Netherlands GDP Growth Rate

The Dutch economy expanded 0.5 percent on quarter in the three months to December 2018, accelerating from an upwardly revised 0.2 percent growth in the previous period, matching market expectations, and in line the preliminary estimates. Household consumption rose faster while fixed investment rebounded. GDP Growth Rate in Netherlands averaged 0.55 percent from 1988 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 1.70 percent in the first quarter of 1999 and a record low of -3.60 percent in the first quarter of 2009.

GDP Growth Rate in Netherlands is expected to be 0.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate GDP Growth Rate in Netherlands to stand at 0.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Netherlands GDP Growth Rate is projected to trend around 0.40 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-11-14	08:30 AM	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Flash	0.2%	0.7%	0.5%	0.5%
2018-12-24	05:30 AM	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Final	0.2%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%
2019-02-14	08:30 AM	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Flash	0.5%	0.1%	0.5%	0.4%
2019-03-26	05:30 AM	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Final	0.5%	0.2%	0.5%	0.5%
2019-05-15	07:30 AM	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Flash		0.5%		0.4%
2019-06-24	04:30 AM	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Final				0.4%
2019-08-14	07:30 AM	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Flash				0.5%

Dutch GDP Growth Accelerates to 0.5% in Q4

The Dutch economy expanded 0.5 percent on quarter in the three months to December 2018, accelerating from a downwardly revised 0.1 percent growth in the previous period and matching market expectations, a preliminary estimate showed. Household consumption and fixed investment rebounded while a negative contribution was made by inventory changes.

Household consumption rose 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter (vs no growth in Q3) and government spending advanced 0.5 percent (vs no growth in Q3). In addition, fixed investment rebounded sharply (0.7 percent vs -0.1 percent). Net external demand also contributed positively to the GDP growth as exports fell 1.3 percent (vs 1.1 percent in Q3) and imports declined at a faster 2.1 percent (vs 1.2 percent in Q3). By contrast, inventory changes subtracted 0.3 percentage points to growth.

Year-on-year, the economy grew 2 percent, easing from a 2.4 percent expansion in the previous period. Private consumption growth accelerated to 2 percent from 1.8 percent and fixed invesment advanced at a faster 3.7 percent (vs 3.3 percent in Q3). In addition, net foreign demand contributed positively to GDP growth as exports rose 1.3 percent (vs 3.4 percent in Q3) and imports at a softer 0.3 percent (vs 3.5 percent in Q3).

Considering 2018 full year, GDP rose 2.5 percent, following a 2.9 percent increase in 2017.

CBS | Joana Ferreira | joana.ferreira@tradingeconomics.com
2/14/2019 1:12:13 PM

News

Dutch GDP Growth Confirmed at 0.2% in Q3
The Dutch economy grew by 0.2 percent on quarter in the three months to September 2018, following a 0.7 percent expansion in the previous period, matching market expectations, and in line the preliminary estimates. It is the lowest growth rate since the second quarter of 2016, as exports growth slowed while both household spending and investment showed no growth. Also, government spending stalled.
Published on 2018-12-24

Netherlands GDP Growth Lowest in Over 2 Years
The Dutch economy expanded 0.2 percent on quarter on the three months to September of 2018, well below a downwardly revised 0.7 percent in the previous period and worse than market expectations of 0.5 percent. It is the lowest growth rate since the second quarter of 2016, preliminary estimates showed. Household spending was the main driver of growth while exports slowed and investment shrank.
Published on 2018-11-14

Dutch GDP Growth Revised Higher to 0.8% in Q2
The Dutch economy advanced by 0.8 percent on quarter in the three months to June 2018, above the preliminary estimate of 0.7 percent and following a 0.6 percent expansion in the previous period.
Published on 2018-09-21

Dutch Q2 GDP Growth Stronger than Expected
The Dutch economy grew by 0.7 percent on quarter in the three months to June 2018, following a 0.6 percent expansion in the previous period and beating market expectations of 0.5 percent, a preliminary estimate showed. Growth was mainly driven by foreign trade and investments.
Published on 2018-08-14

