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100 people drowned in 2025, mainly aged 60 or over
Last year, 100 people in the Netherlands died due to accidental drowning. That was 13 fewer than in 2024. Over the past five years, an average of 93 people drowned each year
Dashboard on consumer prices
This visualisation shows inflation (as defined by the change in the consumer price index) for a number of groups of consumer products and services.
Inflation decreases to 2.8 percent in December
Consumer goods and services in the Netherlands were 2.8 percent more expensive in December 2025 than they were in December 2024.
Household consumption down in February
Households spent 0.5 percent less on goods and services in February, year on year.
Household consumption up by almost 1 percent in March
Households spent 0.9 percent more on goods and services in March, year on year.
Electricity balance sheet; supply and consumption
Electricity, production by energy source, import, export and consumption
Environment costs and -expenditure; enterprises > 10 employees; key figures
Investments and net annual costs of environmental measures Mining and quarrying, Manufacturing and Public utilities
Household consumption up by 0.8 percent in December
Households spent 0.8 percent more on goods and services in December 2025, year on year.
Household consumption up by 0.5 percent in November
Households spent 0.5 percent more on goods and services in November 2025, year on year.
Well-being ‘here and now’: labour and leisure time
What is well-being ‘here and now’? Labour and leisure time concerns the quantity and quality of work and the balance between work and leisure time. Paid and unpaid work gives people control over...
More nitrogen, phosphorus and heavy metals discharged in treated water
The quantity of pollutants discharged from sewage treatment plants into surface water has risen over the last two years, having previously fallen for many years.
More kilometres driven than before the pandemic
Passenger cars registered in the Netherlands drove a combined total of nearly 122 billion kilometres in 2024, both within the country and abroad.
CO2 emissions from road traffic up by nearly three percent in 2022
CO2 emissions from road traffic on Dutch territory were 26.9 billion kilograms in 2022
SDG 9.3 Knowledge and innovation
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9.3 concerns investment in knowledge by companies and the government, technological development and access to ICT and the internet. Knowledge is essential for the...
Inflation slows to 2.8 percent in August
Consumer goods and services in the Netherlands were 2.8 percent more expensive in August 2025 than one year previously.
Household consumption up by over 1 percent in August
Household spending was 1.1 percent higher in August 2025 than it was in August 2024, adjusted for price changes.
Household consumption up by over 1 percent in July
Household spending was 1.3 percent higher in July 2025 than it was in July 2024, adjusted for price changes.
Wholesale trade; turnover change, index 2015=100
Wholesale trade; turnover index, 2015=100 By activity (SIC 2008).
New SBI codes provide a clearer picture of the economy
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) will publish its first statistics using the new SBI codes (Standard Industrial Classification) in 2026.
Household consumption up by 0.7 percent in June
Household spending was 0.7 percent higher in June 2025 than it was in June 2024, adjusted for price changes.
Economic picture deteriorates further
The economic picture was more negative in July than it was in June, according to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer.
Vehicle mileage not yet back at pre-pandemic level
In 2021, Dutch motor vehicles, with the exception of motorcycles and mopeds, travelled a total distance of nearly 134 billion kilometres in the Netherlands and abroad.
Inflation increases to 4.1 percent in April
Consumer goods and services in the Netherlands were 4.1 percent more expensive in April 2025 than one year previously.
Investment in climate change mitigation nearly doubles in four years
The Netherlands invested nearly 41 billion euros in climate change mitigation in 2023.
Consumers in the Netherlands use 87 kilograms of raw materials per day
The resources required to enable consumption in the Netherlands totalled 561 megatonnes in 2022, which corresponds to 87 kilograms per person per day.