NETHERLANDS

Capital Amsterdam
Area (km2) 41 526
Total population (thousands, 2023) 17 877
Population density (per km2) 431
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.cbs.nl
Statistics Netherlands
Women in the labour force, 2024
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 35%
   hourly wage, 2023 13%
Women in part-time employment, 2024
   percentage of employed women 63%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 54%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 30%
Women researchers, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 30%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 83.4
   males, years 80.4
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 21.0
   males, years 18.9
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.4
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 2.0
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 30.4
 
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-0.5
1.7
3.2
1.7
1.0
0.1
Unemployment rate
 (%)
4.9
4.2
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.9
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
9.1
9.3
7.6
8.2
8.7
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2024 1 499 872
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 83 354
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2025 80.8
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2025 69.5
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 57 768
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2024 0.748
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, 2024 3 043
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 2 806
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 1 453
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 34
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 17 019
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 6 182
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 112 893
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 62 881