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Netherlands: economy

Netherlands's economy figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for Netherlands, the page says so.

GDP per head: Netherlands is the 3rd highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

index, EU = 100: 132 for Netherlands, against 100 for the EU as a whole.

Netherlands against the EU

Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.

GDP per head

index, EU = 100

Netherlands: 132 in 2025, against 100 for the EU as a whole — the 3rd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

GDP per head: Netherlands and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Luxembourg239
2Ireland224
3Netherlands132
4Denmark129
5Austria118
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)100
  • Published from 1995 to 2025. Highest: 144 in 2000. Lowest: 128 in 2019.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 132*.
  • Above the EU figure in 31* of 31* years with a figure for both (1995–2025).

GDP per head, adjusted for prices

purchasing power standard

Netherlands: 55,152 in 2025, against 41,699 for the EU as a whole — the 3rd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

GDP per head, adjusted for prices: Netherlands and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Luxembourg99,621
2Ireland93,360
3Netherlands55,152
4Denmark53,941
5Austria49,029
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)41,699
  • Published from 1995 to 2025. Highest: 55,152 in 2025. Lowest: 19,663 in 1995.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 50,160*.
  • Above the EU figure in 31* of 31* years with a figure for both (1995–2025).

Economic growth

real GDP, change on the year

Netherlands: 1.6% in 2025, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole — the 14th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Economic growth: Netherlands and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
joint 11Latvia2.1%
13Portugal1.9%
14Netherlands1.6%
15Slovenia1.5%
16Sweden1.4%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)1.4%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 6.3% in 2021. Lowest: -3.9% in 2020.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 2.7%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 16* of 30* years with a figure for both (1996–2025).

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The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

  • A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
  • The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
  • The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
  • The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.

Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.

* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

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