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The European Green Deal was presented by the European Commission in 2019 and comprises several policy agreements in the areas of climate change and the energy transition, environmental quality and...

The Netherlands is a country where people are generally satisfied, trust one another and enjoy a high and increasing level of material well-being

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Dutch firms imported over 93 billion euros worth of goods and services from the United States in 2023.

The Netherlands exported agricultural goods with a total value of 137.5 billion euros in 2025. That was an increase of 8.4 percent relative to 2024.

In December 2025, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 7.1 percent year on year.

In November 2025, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 4.7 percent year on year.

In December 2024, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was at the same level as in December 2023.

In the first three quarters of 2024, Dutch companies exported goods with a value of 28.2 billion euros to the United States

Over 657 million tonnes of hazardous materials were transported over Dutch territorial waters and via Dutch roads, railways and pipelines in 2023

In June 2025, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 1.8 percent year on year.

In May 2025, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 0.5 percent year on year.

Since 1990, the Living Planet Index for the Netherlands has increased by an average of 13 percent.

The Netherlands exported agricultural goods with a total value of 128.9 billion euros in 2024

The Netherlands’ gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.1 percent in 2023, but exports of goods and services contributed negatively to GDP by 0.3 percentage points.

The import value of goods from the United States was more than 12 percent higher in 2023 than it was in 2022.

The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.

Quality of life in the Netherlands today, well-being ‘here and now’, is high. However it not just as high for everybody in the country; well-being of young adults is lower than for the rest of the...

A total of 30 billion cubic metres of natural gas were consumed in the Netherlands in 2023.

Trees and plants filter harmful particulate matter from the air

The Dutch area of the North Sea is our country’s largest nature reserve, but it is also used intensively by maritime traffic and for wind farms, for example.

In October 2024, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 1.7 percent year on year.

The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.

In 2022, natural gas consumption in the Netherlands was down by a quarter relative to 2021.