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At the start of 2026, there were over 2 million fully electric, hybrid or plug-in hybrid vehicles in the Netherlands. That was nearly 6 percent more than in 2025.

Real household disposable income grew by 2.7 percent in 2025, year on year.

The average price of an owner-occupied home (excluding newbuild homes) was 5.4 percent higher in February 2026, year on year.

In October 2024, the investment volume for tangible fixed assets was up by 5.2 percent year on year.

Rent increase by region Rent increase including and excluding rent harmonisation

Tourism, contribution to the Dutch economy, key indicators. Employment, value added end expenditures in the tourism industry.

Since 1990, the Living Planet Index for the Netherlands has increased by an average of 13 percent.

In November 2024, there were 372 thousand unemployed persons in the Netherlands, the same as the last three months, and 3.7 percent of the labour force.

Existing own homes, price index 2015=100 Sold dwellings, average purchase price, region

The Dutch economy grew by 1.8 percent in 2025.

Gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.1 percent in Q1 2026 relative to the previous quarter.

In 2025, the Netherlands overtook Germany as the world’s leading exporter of cocoa products, such as chocolate, cocoa mass, cocoa butter and cocoa powder.

Dutch holidaymakers, day trippers and business travellers spent around 8.7 billion euros on goods and services in other countries in the third quarter of 2024.

In 2023, 76 percent of people aged 15 or older reported that their household had donated to charity in the previous twelve months

New owner-occupied homes are bought primarily by high-income households. New and cheaper social housing is mainly let to people on low incomes.

The population of the Netherlands grew by nearly 10 thousand in the first quarter of 2026.

Turnover in the automotive industry was down by 2.6 percent in 2025, year on year.

In 2025, 37 percent of people said they felt generally unsafe at times, compared to 33 percent in 2019.

In 2023, 1 in 10 people in the Netherlands said they had felt discriminated against at some point in the past twelve months.

In 2023, Dutch citizens said they had been the victims of a total of 3.6 million offences against property, such as theft or payment fraud, and 1.0 million acts of vandalism.

Satisfaction with current dwelling and current living environment Owner or tenant, Household characteristics, Region

Indigenous production, imports, exports, stock change and consumption

In October 2024, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 1.7 percent year on year.

Adjusted for the number of court session days, there were 19 more bankruptcies in November 2024 than in October.