Netherlands's gross fixed capital formation (current LCU) was 233.5 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 53.15% from 152.47 billion in 2015 (4.35% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 233.5 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 173.69 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 152.47 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 233.5 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 14.6 billion | 1969 |
| Average since 2016 | 184.93 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 14.6 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Netherlands' gross fixed capital formation (current LCU) rose 4.8% on 2024 (from 222.71 billion to 233.5 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +4.5% and a typical year strayed about 7.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 29.2% in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.9% in 2016. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 10.64 billion a year. A straight line explains 99% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 259.36 billion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 12.99 billion, against 19.87 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Netherlands had the 81st highest value of the 126 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Netherlands in the 2025 ranking
- Central African Republic — 78th of 126: 263.76 billion
- Peru — 79th of 126: 245.05 billion
- Honduras — 80th of 126: 239.81 billion
- Switzerland — 82nd of 126: 225.53 billion
- Djibouti — 83rd of 126: 209.27 billion
- Nicaragua — 84th of 126: 200.45 billion
What this measures
Gross fixed capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during the accounting period, including certain specified expenditures on services that add to the value of non-produced assets. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 57 values
| Year | Gross fixed capital formation (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 233,501,000,000 |
| 2024 | 222,712,000,000 |
| 2023 | 213,665,000,000 |
| 2022 | 203,422,000,000 |
| 2021 | 184,425,000,000 |
| 2020 | 173,694,000,000 |
| 2019 | 173,484,000,000 |
| 2018 | 157,069,000,000 |
| 2017 | 148,357,000,000 |
| 2016 | 138,952,000,000 |
Gross fixed capital formation (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Albania — 643.3 billion (2025)
- Armenia — 2.42 trillion (2025)
- Austria — 120.65 billion (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 21.03 billion (2025)
- Belarus — 71.9 billion (2025)
- Belgium — 153.41 billion (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 13.1 billion (2024)
- Bulgaria — 23.36 billion (2025)
- Croatia — 23.93 billion (2025)
- Cyprus — 7.31 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Netherlands
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$118.06 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$32.05 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$1.33 trillion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 1.18 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$937.25 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 931.77 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$73,684 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 65,208 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$51,817 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 51,514 (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Netherlands's gross fixed capital formation (current LCU)?
- 233.5 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1969?
- It is up 1,499% from 14.6 billion in 1969 (5.07% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 233.5 billion in 2025 and the lowest 14.6 billion in 1969.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.FTOT.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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