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The Netherlands is the EU’s third-largest exporter
The Netherlands was the third-largest exporter of goods and services among EU countries in 2023.
Supply and use by products of activity; National Accounts
Supply and use by products of activity Groups of products of activities (CPA 2018)
Over 745 thousand from other EU countries live in the Netherlands
There were 745.5 thousand EU nationals from other EU countries living in the Netherlands on 1 January 2024.
Population; sex, age and nationality, 1 January
Population, sex, age, nationality sex, age, nationality
The Netherlands ranks second in EU on well-being
The Netherlands has the second highest well-being in the ‘here and now’ in the European Union.
Most EU funding received by the Netherlands is for research and innovation
The Netherlands received more than 2.9 billion euros in funding from the European Commission in 2022
GDP, output and expenditures; changes, Quarterly National Accounts
Production, expenditures, income and external economic transactions. Value, volume and price changes
Dutch GDP per capita in 2023 ranks fourth in the EU
Dutch gross domestic product (GDP) per capita was in 2023 nearly 58 thousand euros.
Netherlands is second-largest exporter and importer of goods in EU
The Netherlands is the second-largest importer and exporter of goods in the European Union, after Germany.
Fewer and fewer families in which only the father works
In 2023, in 13 percent of families with children under 18 only the father was in paid work, while their partners (mostly women) were not in paid work.
House Prices: new and existing dwellings price index 2015=100
Price index dwellings, price index 2015=100, price development Sold dwellings, average selling price
Dutch manufacturing output falls sharply compared to other EU countries
In Q2 2023, the Netherlands’ manufacturing output was down by 9.5 percent year on year.
The Netherlands largest EU importer of soy, palm oil and cocoa
The Netherlands is a major importer of products that are linked to deforestation and land degradation by the European Commission.
Dutch GDP per capita ranks fourth in the EU
In 2022, Dutch gross domestic product (GDP) per capita stood at over 53 thousand euros, putting the Netherlands in fourth position within the European Union.
Number of new-build transactions halved in Q4 2022
In Q4 2022, the number of new dwelling market transactions was down by over a half relative to one year previously.
New dwelling market transactions down by one third
In Q3 2022, the number of new build property transactions fell by over one-third year on year. It is the largest decline since measurement of transactions began in 2015.
Dutch house price increase among EU top five
In Q2 2022, house prices were 18.2 percent up on the same quarter last year.
Dutch house price increase among EU top four
The house price index, which includes transaction prices of both new and existing owner-occupied dwellings, was up by 19.5 percent year on year in Q1 2022.
Dutch GDP per capita 1.5 times the EU average
In 2021, Dutch gross domestic product (GDP) per capita stood at over 49 thousand euros, putting the Netherlands in fifth position within the European Union.
Dutch house price increase among EU top five
The house price index, which uses transaction prices of both new and existing owner-occupied dwellings, was up by nearly 19 percent year on year in Q4 2021.
Fewer foreign nationals refused at the border
In 2020, fewer people were refused entry into the Netherlands than in the previous year.
The Netherlands is the largest beer exporter in the EU
In 2020, the Netherlands was the biggest exporter of beer in the European Union.
Dutch GDP per capita still relatively high within the EU
In 2020, Dutch gross domestic product (GDP) per capita amounted to nearly 46 thousand euros.
Dutch manufacturing industry declined less than the EU average in 2020
The value added of the Dutch manufacturing industry contracted by 2.6 percent in 2020.
Fewer bankruptcies compared to many EU countries
The number of bankruptcies in the Netherlands is at a historically low level. Since the coronavirus crisis started, this number has been declining each quarter.