Machinery and transport equipment in Netherlands
Netherlands: Machinery and transport equipment was 35.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Machinery and transport equipment in Netherlands, 1963–2023
Source: International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Measured in % of value added in manufacturing.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 35.8% for machinery and transport equipment in 2023. That is the highest value across all 61 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.9% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, machinery and transport equipment in Netherlands peaked at 35.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11.8%, in 1988.
That places Netherlands 11th out of 149 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Machinery and transport equipment in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | % of value added in manufacturing | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 15.6% | — |
| 1964 | 15.0% | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 14.8% | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 15.2% | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 15.5% | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 15.7% | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 13.8% | -12.2% |
| 1970 | 14.2% | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 14.4% | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 14.3% | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 14.5% | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 14.0% | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 16.3% | +16.3% |
| 1976 | 16.1% | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 16.0% | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 14.4% | -10.2% |
| 1979 | 14.6% | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 14.8% | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 14.4% | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 15.6% | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 14.1% | -9.6% |
| 1984 | 13.1% | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 12.8% | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 12.9% | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 12.5% | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 11.8% | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 12.9% | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 13.3% | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 13.7% | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 14.2% | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 13.1% | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 13.1% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 18.8% | +43.6% |
| 1996 | 19.0% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 19.3% | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 22.5% | +16.3% |
| 1999 | 22.3% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 21.0% | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 21.8% | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 22.1% | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 21.9% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 23.6% | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 23.7% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 24.9% | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 23.9% | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 20.9% | -12.7% |
| 2009 | 24.6% | +17.8% |
| 2010 | 27.9% | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 28.6% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 28.1% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 28.8% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 30.6% | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 29.3% | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 28.1% | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 29.8% | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 31.2% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 32.7% | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 34.5% | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 34.8% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 32.9% | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 35.8% | +8.9% |
Netherlands compared with similar countries
- Netherlands's 35.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 20.4%, 1.8× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Netherlands's 35.8% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18.9%, 1.9× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Machinery and transport equipment 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 | +43.6% | 13.1% | 18.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.1% | 13.8% | 15.7% | 7 |
| 1970s | 14.9% | 14.0% | 16.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.5% | 11.8% | 15.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.9% | 13.1% | 22.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.8% | 20.9% | 24.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.5% | 27.9% | 32.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.5% | 32.9% | 35.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More economy & growth data for Netherlands
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -5.93 billion BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0049 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -329.49 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled -17.06 billion BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 95.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0141 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -948.01 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 49.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0886 includes gold, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per capita 6,527 includes gold, current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is machinery and transport equipment in Netherlands?
- Machinery and transport equipment in Netherlands was 35.8% in 2023, according to International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
- What is the highest machinery and transport equipment recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 35.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest machinery and transport equipment recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.8% in 1988.
- How does Netherlands rank for machinery and transport equipment?
- Netherlands ranks 11th out of 149 countries with data for 2023.
- Is machinery and transport equipment rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), published as part of Machinery and transport equipment (% of value added in manufacturing). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Machinery and transport equipment manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 29-35. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in manufacturing which is the contribution to the economy by the manufacturing sector (ISIC Rev. 3 major division D).