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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.

This publication contains information on internationalisation in the Netherlands. Exports and imports of goods and services, export earnings, value chains, multinationals and investment are covered...

Due to the war in Ukraine and the ensuing sanctions against Russia, Dutch domestic goods exports to Russia have declined.

Adjusted for the shopping day-pattern, the Dutch retail sector achieved 4.4 percent turnover growth in 2021.

Businesses with a growth or decline in turnover Business activity and business size

In 2022, Dutch export earnings from trade with Russia declined as of the end of February, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Netherlands generated altogether 1.7 billion euros by exporting...

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

In 2022, Dutch companies imported 2.5 billion euros worth of telecommunications and computer services from India.

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

In the first seven months of 2023, the value of goods exports to Germany fell by 4.2 percent to 93.8 billion euros year on year.

Labour productivity in the market sector increased by 1.0 percent year-on-year in 2022. A year earlier, labour productivity still improved by 4.3 percent.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has made plans for the future based on discussions with stakeholders. The results are described in this Multi-annual Programme for 2024-2028.

The Netherlands is the world’s largest importer of solar panels. Eighty-nine percent of the solar panels come from China.

Value at current prices and pricelevel 2015 in million euros, origin of exports SIC 2008, re-export, trade and transport margins

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

According to the first quarterly estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on the basis of currently available data, in Q2 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.3 percent relative...

Rapid digital developments have transformed the economy.

In November, the Dutch retail sector recorded 5.2 percent year-on-year turnover growth.

In 2022, the value of exported goods was 170.4 billion euros or 30 percent higher than in 2021. Goods imports rose by 182.2 billion euros (37 percent).

At the end of 2021, 87 thousand labour migrants from countries outside the European Union or European Free Trade Association (Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and Sweden) were residing in the...

In the first six months of 2020, nearly 80 percent of the Dutch population aged 12 years and over used the internet to search for health information, book appointments with their general practitioner...

According to the first quarterly estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on the basis of currently available data, in Q1 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.7 percent relative...

In the first six months of 2021, goods exports were up by 42 billion euros relative to one year previously. Goods imports increased by 35 billion euros.

In October, the Dutch retail sector recorded 6.6 percent year-on-year turnover growth.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) developed a Material Flow Monitor (MFM) that captures national resource extraction, imports and exports, product flows between economic sectors, as well as emissions and...