Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in Netherlands
Netherlands: Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) was 1.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Netherlands, 1973–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 1.5% for net investment in nonfinancial assets in 2024.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net investment in nonfinancial assets in Netherlands peaked at 2.2% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1992.
Netherlands ranks 120th of 156 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1.2% | — |
| 1974 | 1.0% | -16.1% |
| 1975 | 1.2% | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 1.0% | -13.1% |
| 1977 | 0.8% | -17.0% |
| 1978 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.9% | +6.9% |
| 1980 | 0.9% | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 0.9% | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 0.8% | -14.3% |
| 1983 | 0.8% | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 1.0% | +15.9% |
| 1985 | 0.8% | -18.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7% | -13.4% |
| 1987 | 0.6% | -8.0% |
| 1988 | 0.5% | -13.8% |
| 1989 | 0.5% | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.6% | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 0.6% | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 0.5% | -9.7% |
| 1993 | 0.6% | +18.6% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | +14.0% |
| 1995 | 1.7% | +160.0% |
| 1996 | 1.9% | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 1.8% | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 1.6% | -10.5% |
| 1999 | 1.7% | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 1.7% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.9% | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 2.1% | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 1.8% | -14.5% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | -9.5% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 1.6% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 1.9% | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | -11.0% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | -10.2% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | +12.0% |
| 2020 | 1.8% | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -9.0% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | -1.8% |
Netherlands compared with similar countries
- Netherlands's 1.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.1%, 71% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Netherlands's 1.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.4%, 64% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in Netherlands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +160.0% | 0.7% | 1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.2% | 0.5% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is net investment in nonfinancial assets in Netherlands?
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Netherlands was 1.5% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2002.
- What is the lowest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1992.
- How does Netherlands rank for net investment in nonfinancial assets?
- Netherlands ranks 120th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net investment in nonfinancial assets rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net investment in government nonfinancial assets includes fixed assets, inventories, valuables, and nonproduced assets. Nonfinancial assets are stores of value and provide benefits either through their use in the production of goods and services or in the form of property income and holding gains. Net investment in nonfinancial assets also includes consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.