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According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.2 percent in Q2 2023 relative to Q1 2023.

Total energy consumption in the Netherlands, calculated per capita, fell even further in 2022 to 154 gigajoules.

The Exports Radar is an instrument to analyse developments in exports of goods.

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

Purchasing power development Main source of income, composition of the household

In 2022, the Netherlands exported 731.4 billion euros worth of goods, of which 368.3 billion euros concerned re-exports.

A large part (82 percent) of businesses have implemented measures this year to make their operations more sustainable.

More and more foreign students enrol at a Dutch university (WO) or university of applied science (HBO).

In November 2023, the total volume of goods exports (adjusted for number of working days) was down by 4.5 percent year on year.

In December 2023, the total volume of goods exports (adjusted for number of working days) was down by 1.6 percent year on year.

In February 2024, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for number of working days) was down by 3.6 percent year on year.

Seasonally adjusted vacancies only totals

The population of the Netherlands will continue to grow over the next five decades, to 20.6 million inhabitants in 2070.

Census tables were published in 2004 (for the 2001 census). Census taking had become desk work, thanks to the use of registers (e.g. the Municipal Records Database). No more enumerators going out...

Link between digitalisation and international trade: digital trade, export, e-commerce, robotics, productivity, and employment.

Supply and use by products of activity Groups of products of activity (CPA)

In October, the total volume of goods exports (adjusted for number of working days) was down by 7.5 percent year on year.

Imports of goods and services Economic activities and final expenditure categories

Realisations, expectations and opinions Dutch Business Survey Production, turnover, orders, prices, workforce, stocks, ec. climate

In August, the total volume of goods exports (adjusted for number of working days) rose by 0.6 percent year on year.

Crude petroleum products balance sheet, supply, consumption energy commodities

In 2022, 44.5 million tonnes of goods were transported over Dutch railways. This is 4.3 percent more than in the previous year and, at the same time, the highest gross transported weight ever...

Productivity: labour, capital, multi-factor productivity Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2008)

In 2022, there were altogether 33 labour strikes in the Netherlands, up from 22 strikes in 2021. However, last year’s strikes involved fewer workers, which resulted in fewer working days lost: 39...