Overview
- CBS data show 8.2 million adults were in the Donorregister on 1 January 2026 and 58% were recorded as donors.
- The donor share now rests largely on the ‘geen bezwaar’ category, which covers 25% of adults while explicit consent fell to 34%.
- Young adults are the main source of the change because 18–25‑year‑olds increasingly do not submit a choice and their ‘no objection’ share rose most year‑on‑year.
- Children aged 12–18 are not auto‑registered and submitted far fewer choices by 1 January 2026 than in 2022, with only 5,000 youth entries recorded.
- Registration behavior is becoming more active and volatile as 73,000 people changed their Donorregister entry in 2025, with many switching from ‘no objection’ to ‘no consent’, which may alter future donor counts.