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End of a downward trend: more waste collected in 2024
Municipalities in the Netherlands collected a total of 8.2 billion kilograms of household waste in 2024.
Migrants who arrived in last 10 years are staying for longer
More than half of non-Dutch migrants leave within five years of arriving in the Netherlands.
Bankruptcies down by 18 percent year-on-year in June
Adjusted for court days, 313 businesses (including sole proprietorships) were declared bankrupt in June. That is 69 fewer bankruptcies than in the same month in 2024.
Concerns over international trade among manufacturing exporters
Among industrial exporters in the Netherlands, 95 percent are concerned regarding international trade policy in the next 12 months
Electricity consumption of domestic transport nearly doubles
Electricity consumption attributable to domestic transport increased to 17 petajoules (PJ) in 2024
Caribbean Netherlands; population, sex, age and nationality
Population sex, age, nationality
Population in the future
Dutch population forecast, number of inhabitants in the Netherlands in the future
Manufacturing output up by 0.8 percent in May
In May 2025, the calendar-adjusted output of the Dutch manufacturing sector was 0.8 percent higher than it was in May 2024.
Investment in climate change mitigation nearly doubles in four years
The Netherlands invested nearly 41 billion euros in climate change mitigation in 2023.
Government; expenditure on education and student grants, loans since 1900
Government expenditure on education Per education sector, on student grants, loans and allowance, % GDP
More people in employment in Caribbean Netherlands in 2024
In the Caribbean Netherlands, the employed labour force (aged 15 to 74) increased to 17.5 thousand in 2024
Retail turnover up by over 2 percent in May
Retail turnover was 4.2 percent higher in April 2025 than in April 2024. Sales volume was up by 1.7 percent.
27.8 million passengers fly with budget airlines
The number of passengers flying with budget airlines increased to 27.8 million in 2024, and a growing share of all airline passengers use them
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.
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.
Netherlands now more dependent on US for energy, less on Russia
Between 2015 and 2024, the Netherlands became more dependent on oil and natural gas from the United States in order to meet its need for energy
Manufacturing output prices 0.5 percent lower in May
Output prices for Dutch-manufactured products were 0.5 percent lower on average in May 2025 relative to one year previously.
Area of ware potatoes largest in 25 years
In 2025, the total area used in the Netherlands for growing ware potatoes is well over 83 thousand hectares.
The Netherlands has 2.7 million LGBTQIA people
In the Netherlands, 18 percent of the population aged 15 or older are LGBTQIA – an abbreviation that stands for lesbian, gay, bi-plus, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual
Entering the housing market often begins with renting private housing
Half of households that entered the housing market in 2023 began by renting a home in the private sector.
Producer confidence in June again more unfavourable
Producer confidence declined further in June.
Lower immigration in 2024, particularly among knowledge migrants
A total of 316 thousand migrants from other countries arrived in the Netherlands in 2024.
Phosphate and nitrogen emitted in livestock manure is above new limits
The total amount of nitrogen excreted in animal manure in 2024 was 449 million kilograms, 3 percent less than in 2023
Economic contraction of 0.5 percent in Q1 2024
According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.5 percent in Q1 2024 relative to Q4 2023. According to the first estimate,...
Exports up by over 2 percent in April
In April 2024, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for number of working days) was up by 2.3 percent year on year.