Netherlands GDP	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
GDP Growth Rate	0.50	0.20	1.70	-3.60	percent	[+]
GDP Annual Growth Rate	2.20	2.40	6.10	-4.60	percent	[+]
GDP	826.20	777.23	936.23	12.28	USD Billion	[+]
GDP Constant Prices	187078.20	186282.90	187078.20	79959.50	EUR Million	[+]
Gross National Product	178310.95	180625.43	183097.71	76625.00	EUR Million	[+]
Gross Fixed Capital Formation	39591.00	39123.00	62141.00	15537.00	EUR Million	[+]
GDP per capita	53597.83	52267.73	53597.83	16188.54	USD	[+]
GDP per capita PPP	48472.54	47269.63	48472.54	32090.21	USD	[+]
GDP From Agriculture	3043.00	3214.00	3346.00	1860.00	EUR Million	[+]
GDP From Construction	8072.18	7366.91	8845.35	5063.90	EUR Million	[+]
GDP From Manufacturing	21485.00	19796.00	21485.00	12921.00	EUR Million	[+]
GDP From Mining	1981.91	1973.37	8408.57	1973.37	EUR Million	[+]
GDP From Public Administration	10616.00	12100.00	12137.00	9245.00	EUR Million	[+]
GDP From Services	34828.68	34595.25	35535.93	18598.14	EUR Million	[+]
GDP From Transport	8103.00	8149.00	8149.00	4698.00	EUR Million	[+]
GDP From Utilities	1115.00	1025.00	1133.00	506.00	EUR Million	[+]

The Netherlands is the sixth-largest economy in the Euro Zone and important transportation hub in Europe. The Dutch economy depends heavily on foreign trade, with exports accounting for 83 percent of GDP and imports for 72 percent. Household consumption is the main component of GDP (45 percent) followed by government expenditure (26 percent), gross fixed capital formation (18 percent) and net trade (11 percent). . This page provides - Netherlands GDP Growth Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Netherlands GDP Growth Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	0.50	0.20	1.70	-3.60	1988 - 2018	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United States	2.60	Dec/18	3.4	16.7 : -10	%
Saudi Arabia	1.60	Sep/18	0.6	8.8 : -2.3	%
China	1.50	Dec/18	1.6	2.4 : 1.4	%
India	1.50	Sep/18	1.8	5.8 : -1.8	%
Singapore	1.40	Dec/18	1.4	36.1 : -13.4	%
South Africa	1.40	Dec/18	2.6	7.6 : -6.1	%
South Korea	1.00	Dec/18	0.6	7.8 : -7	%
Spain	0.70	Dec/18	0.6	1.6 : -1.6	%
Japan	0.50	Dec/18	-0.6	3.2 : -4.8	%
Netherlands	0.50	Dec/18	0.2	1.7 : -3.6	%
France	0.30	Dec/18	0.3	8 : -5.3	%
Russia	0.30	Sep/18	0.5	4.1 : -5.4	%
Australia	0.20	Dec/18	0.3	4.4 : -2	%
Euro Area	0.20	Dec/18	0.1	1.3 : -3	%
Mexico	0.20	Dec/18	0.6	3.2 : -5.7	%
Switzerland	0.20	Dec/18	-0.3	2.4 : -1.9	%
United Kingdom	0.20	Dec/18	0.6	5 : -2.7	%
Brazil	0.10	Dec/18	0.5	4 : -3.9	%
Canada	0.10	Dec/18	0.5	3.1 : -2.3	%
Germany	0.00	Dec/18	-0.2	4 : -4.5	%
Italy	-0.10	Dec/18	-0.1	6 : -2.7	%
Argentina	-1.20	Dec/18	-0.5	5 : -5.7	%
Indonesia	-1.69	Dec/18	3.09	4.21 : -3.57	%
Turkey	-2.40	Dec/18	-1.6	5.6 : -5.2	%