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In 2020, consumer prices in the Netherlands rose by 1.3 percent on average relative to the previous year.

There were 411 thousand unemployed persons in October 2025. Just as in September, 4.0 percent of the labour force aged 15 to 74 years were unemployed.

Estimated mortality in week 2021 (4 to 10 January 2021 inclusive) stood at almost 4 thousand. This is 650 deaths in excess of the expected number for this period.

The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.0 percent higher in December than in the same month last year.

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

In 2020, Dutch road hauliers transported 686 million tonnes of freight, 0.4 percent less than in 2019.

The sentiment among consumers in the Netherlands was less negative in November than it was in October.

The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets rose by 0.6 percent year-on-year in September 2021. Investments in machinery and dwellings were higher in particular.

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

According to the second estimate from Statistics Netherlands (CBS), gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.5 percent in Q3 2025 relative to Q2 2025.

In 2024, workers in the Netherlands spent an average of 8.8 hours a day sitting.

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

In March, confidence among Dutch consumers remains virtually the same as in the previous month.

Starting 30 April 2025, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) will publish its first estimates of quarterly economic growth (GDP) and labour market indicators 30 days after each quarter.

In the first quarter of 2025, a total of 16.6 million passengers flew to or from the Netherlands’ five national airports

The economic situation according to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer has become more less unfavourable in March 2021.

In 2021, the pig herd in the Netherlands was slightly reduced year-on-year to almost 11.4 million.

In March 2021, 326 thousand people were unemployed. From January through March, unemployment declined by an average of 14 thousand per month.

In June 2021, owner-occupied dwellings (excluding new constructions) were on average 14.6 percent more expensive than in the same month last year.

In week 46 (15 to 21 November inclusive), the number of deaths stood at nearly 3,850.

Last year, 830 new inhabitants were added to the population of the Caribbean Netherlands. This was mainly due to foreign migration.

In Q1 2021, Dutch consumers spent 63 percent more in foreign EU webshops compared to the same quarter last year.

From March to October 2020 inclusive, altogether 12,872 people in the Netherlands died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

In the first half of 2020, 71 percent of the Dutch population aged 12 years and over – around 10.7 million people – purchased something online.

From March 2020 to February 2021 inclusive, 14.1 million passengers travelled to and from the five main airports of the Netherlands.