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Consumer confidence falls for seventh consecutive month
Consumer confidence stood at -37 in April, compared with -34 in March.
House prices up by 10.6 percent in March
In March 2025, prices of owner-occupied dwellings (excluding newbuild homes) were 10.6 percent higher than one year previously, on average.
Inflation rate down to 0.2 percent in September
Consumer goods and services in the Netherlands were 0.2 percent more expensive in September than in the same month last year.
Unemployment rose further in March
Unemployment stood at 395 thousand in March 2025.
Retail turnover up by nearly 2 percent in February
Retail turnover was 1.6 percent higher in February 2025 than it was in February 2024. Sales volume was down by 0.9 percent.
Economic growth in Q3 2025
How did the Dutch economy perform in the third quarter of 2025? The video presents our initial calculations, explained by Peter Hein van Mulligen, chief economist at Statistics Netherlands (CBS)....
Earnings and labour volume; export flows
Export value, value added export flows
Exports up by almost 3 percent in February
In February 2025, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 2.9 percent year on year.
Internationalisation Monitor 2023, third edition – Digitalisation
Link between digitalisation and international trade: digital trade, export, e-commerce, robotics, productivity, and employment.
More transactions and price increases in new-build homes in Q4 2024
In the fourth quarter of 2024, there were 38 percent more new-build transactions than in Q4 of 2023.
One fifth fewer bankruptcies in March year-on-year
Adjusted for court days, 271 businesses (including sole proprietorships) were declared bankrupt in March. That is the lowest number in over a year and a half.
Data ethics high on the agenda at CBS
On 6 March 2024, the fourth IBDS Café was held at Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
Netherlands is EU’s largest importer of goods from Mercosur countries
The Netherlands imported goods worth 13.6 billion euros from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay in 2024 - more than any other EU country
Manufacturing output prices over 1 percent higher in February
Output prices for Dutch-manufactured products were 1.4 percent higher on average in February 2025 relative to one year previously.
Labour productivity in the Netherlands down again in 2024
The Dutch economy grew by 1.0 percent in 2024.
Household consumption up by over 2 percent in February
Household spending was 2.1 percent higher in February 2025 than it was in February 2024, adjusted for price changes.
Collective wages up by 6.8 percent in third quarter
The hourly wage rates agreed under collective labour agreements, including special remunerations, rose by 6.8 percent in Q3 2024 relative to Q3 2023.
Energy bills 2 percent lower
The average household in the Netherlands spends 2,065 euros on energy bills each year based on January 2025 energy prices
11 percent of suspects are underage, the same as in 2014
In 2024, the Dutch police registered 141 thousand criminal suspects, 11 percent of whom were minors.
House prices up by 10.6 percent in February
In February 2025, prices of owner-occupied dwellings (excluding newbuild homes) were 10.6 percent higher than one year previously, on average.
Consumer confidence continues to fall
The mood among consumers was more negative in March than in February.
3 percent of the population report having autism spectrum disorder
In the 2022/2024 period, 3 percent of people reported having autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which means one of several forms of autism
1 in 6 adults are affected by toothache
In 2024, 16 percent of respondents said they had been affected by toothache in the previous 12 months and 21 percent by bleeding gums.
Exports up by over 5 percent in January
In January 2025, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 5.1 percent year on year.
Area used to grow flower bulbs has increased in 10 years, decreased in 2024
In 2024, flower bulbs were cultivated over an area of arable land of more than 27 thousand hectares.