Fossil fuels in Netherlands
Netherlands: Fossil fuels was 0 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fossil fuels in Netherlands, 1900–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fossil fuels in Netherlands is 0, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 125 years on record.
Over the whole period, fossil fuels in Netherlands peaked at 117.03 in 1937 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1975.
That places Netherlands 68th out of 220 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fossil fuels in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 2.61 | — |
| 1901 | 2.55 | -2.2% |
| 1902 | 3.25 | +27.5% |
| 1903 | 3.97 | +22.3% |
| 1904 | 3.8 | -4.3% |
| 1905 | 4.03 | +6.0% |
| 1906 | 4.59 | +13.9% |
| 1907 | 5.89 | +28.2% |
| 1908 | 7.39 | +25.6% |
| 1909 | 9.13 | +23.5% |
| 1910 | 10.52 | +15.3% |
| 1911 | 12.02 | +14.3% |
| 1912 | 14.04 | +16.8% |
| 1913 | 15.25 | +8.6% |
| 1914 | 16.14 | +5.9% |
| 1915 | 18.99 | +17.7% |
| 1916 | 21.62 | +13.8% |
| 1917 | 25.57 | +18.3% |
| 1918 | 33.54 | +31.1% |
| 1919 | 34.72 | +3.5% |
| 1920 | 37.88 | +9.1% |
| 1921 | 34.92 | -7.8% |
| 1922 | 39.7 | +13.7% |
| 1923 | 45.72 | +15.1% |
| 1924 | 50.91 | +11.4% |
| 1925 | 58.59 | +15.1% |
| 1926 | 72.65 | +24.0% |
| 1927 | 77.87 | +7.2% |
| 1928 | 89.52 | +15.0% |
| 1929 | 94.77 | +5.9% |
| 1930 | 99.86 | +5.4% |
| 1931 | 105.72 | +5.9% |
| 1932 | 104.23 | -1.4% |
| 1933 | 102.67 | -1.5% |
| 1934 | 100.76 | -1.9% |
| 1935 | 96.97 | -3.8% |
| 1936 | 104.51 | +7.8% |
| 1937 | 117.03 | +12.0% |
| 1938 | 110.34 | -5.7% |
| 1939 | 105.32 | -4.6% |
| 1940 | 99.5 | -5.5% |
| 1941 | 109.36 | +9.9% |
| 1942 | 101.26 | -7.4% |
| 1943 | 102.94 | +1.7% |
| 1944 | 68.41 | -33.5% |
| 1945 | 41.9 | -38.7% |
| 1946 | 69.2 | +65.1% |
| 1947 | 83.74 | +21.0% |
| 1948 | 90.69 | +8.3% |
| 1949 | 95.93 | +5.8% |
| 1950 | 100.31 | +4.6% |
| 1951 | 101.92 | +1.6% |
| 1952 | 102.76 | +0.8% |
| 1953 | 100.9 | -1.8% |
| 1954 | 98.81 | -2.1% |
| 1955 | 97.64 | -1.2% |
| 1956 | 97.2 | -0.4% |
| 1957 | 93.51 | -3.8% |
| 1958 | 97.51 | +4.3% |
| 1959 | 98.14 | +0.6% |
| 1960 | 101.75 | +3.7% |
| 1961 | 102.75 | +1.0% |
| 1962 | 94.22 | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 93.69 | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 93.46 | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 93.18 | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 81.83 | -12.2% |
| 1967 | 65.66 | -19.8% |
| 1968 | 54.24 | -17.4% |
| 1969 | 4.59 | -91.5% |
| 1970 | 35.28 | +668.4% |
| 1971 | 29.38 | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 22.89 | -22.1% |
| 1973 | 14.02 | -38.8% |
| 1974 | 6.17 | -56.0% |
| 1975 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1976 | 0 | — |
| 1977 | 0 | — |
| 1978 | 0 | — |
| 1979 | 0 | — |
| 1980 | 0 | — |
| 1981 | 0 | — |
| 1982 | 0 | — |
| 1983 | 0 | — |
| 1984 | 0 | — |
| 1985 | 0 | — |
| 1986 | 0 | — |
| 1987 | 0 | — |
| 1988 | 0 | — |
| 1989 | 0 | — |
| 1990 | 0 | — |
| 1991 | 0 | — |
| 1992 | 0 | — |
| 1993 | 0 | — |
| 1994 | 0 | — |
| 1995 | 0 | — |
| 1996 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | 0 | — |
| 1998 | 0 | — |
