NETHERLANDS

Capital Amsterdam
Area (km2) 41 526
Total population (thousands, 2019) 17 345
Population density (per km2) 418
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.cbs.nl
Statistics Netherlands
Women in the labour force, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 0%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2019 37%
   hourly wage, 2019 15%
Women in part-time employment, 2019
   percentage of employed women 76%
Female tertiary students, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 52%
Female victims of homicide, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 39%
Women researchers, 2018
   percentage of total for both sexes 27%
Life expectancy at birth, 2020
   females, years 83.1
   males, years 79.8
Life expectancy at 65, 2020
   females, years 20.8
   males, years 18.2
Total fertility rate, 2019
   average number of children per woman 1.6
Adolescent fertility rate, 2019
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 2.5
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2019
   age in years 30.1
 
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.0
1.5
2.4
2.6
1.9
-0.6
Unemployment rate
 (%)
6.9
6.0
4.9
3.8
3.4
3.8
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
11.3
10.8
8.9
7.2
6.7
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2019 1 032 245
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2019 59 513
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2020 78.9
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2020 68.3
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2019 40 640
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2019 0.785
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 11
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 5

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2018 3 220
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2019 2 790
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2019 1 203
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2019 34
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2019 19 353
      million tonne-kilometres, 2019 7 018
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2017 194 200
      million tonne-kilometres, 2019 68 336