Dutch Government Dashboard 🇳🇱

How is the Netherlands really doing? The key indicators, as far back as the data goes

Gross Domestic Product

What the Netherlands earns in a year, in total and per person.

€1,179 bnin 2025+64% since 2016
GDPPer personSource: World Bank

National debt

How much the government has borrowed, as a share of the economy and in euros.

43.2%in 2024-32% since 2015
% of GDPIn eurosSource: IMF

How big is the government?

Number of people working for the government, and how many of them for central government.

511,900employeesin 2023+24% since 2015
All governmentCentral governmentSource: Kennis van de Overheid

Migration

How many people move to the Netherlands each year, and how many of them apply for asylum.

308,357peoplein 2025+34% since 2016
All immigrantsAsylum applicationsSource: CBS

Safety

Registered crimes, and murders and rapes, per 100,000 residents. Lower is safer.

4,523per 100,000 residentsin 2025-17% since 2016
All crimesMurder, manslaughter and rapeSource: CBS

Housing affordability

How many annual salaries an average house costs.

10.2×median gross salaryin 2024+38% since 2016
Annual salariesAverage house priceSource: CBS

What else would you like to see?

Ideas for new charts are welcome.

  • Red tape?
  • Clean air?
  • Renewable energy?
  • m² of nature?
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