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Motor vehicles admitted; type, age class, 1 January
Active motor vehicle fleet as of January the first Vehicle age
Vehicle kilometres goods vehicles; kilometres, vehicle weight, territory
Vehicle kilometres of lorries and road tractors (Dutch and foreign vehicles) by territory, vehicle construction years, gross vehicle weight
Traffic performance motor vehicles; kilometres, type of vehicle, territory
Vehicle-kilometers Dutch and foreign vehicles, passenger cars, delivery vans, lorries, road tractors, special purpose vehicles, buses
Vehicle kilometres goods vehicles; kilometres, load capacity, territory
Kilometres and average annual kilometres by Dutch and foreign lorries and road tractors, by load capacity and age of vehicle
Emissions to air on Dutch territory; road traffic
Air pollution emissions and vehicle fleet emissionfactors road traffic Dutch territory; vehicle category
Province; rates surcharges motor vehicle tax
Rate surcharges motor vehicle tax Per province.
Electric vehicles overtake diesel vehicles among business drivers
For the first time in 2023, business drivers of passenger cars drove more kilometres in electrically powered vehicles than they did in diesel-powered vehicles (including diesel hybrids)
Growth in number of high-speed e-bikes continues to slow
There were 35.4 thousand high-speed e-bikes in the Netherlands on 1 January 2025, over 2 thousand more than the previous year.
Passenger cars keep getting longer, wider and heavier
assenger cars have increased in weight by an average of 94 kilograms, or 8.1 percent, over the past ten years.
Road vehicles are the main import for domestic usage
Of all goods imports that are used or consumed in the Netherlands, road vehicles (including passenger cars) are the most valuable category, with a total import value of 12.6 billion euros in 2022.
China third-largest supplier of plug-in electric vehicles in 2023
The third-largest number of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in 2023 came from China, after Germany and Belgium.
Employment in vehicle exports down by more than 20 percent
The Dutch motor vehicle industry generated a total of 42.5 thousand full-time jobs in the Dutch economy in 2022 due to exports.
Motor vehicles and motorcycles trade; turnover change, index 2015=100
Motor vehicles and motorcycles trade. Turnover: index 2015 = 100, change. By activity (SIC 2008).
Number of sold motor vehicles new and used, 2007-2023
Sales, new, used, motor vehicles, fuel type, new sales, 2nd hand, road vehicles
Environmental taxes and fees; environmental accounts
Environmental taxes and fees Taxpayers, waste disposal levy, sanitation charges, vehicle registration
Importers of passenger vehicles, turnover changes, index 2015=100
Importers of new cars. Turnover: index 2015=100, change.
Emissions of air pollutants already meet 2030 standards
Emissions of air pollutants in the Netherlands already meet European environmental targets
More than 1 million plug-in cars in the Netherlands
The number of plug-in cars in the Netherlands surpassed 1 million for the first time in the first quarter of 2025
Emissions from road traffic down by over 16 percent in ten years
In 2023, 3.6 million kilograms of particulate matter were emitted from road traffic in the Netherlands, 16.3 percent less than in 2013.
Investment up by almost 4 percent in November
In November 2024, the volume of investment in tangible fixed assets was up by 3.7 percent year on year.
Most imports of rare earth elements are contained in manufactured products
Rare earth elements are key components in many products that are frequently imported into the Netherlands, such as computers, telephone handsets and electric vehicles
Consumption of energy from renewable sources rises to 20 percent
In 2024, renewable energy accounted for 19.8 percent of gross national energy consumption in the Netherlands
Type of motor vehicle by fuel type, 2019-2023
This table contains data on the fleet of motor vehicles with fuel type and for example distinguishes fully electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles for 2019 to 2023.
Almost a quarter more cars with an electric motor
At the start of 2026, there were over 2 million fully electric, hybrid or plug-in hybrid vehicles in the Netherlands. That was nearly 6 percent more than in 2025.
Increase in imports of technology for energy transition
The Netherlands imported technological products for use in the energy transition worth a total of 16.6 billion euros in 2023, which was 13 percent more than in 2022.