Between 2008 and 2018, the share of people in the Netherlands who indicated that they were a member of at least one club or society decreased by around ten percent. In the beginning of 2008, just over ************** of people surveyed were a member of at least one club or society. Ten years later just over ** percent of respondents were members of at least one sports, arts, social or political society, club or organization.
* The source does not provide the original wording of the question posed during the survey nor the number of respondents or date of survey.
Including singing, music, theatre clubs, sports clubs, hobby clubs, political organizations, unions, workers or employers organizations, libraries, religious society, organizations for migrants or (self) organizations.
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Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau . (September 10, 2019). Share of people with membership to a society or club in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2018* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1064991/membership-to-societies-and-clubs-in-the-netherlands/
Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau . "Share of people with membership to a society or club in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2018*." Chart. September 10, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1064991/membership-to-societies-and-clubs-in-the-netherlands/
Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau . (2019). Share of people with membership to a society or club in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2018*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1064991/membership-to-societies-and-clubs-in-the-netherlands/
Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau . "Share of People with Membership to a Society or Club in The Netherlands from 2008 to 2018*." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1064991/membership-to-societies-and-clubs-in-the-netherlands/
Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau , Share of people with membership to a society or club in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2018* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1064991/membership-to-societies-and-clubs-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited July 27, 2025)
Share of people with membership to a society or club in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2018* [Graph], Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau , September 10, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1064991/membership-to-societies-and-clubs-in-the-netherlands/
