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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
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.
Proximity to facilities; distances by car, regional
Distances to and number of facilities: healthcare, retail, leisure, schools and culture per municipality and other regional classifications
Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2024
Distances to and number of facilities: healthcare, retail, leisure, schools and culture per municipality, district and neighbourhood
Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2021
Distances to and number of facilities: healthcare, retail, leisure, schools and culture per municipality, district and neighbourhood
Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2022
Distances to and number of facilities: healthcare, retail, leisure, schools and culture per municipality, district and neighbourhood
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)
Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2023
Distances to and number of facilities: healthcare, retail, leisure, schools and culture per municipality, district and neighbourhood
More electric and hybrid car imports in recent years
In 2022, a total of 304 thousand passenger cars were exported, nearly 2 percent fewer than in the previous year. The Netherlands imported 249 thousand cars, representing a decline of more than 15...
Passenger cars by company characteristics, 2019-2022
The tables contain the number of Dutch passenger cars divided by fuel and type of end user (company and private), year 2019-2022. For company cars, a breakdown has been made by sector and company...
Investment in climate change mitigation nearly doubles in four years
The Netherlands invested nearly 41 billion euros in climate change mitigation in 2023.
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.
Number of vintage cars up by a quarter in last five years
The Netherlands now has more classic cars – cars that are 40 years old or more
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.
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.
Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2020
Distances to and number of facilities: healthcare, retail, leisure, schools and culture per municipality, district and neighbourhood
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
More kilometres driven than before the pandemic
Passenger cars registered in the Netherlands drove a combined total of nearly 122 billion kilometres in 2024, both within the country and abroad.
More greenhouse gas emissions in Q1 2025
Greenhouse gas emissions were 7 percent higher in Q1 2025 than in Q1 2024.
Urban waste water treatment per province and river basin district
Urban waste water treatment plants: number and capacity, influents, effluents and sewage sludge; results by province and river basin district
Electricity consumption of domestic transport nearly doubles
Electricity consumption attributable to domestic transport increased to 17 petajoules (PJ) in 2024
Traffic mortality down by 42 percent in past 25 years
A total of 675 people died in traffic accidents in 2024, 9 fewer than in 2023.
Investment slightly down in October
In October 2025, the volume of investment in tangible fixed assets was down by 0.4 percent year on year.
The Netherlands in Numbers 2025, key issues facing our society today
The sixth edition of the web publication The Netherlands in Numbers has been released today.
Ever more gas-free homes
An increasing number of homes in the Netherlands are heated without the use of natural gas