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OECD/European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (2023), The Netherlands. Country Health Profile 2023, State of Health in the EU.
OECD/European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (2023), The Netherlands. Country Health Profile 2023, State of Health in the EU. Paris / Brussels: OECD Publishing / European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2023.
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Highlights
Health Status
Life expectancy in the Netherlands increased in line with the EU average in the two decades preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, and its reduction throughout the pandemic was slightly less severe than the EU average.
Life expectancy in 2022 stood at 81.7 years – 6 months below its 2019 level. Throughout the pandemic, excess mortality remained close to the EU average, peaking at almost 14 % in 2020.
Risk factors
Mortality linked to behavioural risk factors in the Netherlands is slightly lower than the EU average. Prevalence of smoking and obesity is comparatively low, while heavy episodic drinking is on a par with the EU average. Smoking and obesity are more prevalent among those with a low level of education, while heavy drinking is more common among the most educated.
Health system
In 2021, health spending per capita stood at EUR 4 570 – the third highest amount in the EU, although spending was only marginally above the EU average when measured as a share of GDP. COVID-19-related public
spending drove significant health expenditure increases in 2020 and 2021. Public sources accounted for nearly 85 % of health expenditure – above the EU average of 81 %.
Health Status
Life expectancy in the Netherlands increased in line with the EU average in the two decades preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, and its reduction throughout the pandemic was slightly less severe than the EU average.
Life expectancy in 2022 stood at 81.7 years – 6 months below its 2019 level. Throughout the pandemic, excess mortality remained close to the EU average, peaking at almost 14 % in 2020.
Risk factors
Mortality linked to behavioural risk factors in the Netherlands is slightly lower than the EU average. Prevalence of smoking and obesity is comparatively low, while heavy episodic drinking is on a par with the EU average. Smoking and obesity are more prevalent among those with a low level of education, while heavy drinking is more common among the most educated.
Health system
In 2021, health spending per capita stood at EUR 4 570 – the third highest amount in the EU, although spending was only marginally above the EU average when measured as a share of GDP. COVID-19-related public
spending drove significant health expenditure increases in 2020 and 2021. Public sources accounted for nearly 85 % of health expenditure – above the EU average of 81 %.
Highlights
Health Status
Life expectancy in the Netherlands increased in line with the EU average in the two decades preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, and its reduction throughout the pandemic was slightly less severe than the EU average.
Life expectancy in 2022 stood at 81.7 years – 6 months below its 2019 level. Throughout the pandemic, excess mortality remained close to the EU average, peaking at almost 14 % in 2020.
Risk factors
Mortality linked to behavioural risk factors in the Netherlands is slightly lower than the EU average. Prevalence of smoking and obesity is comparatively low, while heavy episodic drinking is on a par with the EU average. Smoking and obesity are more prevalent among those with a low level of education, while heavy drinking is more common among the most educated.
Health system
In 2021, health spending per capita stood at EUR 4 570 – the third highest amount in the EU, although spending was only marginally above the EU average when measured as a share of GDP. COVID-19-related public
spending drove significant health expenditure increases in 2020 and 2021. Public sources accounted for nearly 85 % of health expenditure – above the EU average of 81 %.
Health Status
Life expectancy in the Netherlands increased in line with the EU average in the two decades preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, and its reduction throughout the pandemic was slightly less severe than the EU average.
Life expectancy in 2022 stood at 81.7 years – 6 months below its 2019 level. Throughout the pandemic, excess mortality remained close to the EU average, peaking at almost 14 % in 2020.
Risk factors
Mortality linked to behavioural risk factors in the Netherlands is slightly lower than the EU average. Prevalence of smoking and obesity is comparatively low, while heavy episodic drinking is on a par with the EU average. Smoking and obesity are more prevalent among those with a low level of education, while heavy drinking is more common among the most educated.
Health system
In 2021, health spending per capita stood at EUR 4 570 – the third highest amount in the EU, although spending was only marginally above the EU average when measured as a share of GDP. COVID-19-related public
spending drove significant health expenditure increases in 2020 and 2021. Public sources accounted for nearly 85 % of health expenditure – above the EU average of 81 %.