We don't know the actual number of homeless people in the Netherlands

Many people without a stable home, including the working homeless, are not included in official homelessness statistics. Estimates of the total number of homeless people range from 100,000 to as much as 1 million. 1 = 100 people 9,400 homeless people are known through their registration with various services* 23,600 people are homeless but not registered, according to the official CBS estimate* These people fall outside of official statistics and estimates; their number is unknown but likely very large Hover over the highlighted dots to see some of the personal stories outside of official statistics.

In this chart you see a grid with many dots. Each dot represents 100 people. The first 94 dots represent the 9400 homeless people that are know through various registries. The next 236 dots represent the 23.600 people who are estimated to be homeless in official statistics. The remaining 670 dots are colored in such a way that they slowly become less and less visible on the screen, with the last row of dots being invisible. They represent the unknown number of people who are homeless but not taken into account in the official estimate.