Average age, female in Netherlands

Netherlands: Average age, female was 42.13 in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
42.13
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
27th
of 109 countries
All-time high
42.13
in 2016
All-time low
36.37
in 1988
Years of data
22
1988–2016

Average age, female in Netherlands, 1988–2016

0102030401988200220161988: 36.41989: 36.41994: 37.21995: 37.41999: 38.12000: 38.32001: 38.42002: 38.52003: 38.72004: 38.82005: 39.42006: 39.82007: 40.12008: 40.22009: 40.52010: 40.72011: 40.92012: 412013: 41.42014: 41.52015: 41.62016: 42.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2016, average age, female in Netherlands stood at 42.13. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, average age, female in Netherlands peaked at 42.13 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 36.37, in 1988.

That places Netherlands 27th out of 109 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Average age, female in Netherlands, year by year

Annual values for Average age, female in Netherlands, 1988 to 2016.
Year Value Change
1988 36.37
1989 36.45 +0.2%
1994 37.24 +2.2%
1995 37.4 +0.4%
1999 38.11 +1.9%
2000 38.26 +0.4%
2001 38.4 +0.4%
2002 38.46 +0.1%
2003 38.67 +0.6%
2004 38.82 +0.4%
2005 39.42 +1.5%
2006 39.76 +0.9%
2007 40.07 +0.8%
2008 40.23 +0.4%
2009 40.46 +0.6%
2010 40.67 +0.5%
2011 40.87 +0.5%
2012 40.99 +0.3%
2013 41.35 +0.9%
2014 41.46 +0.2%
2015 41.59 +0.3%
2016 42.13 +1.3%

Netherlands compared with similar countries

  • Netherlands's 42.13 is below the median for high income countries, which is 42.33, 100% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
  • Netherlands's 42.13 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 42.32, 100% of the median. (45 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 36.41 36.37 36.45 2
1990s 37.58 37.24 38.11 3
2000s 39.26 38.26 40.46 10
2010s 41.29 40.67 42.13 7

Countries ranked near Netherlands

  1. 24 Turkey 42.4 compare
  2. 25 Sweden 42.33 compare
  3. 26 Georgia 42.32 compare
  4. 28 Slovakia 42.04 compare
  5. 29 Ukraine 41.81 compare
  6. 30 Russia 41.77 compare

See the full ranking of 109 places →

More reference data data for Netherlands

All data for Netherlands →

Frequently asked questions

What is average age, female in Netherlands?
Average age, female in Netherlands was 42.13 in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest average age, female recorded in Netherlands?
The highest recorded value was 42.13 in 2016.
What is the lowest average age, female recorded in Netherlands?
The lowest recorded value was 36.37 in 1988.
How does Netherlands rank for average age, female?
Netherlands ranks 27th out of 109 countries with data for 2016.
Is average age, female rising or falling in Netherlands?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Netherlands data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Average age, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Average age, female in Netherlands. Statizoid. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/average-age-female/netherlands/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/average-age-female/netherlands/">Average age, female in Netherlands</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Average age, female
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
109 places, 1,558 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed