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The Netherlands in numbers, 2024 edition
The Netherlands in numbers answers questions about the Netherlands’ past and present in 35 infographics, text and figures.
The Netherlands in numbers, 2023 edition
The Netherlands in numbers answers questions about the Netherlands’ past and present in 34 infographics, text and figures.
The Netherlands in numbers 2023
The Netherlands in numbers 2023
Area used to grow greenhouse vegetables has increased in ten years
The area used to grow the four primary greenhouse vegetables, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and aubergines, was a total of 4.1 thousand hectares in 2023.
Germany the most visited holiday destination in 2023
Germany is the most popular destination among holidaymakers from the Netherlands.
An increasing number of Dutch people have completed higher education
In 2023, among those aged 15 to 74 years, 37 percent had a diploma in secondary vocational education (MBO-2, 3 or 4), senior general secondary education (HAVO) or pre-university education (VWO) as...
The Netherlands in numbers 2022
The Netherlands in numbers answers questions about the Netherlands in 36 infographics
The distance to the nearest hospital was nearly 5 kilometres in 2023
The distance to the nearest hospital or outpatient clinic by road for people in the Netherlands was 4.8 kilometres on average.
6 in 10 people see dog mess as a problem in their neighbourhood
Nearly 6 in 10 people in the Netherlands think that dog mess is a problem in their neighbourhood, on the pavement or in green spaces, for example
More international students at universities
In the 2022/’23 academic year, almost 123 thousand international students attended higher vocational education (HBO) or a university (WO) in the Netherlands.
Number of centenarians increasing, most living in Zeeland
On 1 January 2023, the Netherlands had 1,572 residents who were one hundred years old or more
Over 4 in 10 adults get enough exercise
In 2022, 44 percent of Dutch adults were getting enough exercise to comply with the guidelines of the Health Council of the Netherlands.
CBS aims to improve research methodology using AI
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) collects, processes, analyses and publishes data.
Over 1 in 3 adults want to eat healthier
In 2022, 36 percent of adults said that they would like to eat more healthily.
62 percent of the population sometimes wear glasses
In 2022, 62 percent of the Dutch population aged 4 years and over said they occasionally wore glasses.
More fish landings at domestic ports in 2021
In 2021, the amount of fish brought into Dutch fishery ports from sea was 443.5 million kilograms.
More electric and hybrid car imports in recent years
In 2022, a total of 304 thousand passenger cars were exported, nearly 2 percent fewer than in the previous year. The Netherlands imported 249 thousand cars, representing a decline of more than 15...
Fewer registered partnerships formed in 2022
The number of newly registered partnerships has increased almost every year as of 2001 and since 2014 in particular.
Nearly three quarters of the Dutch population use smart devices
Nearly three quarters of the Dutch population aged 12 and over currently own one or more devices that are connected to the internet and transfer data to one another without human intervention.
The Netherlands in numbers, 2021 edition
The Netherlands in numbers (2021 edition) answers 36 questions about our country by means of images and text.
The Netherlands in Numbers, 2020
The Netherlands in Numbers, 2020 is the successor to Trends in the Netherlands and the Statistical Yearbooks and Pocket Books.