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Population growth slows for third consecutive year
The population of the Netherlands grew by 87 thousand in 2025, to reach 18.13 million
Well-being Factsheets for ministerial budgets
At the request of the Dutch House of Representatives, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) publishes the Monitor of Well-being and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) annually on Accountability Day in...
Technical notes
The Natural capital accounts use various data sources, methods, and models to measure various aspects of natural capital. The methods used can vary by component, ranging from direct use of internal...
Dutch economy grows by 0.4 percent in Q4 2024
According to the first estimate from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) based on the data currently available, gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.4 percent in Q4 2024 relative to the previous...
SDG 9.2 Sustainable business
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9.2 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: sustainable business. The second part of SDG 9 focuses on strengthening businesses and making them more...
Exports down by 7.5 percent in October
In October, the total volume of goods exports (adjusted for number of working days) was down by 7.5 percent year on year.
Non-financial corporations; non-fin. transactions by type of corporations
Resources, uses and balancing items of sector non-financial corporations Subsectors of non-financial corporations
Which types of ecosystems exist?
The natural capital accounts study the existence and extent of various ecosystems in the Netherlands. They also track the changes in these ecosystems over time.
Butterfly numbers continue to fall, including common species
The Netherlands’ butterfly population declined by 56 percent between 1992 and 2024.
Lower population growth in 2024
The population of the Netherlands grew by an estimated 103 thousand people in 2024, reaching a total of over 18.05 million.
Electric vehicles overtake diesel vehicles among business drivers
For the first time in 2023, business drivers of passenger cars drove more kilometres in electrically powered vehicles than they did in diesel-powered vehicles (including diesel hybrids)
Government deficit of 11 billion in first three quarters of 2025
The Dutch government spent nearly 11 billion euros more than it received in the first nine months of 2025
Half of electricity is produced from renewable sources
Electricity production from renewable sources such as sun, wind and biomass rose by 10 percent to 61 billion kWh in 2024.
Greenhouse gas emissions remained virtually the same in Q3 2024
Greenhouse gas emissions remained approximately at the same level in Q3 2024 as in Q3 2023.
Distribution of well-being: the environment
Recent data on distribution of well-being for the theme environment by sex, age, education level and origin/country of birth. Well-being is not distributed equally across all groups in the population.
Emissions of air pollutants already meet 2030 standards
Emissions of air pollutants in the Netherlands already meet European environmental targets
Economic picture slightly less negative in December
The economic picture was less negative in December than in November.
Population of the Caribbean Netherlands up by nearly 1.6 thousand in 2024
On 1 January 2025, the population of the Caribbean Netherlands stood at nearly 32 thousand.
Economic picture less negative in November
The economic picture was less negative in November than in October.
Carbon accounts
The carbon accounts track carbon flows and changes in carbon stocks resulting from both economic activities and natural processes.
Data and Maps
The data from the natural capital accounts is available in various formats.
Using satellite data to focus on air pollution and socioeconomic inequality
The European statistics office Eurostat held its fifth European Big Data Hackathon in Brussels between 6 and 11 March 2025.
Economic picture more negative in October
The economic picture was more negative in October than in September.
Less coal transported by rail to Germany in 2024
A total of 37.8 million tonnes of goods were transported by rail in the Netherlands in 2024.
Economic picture almost equally negative
The economic picture was almost as negative in September as in July and August.