Netherlands, is a country located at Western Europe, it has an area of 41,540 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Netherlands, with a population of 17,942,942 people, it is ranked at 71º position by population of 196 countries and it has a high population density, with 432 people per km2.

It's capital is Amsterdam and its currency is Euros

Netherlands is holding the 18 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2024 was 491,585 millions of euros (532,082 millions of dollars), ( 43.3% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €27,397 euros per inhabitant$29,654 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Netherlands was on March of 2025 and it was 3.7%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Netherlands, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.946 points in 2022, leaving it in 11th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit Netherlands are business, you must know it's in the 42th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Netherlands, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Netherlands Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2024Q416,190K
Annual GDP [+]2024€1,134,115M
Annual GDP [+]2024$1,227,544M
GDP per capita [+]2024€63,030
GDP per capita [+]2024$68,393
Quarterly GDP [+]2024Q4€290,502M
Debt (M.€.) [+]2024491,585
Debt ($M) [+]2024532,082
Debt (%GDP) [+]202443.30%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€27,397
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$29,654
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-10,084
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-10,915
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-0.90%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2024497,420.0
Expenditure ($M) [+]2024538,397.5
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202145,023.3
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202156,695.0
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202111.02%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202388,304,812,000.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202395,483,993,215.6
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202215.92%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202316,361.6
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202317,691.3
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20233.39%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202443.90%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€27,722
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$30,006
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€2,568
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$3,049
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023€4,958
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2023$5,361
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€915
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$994
Moody's Rating [+]02/28/2025Aaa
S&P Rating [+]11/20/2015AAA
Fitch Rating [+]04/24/2020AAA
Corruption Index [+]202379
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019
Fragile States Index [+]202419.5
RTI Raking [+]202477º
Innovation Ranking [+]2024
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]March 20253.9%
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q43.6%
Unemployed [+]2024Q4362K
NMW [+]2025$2,278.3
NMW [+]2025€2,193.0
Average Wage [+]2023$67,344
Average Wage [+]2023€62,281
Human Capital Ranking [+]201713º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]04/25/20250.8805
10-Year Bond Yield [+]04/25/20252.70%
Risk Premium [+]04/25/202523
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]04/25/2025-0.66%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]March 20253.7%
HICP [+]March 20253.4%
PPI Year on Year [+]February 20253.2%
Money Market
Key rates [+]04/23/20252.40%
Business
Doing Business [+]202042º
IPI Year on Year [+]February 20252.1%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2024730,352
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202221.73
Motor vehicle production [+]2017157,280
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021589.33
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202338.7%
Standard VAT [+]10/01/201221.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202251.1%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]202216,063,000
Exports [+]2024€851,959.9M
Exports [+]2024$922,144.4M
Exports % GDP [+]202475.12%
Imports [+]2024€752,336.5M
Imports [+]2024$814,314.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202466.34%
Trade balance [+]2024€99,623.4M
Trade balance [+]2024$107,830.4M
Trade balance % GDP [+]20248.78%
Retail Sales YoY [+]February 2025-1.5%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]2015
Density [+]2023432
Global Peace Ranking [+]202418º
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.40‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]20171,405.7
% Immigrant [+]202013.50%
% Emigrant [+]20205.55%
Birth Rate [+]20239.20‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20175,615.0
Crude death rate [+]20239.50‰
Fertility Rate [+]20231.43
Crude marriage rate [+]20233.80‰
% risk of poverty [+]202412.1%
Population [+]202317,942,942
Immigrant stock [+]20202,358,333
Emigrant stock [+]2020970,403
HDI [+]20220.946
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202428º
Life expectancy [+]202381.90
Suicides [+]20231,969
Suicide rate [+]202310.97
Number of homicides [+]2023125
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20230.69
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20237.09
Annual crude oil production [+]202424
Crude Oil Reserves [+]2021137.7
Consumption GWh [+]2023108,141
Generation GWh [+]2023118,736
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/202422,986
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/20248,640,008
Fully vaccinated [+]09/29/202311,768,644
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20241,281.06
Doses administered [+]09/29/202339,764,182