The data displays the Total number of individuals without health insurance in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2016. In 2016, 22,960 people did not have a health insurance despite it being mandatory to have basic health insurance. The Dutch health insurance system as it is now was introduced in 2006 and combines elements of both public as well as private insurance. It is mandatory to have at least a basic health insurance (in Dutch: basisverzekering) when you work in the Netherlands, because healthcare is funded through taxation of income.
