Netherlands — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Netherlands, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for Netherlands was 1.78% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 8.64% in 1965. The lowest was -3.87% in 2020 (about -2.2× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.85% per year.
Netherlands ranks 154 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 73%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 2.03%, so Netherlands sits below it. It peaked in 1965 and has fallen 79% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 16%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 32 of 57 economies; Sweden (1.54%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 219557% in 1976. That is 9% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1962; grown tenfold by 1962. Doubling roughly every 25 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 94th of 107 in 1961 → 54th of 119 in 1970 → 96th of 152 in 1980 → 68th of 176 in 1990 → 97th of 199 in 2000 → 165th of 209 in 2010 → 106th of 209 in 2020 → 141st of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.78% | +0.7 pp |
| 2024 | 1.07% | +1.7 pp |
| 2023 | -0.6% | -5.6 pp |
| 2022 | 5.01% | -1.3 pp |
| 2021 | 6.28% | +10.1 pp |
| 2020 | -3.87% | -6.2 pp |
| 2019 | 2.3% | +0.0 pp |
| 2018 | 2.26% | -0.5 pp |
| 2017 | 2.78% | +0.4 pp |
| 2016 | 2.42% | +0.3 pp |
| 2015 | 2.12% | +0.5 pp |
| 2014 | 1.61% | +1.6 pp |
| 2013 | -0.03% | +0.9 pp |
| 2012 | -0.98% | -2.8 pp |
| 2011 | 1.77% | +0.5 pp |
| 2010 | 1.32% | +5.0 pp |
| 2009 | -3.67% | -5.8 pp |
| 2008 | 2.12% | -1.8 pp |
| 2007 | 3.89% | +0.3 pp |
| 2006 | 3.54% | +1.5 pp |
| 2005 | 2.03% | +0.0 pp |
| 2004 | 2.02% | +1.9 pp |
| 2003 | 0.1% | -0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 0.25% | -2.1 pp |
| 2001 | 2.32% | -1.9 pp |
| 2000 | 4.22% | -0.8 pp |
| 1999 | 5.04% | +0.4 pp |
| 1998 | 4.65% | +0.4 pp |
| 1997 | 4.25% | +0.8 pp |
| 1996 | 3.42% | +0.3 pp |
| 1995 | 3.12% | +0.2 pp |
| 1994 | 2.96% | +1.7 pp |
| 1993 | 1.26% | -0.4 pp |
| 1992 | 1.71% | -0.7 pp |
| 1991 | 2.44% | -1.7 pp |
| 1990 | 4.18% | -0.2 pp |
| 1989 | 4.42% | +1.0 pp |
| 1988 | 3.44% | +1.5 pp |
| 1987 | 1.93% | -0.9 pp |
| 1986 | 2.79% | +0.2 pp |
| 1985 | 2.58% | -0.5 pp |
| 1984 | 3.06% | +1.0 pp |
| 1983 | 2.07% | +3.3 pp |
| 1982 | -1.24% | -0.5 pp |
| 1981 | -0.78% | -2.1 pp |
| 1980 | 1.34% | -0.7 pp |
| 1979 | 2.01% | -0.7 pp |
| 1978 | 2.7% | +0.2 pp |
| 1977 | 2.52% | -1.9 pp |
| 1976 | 4.46% | +4.5 pp |
| 1975 | 0% | -3.4 pp |
| 1974 | 3.44% | -2.0 pp |
| 1973 | 5.44% | +1.9 pp |
| 1972 | 3.53% | -0.8 pp |
| 1971 | 4.32% | -1.8 pp |
| 1970 | 6.14% | -0.3 pp |
| 1969 | 6.43% | +0.0 pp |
| 1968 | 6.42% | +1.1 pp |
| 1967 | 5.28% | +2.5 pp |
| 1966 | 2.74% | -5.9 pp |
| 1965 | 8.64% | +0.4 pp |
| 1964 | 8.27% | +4.7 pp |
| 1963 | 3.62% | -3.2 pp |
| 1962 | 6.84% | +6.5 pp |
| 1961 | 0.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Netherlands’s GDP growth in 1962?
6.84% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Netherlands’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +503.8% in total — about 2.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 1.78%; 2024: 1.07%; 2023: -0.6%; 2022: 5.01%; 2021: 6.28%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.