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In February 2024, the calendar-adjusted output of the Dutch manufacturing industry was 2.3 percent lower than it was in February 2023.

Area of different ecosystem types in the Netherlands in square kilometres per province

According to the first estimate from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) based on the data currently available, gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.1 percent in Q2 2025 relative to the previous...

In 2023, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 6 percent lower than in 2022. This was mainly due to lower emissions from the electricity sector.

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 population of the Netherlands grew by nearly 21 thousand people in the first quarter of 2025 to reach 18.07 million

Dutch manufacturers were less negative in February than one month previously.

Consumer goods and services on Bonaire were 5.5 percent more expensive in Q1 2025, year on year

The inflation rate stood at 3.1 percent in June 2025, according to the flash estimate of Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

Preparations for the 2025 revision of the Standard Industrial Classification (or SBI) are in full swing at Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

Output prices for products manufactured in the Netherlands were 1.9 percent lower in January than one year previously.

A total of 41 percent of people in paid employment think that their job could be done partly by artificial intelligence (AI), and 4 percent expect AI to take over their job completely.

The government spent 4.4 billion euros on promoting energy saving and renewable energy in 2024

The Investment Indicator analyses developments in private sector investment.

In December 2025, the volume of investment in tangible fixed assets was down by 2.6 percent year on year.

The average transaction price for an existing owner-occupied home was 480 thousand euros in 2025

At the beginning of 2026, the number of people in the Netherlands who hold a driving licence and own a car was higher than in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic.

Adjusted for court session days, 279 businesses (including sole proprietorships) were declared bankrupt in January. That was 39 fewer than in the same month in 2025, a decrease of 12 percent.

Households spent 0.8 percent more on goods and services in December 2025, year on year.

Business confidence has risen to -1.8 in the first quarter of 2026

The population of the Netherlands grew by 87 thousand in 2025, to reach 18.13 million

Excess nitrogen from agriculture rose by nearly 13 percent in 2024, to reach a total of 295 million kilograms

According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.4 percent in Q1 2025 relative to Q4 2024.

There were over 2.3 thousand temporary employment agencies in the Netherlands in 2024, employing 407 thousand agency workers

In 2021-2023, over 5 percent of larger or medium-sized firms moved some of their operations abroad