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GDP per capita: Netherlands fourth in EU in 2024
In 2024, gross domestic product (GDP) per person in the Netherlands was 63 thousand euros
Nearly three-quarters of Dutch people took a summer holiday in 2024
A total of 72 percent of people in the Netherlands aged 15 and over went on holiday during the summer of 2024.
More greenhouse gas emissions in Q1 2025
Greenhouse gas emissions were 7 percent higher in Q1 2025 than in Q1 2024.
Setting up a new register for biocide sales in the Netherlands
This report presents an examination of available sales figures for biocides in countries neighbouring the Netherlands and of the conditions a national sales register would have to meet in the...
Over 5 percent of Dutch population lived through the liberation of 1945
On 5 May 2025, the Netherlands celebrates 80 years of freedom since the country was occupied during World War II.
No change in natural gas consumption in 2024
A total of 30 billion cubic metres of natural gas were consumed in the Netherlands in 2024 - around the same as in the previous year
Population; households and population dynamics; from 1899
Population, households, population growth, births, mortality, marriages, marriage dissolutions, change of nationality and migration
SDG 9.3 Knowledge and innovation
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9.3 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: knowledge and innovation. The third part of SDG 9 focuses on public and private sector investment in...
Labour productivity in the Netherlands down again in 2024
The Dutch economy grew by 1.0 percent in 2024.
Over 50 million holiday guests in 2024
A total of 51.7 million guests stayed at hotels, campsites and holiday parks in the Netherlands in 2024.
Spending by Dutch travellers in summer 2024 was highest in Germany
Dutch holidaymakers, day trippers and business travellers spent around 8.7 billion euros on goods and services in other countries in the third quarter of 2024.
Increasing use of AI by business
In 2024, 22.7 percent of companies with ten or more workers used one or more forms of AI technology.
Over half of electricity production now comes from renewable sources
Electricity production from renewable sources increased to 32.3 billion kWh in the first half of 2024.
Dutch economy grows by 0.4 percent in Q4 2024
According to the first estimate from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) based on the data currently available, gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.4 percent in Q4 2024 relative to the previous...
Value of agricultural exports up by nearly 5 percent in 2024
The Netherlands exported agricultural goods with a total value of 128.9 billion euros in 2024
The Netherlands is the EU’s third-largest exporter
The Netherlands was the third-largest exporter of goods and services among EU countries in 2023.
Less domestic road haulage in 2023
In 2023, Dutch lorries carried a total weight of 642 million tonnes of goods.
Dutch dependency on critical raw materials
Dutch dependency on critical raw materials
Dutch economy grows by 0.8 percent in Q3 2024
According to the first estimate from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) based on the data currently available, gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.8 percent in Q3 2024 relative to the previous...
Most EU funding received by the Netherlands is for research and innovation
The Netherlands received more than 2.9 billion euros in funding from the European Commission in 2022
Fewer goods transported by inland vessels in 2023
Over 327 million tonnes of goods were transported by inland vessels on Dutch inland waterways in 2023
Population growth in first three quarters lower than in 2023
The population of the Netherlands grew by 85.3 thousand in the first three quarters of 2024.
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.
Value of domestic exports down by over 5 percent in 2023
The export value of Dutch-manufactured goods (domestic exports) was down by 19 billion euros (5.2 percent) in 2023.
Value of cocoa imports has almost doubled since last year
The value of cocoa imported into the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2024 was up by 84 percent compared to the same quarter last year.