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More cross-border commuters from Germany and Belgium in 2023
In 2023, close to 90 thousand people worked in the Netherlands while living across the border: 44 thousand people in Belgium and 45 thousand in Germany
Internationalisation Monitor 2024, first edition – Belgium
Relationship between the Netherlands and Belgium: economy, innovation, digitalisation, sustainability, trade, export earnings, labour market and cross-border commuters .
Netherlands is EU’s largest beer exporter, Belgium exports the most fries
Both the Netherlands and Belgium are major exporters of beer, frozen potato products (particularly potato fries) and chocolate
1 in 6 students in Limburg are of German origin
In the 2023/24 academic year, nearly 22 thousand German students were attending university or higher professional education (HBO) programmes in the Netherlands.
US now second-largest supplier of goods to the Netherlands
The import value of goods from the United States was more than 12 percent higher in 2023 than it was 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.
Electricity balance sheet; supply and consumption
Electricity, production by energy source, import, export and consumption
Natural gas balance sheet; supply and consumption
Indigenous production, imports, exports, stock change and consumption Indigenous production, imports, exports, stock change and consumption
Aviation; monthly figures of Dutch airports
Data on flight movements, passengers, cargo and mail at Dutch airports
Netherlands is second-largest exporter and importer of goods in EU
The Netherlands is the second-largest importer and exporter of goods in the European Union, after Germany.
The Netherlands is the world’s leading exporter of cocoa products
In 2025, the Netherlands overtook Germany as the world’s leading exporter of cocoa products, such as chocolate, cocoa mass, cocoa butter and cocoa powder.
Labour productivity in the transport sector unchanged over the past decade
The transport sector has seen a significant slowdown in improvements in labour productivity over the past ten years, to the extent that it has actually declined.
Exports to Taiwan up, exports to US and China down
The value of Dutch imports and exports of goods grew in 2025.
Natural gas balance sheet; supply and consumption
Indigenous production, imports, exports, stock change and consumption
Production and export of electricity at record levels
Energy companies and other producers generated a total of 132 billion kWh of electricity in 2025.
France is the EU’s largest wine exporter
With a 32 percent share of EU exports, France is the EU’s largest exporter of alcoholic beverages, such as wine, champagne and cognac
From which countries is it allowed to log in on the CBS microdata environment?
Access to the CBS microdata environment is only permitted from countries within the European Economic Area (EEA), or from countries for which the European Commission (EC) has issued an adequacy...
Trade in goods increased in the first half of 2025
In the first half of 2025, more goods were traded internationally than in the first half of 2024.
Netherlands imports and exports the most Christmas decorations in the EU
Dutch exports of Christmas decorations accounted for 40 percent of the EU total in 2024
Public sector was largest contributor to economic growth in 2024
Government consumption was the main source of economic growth in 2024.
Consumer prices; HICP 2025=100, Netherlands and Europe
European harmonised consumer price index 2025=100 Index, annual rate of change, the Netherlands, euro area, European Union
Less coal transported by rail to Germany in 2024
A total of 37.8 million tonnes of goods were transported by rail in the Netherlands in 2024.
Annual rate of change HICP; Netherlands, euro area, EU, 2015=100, 1996-2025
Annual rate of change of the Netherlands, Euro area and European Union according to the harmonised consumer price index 2015=100
Labour productivity in the Dutch economy up by 2.4 percent in 2025
The Dutch economy grew by 1.8 percent in 2025.
EU trade measures would mainly affect high-tech imports from US
If the European Commission follows through on the import tariffs that it has announced on US goods, they could affect around 30 percent of goods (by value) imported into the Netherlands from the US