Total transport performance in the Netherlands; modes of travel and regions

Total transport performance in the Netherlands; modes of travel and regions

Modes of travel Population Margins Region characteristics Periods Transport performance (billion passenger kilometres )
Total Population 6 years or older Value The Netherlands 2024* 203.5
Total Population 6 years or older Value Noord-Nederland (LD) 2024* 23.2
Total Population 6 years or older Value Oost-Nederland (LD) 2024* 47.2
Total Population 6 years or older Value West-Nederland (LD) 2024* 90.3
Total Population 6 years or older Value Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2024* 42.7
Total Population 6 years or older Value Groningen (PV) 2024* 7.1
Total Population 6 years or older Value Fryslân (PV) 2024* 9.0
Total Population 6 years or older Value Drenthe (PV) 2024* 7.2
Total Population 6 years or older Value Overijssel (PV) 2024* 14.6
Total Population 6 years or older Value Flevoland (PV) 2024* 6.1
Total Population 6 years or older Value Gelderland (PV) 2024* 26.5
Total Population 6 years or older Value Utrecht (PV) 2024* 16.6
Total Population 6 years or older Value Noord-Holland (PV) 2024* 30.0
Total Population 6 years or older Value Zuid-Holland (PV) 2024* 38.8
Total Population 6 years or older Value Zeeland (PV) 2024* 4.9
Total Population 6 years or older Value Noord-Brabant (PV) 2024* 30.3
Total Population 6 years or older Value Limburg (PV) 2024* 12.5
Total Population 6 years or older Value Extremely urbanised 2024* 44.7
Total Population 6 years or older Value Strongly urbanised 2024* 60.6
Total Population 6 years or older Value Moderately urbanised 2024* 34.2
Total Population 6 years or older Value Hardly urbanised 2024* 46.9
Total Population 6 years or older Value Not urbanised 2024* 17.1
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval The Netherlands 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Noord-Nederland (LD) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Oost-Nederland (LD) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval West-Nederland (LD) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Groningen (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Fryslân (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Drenthe (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Overijssel (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Flevoland (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Gelderland (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Utrecht (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Noord-Holland (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Zuid-Holland (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Zeeland (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Noord-Brabant (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Limburg (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Extremely urbanised 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Strongly urbanised 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Moderately urbanised 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Hardly urbanised 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Not urbanised 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval The Netherlands 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Noord-Nederland (LD) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Oost-Nederland (LD) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval West-Nederland (LD) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Groningen (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Fryslân (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Drenthe (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Overijssel (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Flevoland (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Gelderland (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Utrecht (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Noord-Holland (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Zuid-Holland (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Zeeland (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Noord-Brabant (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Limburg (PV) 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Extremely urbanised 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Strongly urbanised 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Moderately urbanised 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Hardly urbanised 2024* .
Total Population 6 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval Not urbanised 2024* .
Total Population: 12 years or older Value The Netherlands 2024* 196.6
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Noord-Nederland (LD) 2024* 22.3
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Oost-Nederland (LD) 2024* 45.5
Total Population: 12 years or older Value West-Nederland (LD) 2024* 87.3
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2024* 41.4
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Groningen (PV) 2024* 6.8
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Fryslân (PV) 2024* 8.6
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Drenthe (PV) 2024* 6.8
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Overijssel (PV) 2024* 13.9
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Flevoland (PV) 2024* 6.0
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Gelderland (PV) 2024* 25.6
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Utrecht (PV) 2024* 16.1
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Noord-Holland (PV) 2024* 29.1
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Zuid-Holland (PV) 2024* 37.5
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Zeeland (PV) 2024* 4.7
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Noord-Brabant (PV) 2024* 29.3
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Limburg (PV) 2024* 12.1
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Extremely urbanised 2024* 43.2
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Strongly urbanised 2024* 59.0
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Moderately urbanised 2024* 32.8
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Hardly urbanised 2024* 45.1
Total Population: 12 years or older Value Not urbanised 2024* 16.4
Total Population: 12 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval The Netherlands 2024* .
Total Population: 12 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Noord-Nederland (LD) 2024* .
Total Population: 12 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Oost-Nederland (LD) 2024* .
Total Population: 12 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval West-Nederland (LD) 2024* .
Total Population: 12 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2024* .
Total Population: 12 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Groningen (PV) 2024* .
Total Population: 12 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Fryslân (PV) 2024* .
Total Population: 12 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Drenthe (PV) 2024* .
Total Population: 12 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Overijssel (PV) 2024* .
Total Population: 12 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Flevoland (PV) 2024* .
Total Population: 12 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Gelderland (PV) 2024* .
Total Population: 12 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval Utrecht (PV) 2024* .
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains information regarding the mobility of the residents of the Netherlands aged 6 or older in private households, so excluding residents of institutions and homes. The table contains the total number of passenger kilometres travelled on Dutch territory including kilometres travelled during series of calls trips and domestic holiday mobility. The distance travelled is based on stage information.

A methodological break has been identified in the 2024 ODiN file.
When analyzing the first results of the Onderweg in Nederland 2024 survey, a break was observed compared to previous years. Research has shown that, due to shortened invitation and reminder letters, respondents may have received a different impression of what was asked of them regarding their trips, compared with previous years. As a result, ODiN 2024 collected partially different data than ODiN 2023. Using the mobility trend from the mobility survey, the methodological break has been corrected as much as possible. More information can be found in the Research Description of the corrected ODiN 2024. To inform StatLine users that the results of ODiN 2024 were generated differently from previous years, these results are marked with an asterisk. For the corrected results of ODiN 2024, no confidence intervals are available, and therefore no lower or upper bounds are provided.
Due to a revision of the ODiN files, the figures by motive for 2018 have been changed as of February 10, 2022, but the total number of motives in 2018 has remained the same. In 2019, the revision sometimes resulted in minor changes in travel time.

Data available from: 2018

Status of the figures:
The figures from 2018 through 2023 are final. The figures from 2024 onward are provisional.

Changes as of March 31, 2026:
The figures for 2024 have been added. From the 2024 reporting year onward, confidence intervals are not available.

When will new figures be published?
The figures for 2025 are expected to be published in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Description topics

Transport performance
The total transport performance concerns the total number of passenger kilometres: the total distance travelled by residents of the Netherlands aged 6 years or older in private households, so excluding residents of institutions and homes. The transport performance is the sum of the total regular passenger-kilometres and the passenger-kilometres of series of calls trips. The transport performance does not include the kilometres of (professional) road transport with a heavy goods vehicle and kilometres travelled by aircraft.