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Coverage map

Where the need is. Where the gap is.

NL gemeenten shaded by share of population living on a low income for at least one year (CBS, 2023). Demo cohort foodbanks overlaid as emerald circles, sized by annual climate-contribution capacity.

Reading the map

Three angles on the same gap.

Highest poverty by share

  1. 1Amsterdam8.0%
  2. 2Rotterdam6.0%
  3. 3's-Gravenhage5.8%
  4. 4Vaals5.1%
  5. 5Schiermonnikoog5.0%

Highest poverty by count

  1. 1Amsterdam66.800
  2. 2Rotterdam36.400
  3. 3's-Gravenhage29.700
  4. 4Utrecht14.200
  5. 5Groningen9.300

Demo cohort coverage

  • Voedselbank Rotterdam+33 satellites7.718 tCO₂e
  • Voedselbank Amsterdam+18 satellites2.928 tCO₂e
  • Voedselbank Haaglanden4.698 tCO₂e
  • Voedselbank Eindhoven652 tCO₂e
  • Voedselbank Gemeente Groningen986 tCO₂e
  • Voedselbank Breda1.034 tCO₂e

The 6 demo foodbanks cluster in the Randstad and major regional centres, where poverty counts are highest. The other 175 NL foodbanks (small dots) extend the network into smaller gemeenten.

What the map argues

Coverage today. Expansion next.

The 6 demo foodbanks already cover the top 3 NL gemeenten on both poverty measures — Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and 's-Gravenhage lead by absolute count and by share. Groningen and Eindhoven extend coverage into the north and Brabant. Breda anchors the south-west.

The clearest expansion target visible in the map is Heerlen in Limburg (4.6% poverty rate, 5th-highest in NL by share), where Voedselbank Limburg Zuid already operates a distribution point but is not yet in the demo cohort. Onboarding it brings the platform's reach to the top 4 high-share gemeenten plus the top 5 by absolute count.

The choropleth uses CBS's "at least one year on low income" measure rather than a single-year snapshot — this surfaces structural poverty rather than transient income shocks, and matches the audience VBN's Onder de Radar project is trying to reach.

For the macro story behind these gemeente figures — poverty gap, decade of pressure, CSRD wave — see /why.