This statistic shows the share of people with paid sex experience in the Netherlands in 2017, by gender. When the Dutch respondents were asked whether they have experience with paid sex, roughly 20 percent of the men indicated that they paid for sex at least once.
Share of people with paid sex experience in the Netherlands in 2017, by gender
The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.
* Less than one percent each.
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Rutgers, & National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. (January 15, 2018). Share of people with paid sex experience in the Netherlands in 2017, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/860589/share-of-people-with-paid-sex-experience-in-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Rutgers, und National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. "Share of people with paid sex experience in the Netherlands in 2017, by gender." Chart. January 15, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/860589/share-of-people-with-paid-sex-experience-in-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Rutgers, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. (2018). Share of people with paid sex experience in the Netherlands in 2017, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/860589/share-of-people-with-paid-sex-experience-in-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Rutgers, and National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. "Share of People with Paid Sex Experience in The Netherlands in 2017, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jan 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/860589/share-of-people-with-paid-sex-experience-in-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Rutgers & National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Share of people with paid sex experience in the Netherlands in 2017, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/860589/share-of-people-with-paid-sex-experience-in-the-netherlands-by-gender/ (last visited April 21, 2025)
Share of people with paid sex experience in the Netherlands in 2017, by gender [Graph], Rutgers, & National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, January 15, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/860589/share-of-people-with-paid-sex-experience-in-the-netherlands-by-gender/
