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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	846 555	765 265	914 105^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.3	2	2.6^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	50 743.8	45 179.0	53 583.1^d
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	2	1.9	1.8^d
Economy: Industry^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	21.9	20.2	20^d
Economy: Services and other activity^e,g,h (% of GVA)	72.1	72.3	71.9^d
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	3.1	2.3	2ⁱ
Employment in industry (% of employed)	17.7	16.4	15.8ⁱ
Employment in services (% employed)	79.2	81.2	82.2ⁱ
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	5	6.9	3
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	58.0 / 71.0	58.2 / 70.1	58.1 / 68.7
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	109	116^c
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	112	116	118^j
International trade: exports (million current US$)	492 646	437 329	577 617^c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	439 987	393 728	514 513^c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	52 659	43 601	63 103^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	61 803	48 501	92 805^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rate^k (average annual %)	0.4	0.3	0.2
Urban population (% of total population)	87.1	90.2	91.9^c
Urban population growth rate^k (average annual %)	1.4	1	...
Fertility rate, total^k (live births per woman)	1.7	1.7	1.7
Life expectancy at birth^k (females/males, years)	82.2 / 78.0	83.1 / 79.4	83.8 / 80.3
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	17.5 / 22.0	16.8 / 24.1	15.7 / 26.6
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 832.5 / 11.0	1 996.3 / 11.8	2 282.8 / 13.4^c
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	90.1^l	92.5	109.1^c
Infant mortality rate^k (per 1 000 live births)	4.1	3.5	2.5
Health: Current expenditureⁱ (% of GDP)	10.2	10.3	10.1^a
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3	3.5	3.6^a
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	5.5	5.3	5.5^j
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	108.1 / 108.5	102.7 / 102.7	104.2 / 104.2^a
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	121.2 / 122.9	134.6 / 132.6	136.5 / 134.7^a
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	67.3 / 60.3	86.1 / 75.2	90.9 / 79.3^a
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.9	0.6	0.6^d
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	42	37.3	33.3^m

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	90.7^n,o	91.7^p	94.7^d
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	1.7	2	2.2^q,r,d
Threatened species (number)	24	29	71
Forested area (% of land area)	11.1	11.2	11.2^i,a
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	170.8 / 10.3	157.9 / 9.3	155.6 / 9.1^a
Energy production, primary^s (Petajoules)	2 979	2 006	1 748^a
Energy supply per capita^s (Gigajoules)	206	176	181^a
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	10 883	15 007	18 780^d
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	97.2	97.3	97.9^c
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	97.5 / 97.4	97.5 / 97.4	97.5 / 97.4^a
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^t (% of GNI)	0.81	0.75	0.6^a

Footnotes

a		2017
b		Amsterdam is the capital and The Hague is the seat of government.
c		2019
d		2018
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation and canals.
g		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
h		Excludes computer and related activities and radio/TV activities.
i		Estimate.
j		2016
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Data as at the end of December.
m		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
n		Users in the last 12 months.
o		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
p		Population aged 12 years and over.
q		Provisional data.
r		Break in the time series.
s		Data exclude Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles (former)
t		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).