This statistic displays the distribution of jihad fighters in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017, by descent. In 2017, the HSCC database contained the names of 207 Dutch nationals who had left for Iraq or Syria to join the jihad since 2012. Of the 206 jihad fighters whose nationality was known, the largest group was of Moroccan descent. Converted Muslims from Dutch descent ranked second, with approximately 17 percent of the total known jihad fighters.
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Distribution of the total number of jihad fighters in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017, by descent*
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Distribution of the total number of jihad fighters in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017, by descent*
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* The source implicates people who travel to Syria to assist in the jihad (in Dutch: "Syriëgangers") and specifically states that the exact motivation is hard to trace. One of the reasons to go there, so the source says, "could be the attraction of the warzone (romanticism of the jihad heroics, helping brothers and sisters in need)." The source also mentions that "the jihad ideology in most cases does not allow women to fight at the front."
** The HCSS database for jihad fighters is based on a number of different sources: freely accessible material (regular and social media), legal material, government sources as well as interviews with researchers and people directly involved, such as family members, friends, teachers and former jihad fighters. According to the Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (NCTV) until June 2017 approximately 280 Dutch nationals left for Syria or Iraq, of whom roughly 50 have returned since.
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de Volkskrant. (July 5, 2017). Distribution of the total number of jihad fighters in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017, by descent* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/722585/distribution-jihad-fighters-in-the-netherlands-by-descent/
de Volkskrant. "Distribution of the total number of jihad fighters in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017, by descent*." Chart. July 5, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/722585/distribution-jihad-fighters-in-the-netherlands-by-descent/
de Volkskrant. (2017). Distribution of the total number of jihad fighters in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017, by descent*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/722585/distribution-jihad-fighters-in-the-netherlands-by-descent/
de Volkskrant. "Distribution of The Total Number of Jihad Fighters in The Netherlands from 2012 to 2017, by Descent*." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jul 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/722585/distribution-jihad-fighters-in-the-netherlands-by-descent/
de Volkskrant, Distribution of the total number of jihad fighters in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2017, by descent* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/722585/distribution-jihad-fighters-in-the-netherlands-by-descent/ (last visited June 14, 2025)
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