's 40.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 37.2%, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Netherlands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | +25.7% | 37.3% | 46.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 48.0% | 47.6% | 48.2% | 10 |
| 1860s | 47.9% | 47.7% | 48.2% | 10 |
| 1870s | 47.5% | 47.2% | 47.9% | 10 |
| 1880s | 47.1% | 46.7% | 47.5% | 10 |
| 1890s | 46.9% | 46.4% | 47.2% | 10 |
| 1900s | 47.1% | 46.6% | 47.5% | 10 |
| 1910s | 47.6% | 47.4% | 48.1% | 10 |
| 1920s | 48.4% | 48.0% | 48.7% | 10 |
| 1930s | 48.3% | 47.7% | 48.6% | 10 |
| 1940s | 45.0% | 37.3% | 46.9% | 10 |
| 1950s | 44.6% | 42.2% | 46.4% | 10 |
| 1960s | 39.7% | 38.0% | 42.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 36.0% | 34.8% | 37.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 34.1% | 34.0% | 34.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 35.4% | 34.5% | 36.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 38.0% | 36.9% | 39.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.5% | 39.3% | 41.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.8% | 40.5% | 40.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More gender data for Netherlands
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 2,769 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.232 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 15,988 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 15,988 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.366 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 85,418 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 89,789 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 85,046 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 89,271 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 86,477 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability that a man will outlive a woman in Netherlands?
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Netherlands was 40.9% in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 48.7% in 1922.
- What is the lowest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.0% in 1983.
- How does Netherlands rank for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Netherlands ranks 80th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is probability that a man will outlive a woman rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.