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Labour productivity in the Netherlands down again in 2024
The Dutch economy grew by 1.0 percent in 2024.
Employment; quarterly, sex, National Accounts
Employed persons, jobs, hours worked, also with seasonal correction employee or self-employed, sex, original and seasonal adjusted
The Macroscope project: easier large-scale research using CBS microdata
Quicker, easier and more comprehensive - researchers who make use of microdata from Statistics Netherlands will soon benefit from a major upgrade.
Research and development; key figures per implementation sector
Employed persons, years of work, enterprises with in-house R&D activities Sectors, businesses, institutions, institutions of higher education
Workers spend nearly 9 hours a day sitting
In 2024, workers in the Netherlands spent an average of 8.8 hours a day sitting.
Fixed capital formation; type of capital good, region, National Accounts
Fixed capital formation by type of capital good Dwellings, non-residential buildings, civil engineering works, machinery
Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts
Employed persons, jobs, hours worked, also with seasonal correction employee or self-employed, economic activity
The Dutch Caribbean 15 years after the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles
Wat zijn de verschillen en overeenkomsten tussen de zes eilanden van de Nederlandse Caraïben: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius en Sint Maarten? Hoe hebben de eilanden zich in de jaren...
Over 8 in 10 school students plan to leave the Caribbean Netherlands
Over 80 percent of school students in the Caribbean Netherlands want to live somewhere else after they finish secondary education.
Growth accounts; national accounts
Productivity: labour, capital, multi-factor productivity Classification (SIC 2008)
Average purchasing power up by 3.6 percent in 2024
Purchasing power in the Netherlands increased by 3.6 percent in 2024.
Unemployment rate up in August
There were 401 thousand people unemployed in August 2025.
Fewer workers changing jobs
A total of 305 thousand workers changed employers in the second quarter of 2025.
Employment; economic activity, sex, National Accounts
Employed persons, jobs, full-time equivalents (fte), hours worked Economic activity, sex, employees and self-employed persons
Two-thirds of businesses are struggling with staff shortages
Two-thirds of entrepreneurs are dealing with shortage of staff.
Exports up by almost 3 percent in September
In September 2025, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 2.6 percent year on year.
Coal and coal products; indigenous production, imports, exports; from 1802
Indigenous production, imports and exports and supply of coal and output of patent fuel, coke oven cokes and gas works gas
Exports up by over 2 percent in July
In July 2025, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 2.4 percent year on year.
High quality of life today still comes at the expense of future generations
The Netherlands is a country where people are generally satisfied, trust one another and enjoy a high and increasing level of material well-being
Foreign controlled enterprises in The Netherlands
Number of companies, employment, Net turnover, value of output Industries/sectors (SIC 2008), country of ultimate control
Approaches of domestic product (GDP); National Accounts
Gross domestic products Output components, final expenditure categories and income components
Exports up by almost 2 percent in June
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.
Exports down by over 1 percent in December
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.
Misunderstandings due to multilingualism in the workplace
The majority of respondents (64 percent) say that when colleagues speak more than one language, this rarely leads to misunderstandings.
Exports up by 0.4 percent in August
In August 2025, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 0.4 percent year on year.