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The Dutch population will continue to increase in the coming years, but less rapidly than in recent years.

In July 2023, housing rental prices in the Netherlands were on average 2.0 percent higher than in the same month last year, when the increase was 3.0 percent.

In March, owner-occupied dwellings (excluding new constructions) were on average 19.5 percent more expensive than in the same month last year.

As of 2023, the agricultural area devoted to arable crop farming has increased by 14.4 thousand to 549 thousand hectares.

Income distribution of different household groups in the Netherlands Source of income, living situation, household composition, age and income

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11.2 Sustainable cities and communities: living environment. The second part of SDG 11 concerns the surroundings in which people live. How can we...

The Dutch retail sector recorded 4.7 percent year-on-year turnover growth.

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9.1 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: Infrastructure and mobility. The first part of SDG 9 addresses the provisions in place to transport...

Well-being ‘elsewhere’: trade and aid describes the impact of Dutch well-being on the rest of the world and particularly on the least developed countries (LDCs).

Tourists who visited the Netherlands in 2023 spent nearly 105 billion euros.

In 2020, the difference in average gross hourly earnings of male and female employees in the public sector decreased by 2 percentage points relative to 2018.

Rent development, rent increase, rent reduction, rent unchanged Type of landlord

Turnover in the accommodation and food services sector was up by 2.7 percent in Q2 2024, year on year.

Existing owner-occupied dwellings were 11.2 percent more expensive in August 2024 than one year previously, on average.

In June 2024, existing owner-occupied dwellings were 9.7 percent more expensive, on average, than one year previously.

According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 1.0 percent in Q2 2024 relative to Q1 2024.

In 2023, renewable energy accounted for 17 percent of gross national energy consumption in the Netherlands.

The inflation rate stood at 3.2 percent in June.

In July 2024, existing owner-occupied dwellings were 10.6 percent more expensive, on average, than one year previously.

Between 1977 and 2022, the share of women who were economically independent increased from 20 percent to 70 percent.

The number of older people in the Netherlands will increase in the future, regardless of the scale of migration.

In February, owner-occupied dwellings (excluding new constructions) were on average 20.2 percent more expensive than in the same month last year.

Adjusted for the number of court session days, there were 24 more bankruptcies in July 2024 than in June.

Turnover in the accommodation and food services sector was up by 8.1 percent in Q1 2024, year on year.

In 2022, Dutch sewage treatment plants processed 1.81 billion m3 of sewage water, the equivalent of more than 70 thousand Olympic-sized swimming pools filled with water.