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In 2023, close to 90 thousand people worked in the Netherlands while living across the border: 44 thousand people in Belgium and 45 thousand in Germany

Relationship between the Netherlands and Belgium: economy, innovation, digitalisation, sustainability, trade, export earnings, labour market and cross-border commuters .

Both the Netherlands and Belgium are major exporters of beer, frozen potato products (particularly potato fries) and chocolate

In the 2023/24 academic year, nearly 22 thousand German students were attending university or higher professional education (HBO) programmes in the Netherlands.

In 2024, close to 91.9 thousand people living across the border in Belgium or Germany had jobs in the Netherlands: 45.3 thousand from Belgium and 46.6 thousand from Germany.

The import value of goods from the United States was more than 12 percent higher in 2023 than it was in 2022.

Electricity, production by energy source, import, export and consumption

The third-largest number of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in 2023 came from China, after Germany and Belgium.

Indigenous production, imports, exports, stock change and consumption Indigenous production, imports, exports, stock change and consumption

Data on flight movements, passengers, cargo and mail at Dutch airports

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.

The transport sector has seen a significant slowdown in improvements in labour productivity over the past ten years, to the extent that it has actually declined.

The value of Dutch imports and exports of goods grew in 2025.

Almost 333 million tonnes of cargo was transported by inland vessels over the Netherlands’ inland waterways in 2025. That was almost the same volume as in 2024.

Energy companies and other producers generated a total of 132 billion kWh of electricity in 2025.

The Netherlands is the second-largest importer and exporter of goods in the European Union, after Germany.

Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in the Netherlands was just over 65 thousand euros in 2025. This puts the Netherlands in fourth place in the European Union (EU), the same as in 2024.

With a 32 percent share of EU exports, France is the EU’s largest exporter of alcoholic beverages, such as wine, champagne and cognac

Indigenous production, imports, exports, stock change and consumption

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Dutch exports of Christmas decorations accounted for 40 percent of the EU total in 2024

European harmonised consumer price index 2025=100 Index, annual rate of change, the Netherlands, euro area, European Union

The Netherlands imported goods and services worth 17.4 billion euros from India in 2024, an increase of 9.5 billion euros compared with 2020.

The Dutch economy grew by 1.8 percent in 2025.

Annual rate of change of the Netherlands, Euro area and European Union according to the harmonised consumer price index 2015=100