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

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

The total value of goods exports to the United States was 4.7 percent lower in the first 10 months of 2025, year on year

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.

There were 410 thousand unemployed persons in December 2025.

Almost 63 thousand existing owner-occupied homes were sold in the third quarter of 2025

Adjusted for court session days, 265 businesses (including sole proprietorships) were declared bankrupt in December. That was 60 fewer than in the same month in 2024.

In November 2025, the calendar-adjusted output of the Dutch manufacturing sector was 0.7 percent higher than it was in November 2024.

Households spent 0.5 percent more on goods and services in November 2025, year on year.

In 2025, the hourly wage rates agreed under collective labour agreements were 5.0 percent higher than in 2024, on average.

Output prices for products manufactured in the Netherlands were 0.3 percent lower in November 2025 than one year previously.

In October 2025, the volume of investment in tangible fixed assets was down by 0.4 percent year on year.

The average price of an owner-occupied dwelling (excluding newbuild homes) was 6.1 percent higher in November 2025 than one year previously.

The number of elderly people in the Netherlands continues to grow. People aged 65 and over now outnumber young people aged under 20 for the first time.

In October 2025, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 5.6 percent year on year.

Prices of owner-occupied dwellings (excluding new constructions) were 10.9 percent higher in December 2024 than one year previously, on average.

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 Q1 2025 relative to the previous...

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

An increasing number of homes in the Netherlands are heated without the use of natural gas

Over 80 percent of school students in the Caribbean Netherlands want to live somewhere else after they finish secondary education.

In the 2023/24 academic year, nearly 22 thousand German students were attending university or higher professional education (HBO) programmes in the Netherlands.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, consumer goods and services on Bonaire were 1.8 percent more expensive than one year previously.

In September 2025, the volume of investment in tangible fixed assets was up by 2.7 percent year on year.

The average price of an owner-occupied dwelling (excluding newbuild homes) was 6.6 percent higher in October 2025 than one year previously.