Material flow accounts - balancing items in Netherlands
Netherlands: Material flow accounts - balancing items was 56,130 Thousand tonnes in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
56,130 Thousand tonnes
Change on year
down 9.4%
World rank
9th
of 39 countries
All-time high
90,044 Thousand tonnes
in 2003
All-time low
56,130 Thousand tonnes
in 2023
Years of data
24
2000–2023
Material flow accounts - balancing items in Netherlands, 2000–2023
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Thousand tonnes.
Analysis
The most recent figure for material flow accounts - balancing items in Netherlands is 56,130 Thousand tonnes, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 9.4% on the previous year and down 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, material flow accounts - balancing items in Netherlands peaked at 90,044 Thousand tonnes in 2003 and was at its lowest, 56,130 Thousand tonnes, in 2023.
Netherlands ranks 9th of 39 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Material flow accounts - balancing items in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Thousand tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 82,727 Thousand tonnes | — |
| 2001 | 83,745 Thousand tonnes | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 83,752 Thousand tonnes | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 90,044 Thousand tonnes | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 90,007 Thousand tonnes | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 84,776 Thousand tonnes | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 82,190 Thousand tonnes | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 80,509 Thousand tonnes | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 84,186 Thousand tonnes | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 80,132 Thousand tonnes | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 86,600 Thousand tonnes | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 77,311 Thousand tonnes | -10.7% |
| 2012 | 76,917 Thousand tonnes | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 75,139 Thousand tonnes | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 71,264 Thousand tonnes | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 78,872 Thousand tonnes | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 79,648 Thousand tonnes | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 75,334 Thousand tonnes | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 77,931 Thousand tonnes | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 74,814 Thousand tonnes | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 63,461 Thousand tonnes | -15.2% |
| 2021 | 70,721 Thousand tonnes | +11.4% |
| 2022 | 61,973 Thousand tonnes | -12.4% |
| 2023 | 56,130 Thousand tonnes | -9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84,207 Thousand tonnes | 80,132 Thousand tonnes | 90,044 Thousand tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | 77,383 Thousand tonnes | 71,264 Thousand tonnes | 86,600 Thousand tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,071 Thousand tonnes | 56,130 Thousand tonnes | 70,721 Thousand tonnes | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is material flow accounts - balancing items in Netherlands?
- Material flow accounts - balancing items in Netherlands was 56,130 Thousand tonnes in 2023, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest material flow accounts - balancing items recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 90,044 Thousand tonnes in 2003.
- What is the lowest material flow accounts - balancing items recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,130 Thousand tonnes in 2023.
- How does Netherlands rank for material flow accounts - balancing items?
- Netherlands ranks 9th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is material flow accounts - balancing items rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Material flow accounts - balancing items. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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