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Smoking and alcohol consumption down since 2014, obesity unchanged
In 2024, 18 percent of adults smoked, 6 percent consumed alcohol excessively, and 50 percent were overweight.
Share of income spent on housing fell between 2018 and 2023
The median housing cost ratio – i.e. total housing costs as a percentage of household income – was lower in 2023 than in 2018 for both home owners and tenants.
Employed labour force; economic activity
Employed labour force Sex, characteristics, economic activities
Housing rents up by 4.9 percent
Rents for properties in the Netherlands were an average of 4.9 percent higher in July 2025 than they were in July 2024.
Entering the housing market often begins with renting private housing
Half of households that entered the housing market in 2023 began by renting a home in the private sector.
Investment motives by enterprises; expectation and realization
Investments by expectation and realization Motives and SIC (2008)
Environmental taxes and fees, revenues by taxpayer; national accounts
environmental taxes, environmental fees, waste tax, fuel tax, excise duty tax payers, tax revenues, sewerage charges, mobility tax
Retail turnover up by 5 percent in July
Retail turnover was 5 percent higher in July 2025 than in July 2024.
Overnight accommodation; capacity, type of accommodation, beds, region
Number of establishments, sleeping places (beds) and rooms of overnight accommodation by type of accommodation and region
Vacancies; flowfigures, seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted vacancies only totals
Economic outlook deteriorates further in October
The economic climate in October 2023 is more negative than it was in September.
Income accounts of the sector households, region; national accounts
Transactions of the sector households and per capita Primary and secundary income distribution by province
Social security; key figures, number of benefits
Number of social security benefits Total number of benefits
Passenger cars keep getting longer, wider and heavier
assenger cars have increased in weight by an average of 94 kilograms, or 8.1 percent, over the past ten years.
Emissions to air on Dutch territory; road traffic
Air pollution emissions and vehicle fleet emissionfactors road traffic Dutch territory; vehicle category
SDG 17 Partnerships for the goals
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17 Partnerships for the goals. SDG 17 is not like the other SDGs. Countries, governments, business and civil society organisations must work together...
Business confidence down again in Q2 2025
Business confidence has fallen for the second consecutive quarter, reaching -7.5 in the second quarter of 2025
Unemployment remains at 4.0 percent in October
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.
Nearly 8 in 10 people shop online in 2023
In the first half of 2023, 78 percent of the population aged 12 years or older said they had made an online purchase.
Existing own homes; purchase price indices 2020=100 by region (COROP)
Price index owner-occupied homes, price index 2020=100 price development Average sales price for owner-occupied homes
Material efficiency not enough to reduce CO2 emissions
The Dutch economy's carbon emissions increased over the entire period between 1970 and 2020.
New research improves our understanding of inequality
Income inequality between households in our country was higher during the 2015-2021 period than was previously thought, and wealth inequality was lower.
China is largest supplier of eight critical raw materials
China was the leading supplier of eight critical raw materials to the Netherlands in 2024.
Natural gas, electricity; supplies national grid to construction, services
Supplies natural gas and electricity, public grid Companies, SIC 2008
Government deficit rose to 0.9 percent of GDP in 2024
Government spending was 12 billion euros higher than its revenues in 2024.