Industry & productive economy
Part I — the engine
What it shows
Whether the Netherlands still makes things, and how efficiently. Industry's share of value added, its output, jobs and hours, investment in fixed capital, business R&D, and the productivity growth that ultimately funds everything else — productivity gains have slowed across the OECD since ~2005, and NL is no exception.
What it cannot prove
Whether de-industrialisation is decline or healthy specialisation — a falling industry share can mean offshoring, or a services economy playing to its strengths. Nor can it isolate any single cause (energy costs, regulation, labour supply, world demand) for output moves.
A1Industry share of value added
15.0%
→1y -0.0 · 5y +0.8 · 10y -0.3
ACBSsince 1995 · as of 2025
A2Real industry output growth
2.5% y/y
→1y -1.4 · 5y +4.9 · 10y +4.1
ACBSsince 1995 · as of 2025
A3Industrial production index
102.2
→1y +1.9 · 5y +2.9 · 10y +2.4
ACBSsince 1953 · as of Apr 2026
A4Industry hours worked
1,247mln hrs
↗1y +8 · 5y +46 · 10y +142
ACBSsince 1995 · as of 2024
A6Labour productivity growth
-0.1% y/y
→1y +1.9 · 5y -0.1 · 10y -1.2
ACBSsince 1995 · as of 2024
A8Fixed investment
20.1% of GDP
→1y -0.1 · 5y -1.2 · 10y -1.7
ACBSsince 1995 · as of 2025
A9Business R&D
1.61% of GDP
↗1y +0.0 · 5y +0.2 · 10y +0.2
ACBSsince 1995 · as of 2024
More indicators for this domain are planned — see the methodology & roadmap. Missing here means not credible yet, not forgotten.