| 1999 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fossil fuels 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +668.4% | 4.59 | 35.28 |
| 1975 | -100.0% | 6.17 | 0 |
| 1969 | -91.5% | 54.24 | 4.59 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 4.72 | 2.55 | 9.13 | 10 |
| 1910s | 20.24 | 10.52 | 34.72 | 10 |
| 1920s | 60.25 | 34.92 | 94.77 | 10 |
| 1930s | 104.74 | 96.97 | 117.03 | 10 |
| 1940s | 86.29 | 41.9 | 109.36 | 10 |
| 1950s | 98.87 | 93.51 | 102.76 | 10 |
| 1960s | 78.54 | 4.59 | 102.75 | 10 |
| 1970s | 10.77 | 0 | 35.28 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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- 68 Azerbaijan 0
- 68 Bahamas 0
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- 68 Barbados 0
- 68 Belarus 0
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- 68 Belize 0
- 68 Benin 0
- 68 Bermuda 0
- 68 Bolivia 0
- 68 British Virgin Islands 0
- 68 Brunei 0
- 68 Burkina Faso 0
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- 68 Cameroon 0
- 68 Cape Verde 0
- 68 Cayman Islands 0
- 68 Central African Republic 0
- 68 Chad 0
- 68 Comoros 0
- 68 Congo 0
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- 68 Djibouti 0
- 68 Dominica 0
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- 68 El Salvador 0
- 68 Equatorial Guinea 0
- 68 Eritrea 0
- 68 Estonia 0
- 68 Falkland Islands 0
- 68 Faroe Islands 0
- 68 Fiji 0
- 68 Finland 0
- 68 France 0 compare
- 68 French Guiana 0
- 68 French Polynesia 0
- 68 Gabon 0
- 68 Gambia 0
- 68 Ghana 0
- 68 Gibraltar 0
- 68 Greenland 0 compare
- 68 Grenada 0
- 68 Guadeloupe 0
- 68 Guam 0
- 68 Guatemala 0
- 68 Guinea 0
- 68 Guinea-Bissau 0
- 68 Guyana 0
- 68 Haiti 0
- 68 Honduras 0
- 68 Hong Kong 0
- 68 Iceland 0
- 68 Iraq 0
- 68 Ireland 0 compare
- 68 Israel 0
- 68 Italy 0 compare
- 68 Jamaica 0
- 68 Jordan 0
- 68 Kenya 0
- 68 Kiribati 0
- 68 Kuwait 0
- 68 Latvia 0
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- 68 Liberia 0
- 68 Libya 0
- 68 Lithuania 0
- 68 Luxembourg 0
- 68 Macao 0
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- 68 Maldives 0
- 68 Mali 0
- 68 Malta 0
- 68 Martinique 0
- 68 Mauritania 0
- 68 Mauritius 0
- 68 Micronesia (country) 0
- 68 Moldova 0
- 68 Montserrat 0
- 68 Morocco 0 compare
- 68 Namibia 0
- 68 Nauru 0
- 68 Netherlands Antilles 0
- 68 New Caledonia 0
- 68 Nicaragua 0
- 68 Niue 0
- 68 Northern Mariana Islands 0
- 68 Oman 0
- 68 Palestine 0
- 68 Panama 0
- 68 Papua New Guinea 0
- 68 Paraguay 0
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- 68 Puerto Rico 0
- 68 Qatar 0
- 68 Reunion 0
- 68 Rwanda 0
- 68 Saint Helena 0
- 68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0
- 68 Saint Lucia 0
- 68 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0
- 68 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0
- 68 Samoa 0
- 68 Sao Tome and Principe 0
- 68 Saudi Arabia 0
- 68 Senegal 0
- 68 Seychelles 0
- 68 Sierra Leone 0
- 68 Singapore 0
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- 68 Solomon Islands 0
- 68 Somalia 0
- 68 South Sudan 0
- 68 Spain 0 compare
- 68 Sri Lanka 0
- 68 Sudan 0
- 68 Suriname 0
- 68 Sweden 0 compare
- 68 Switzerland 0
- 68 Syria 0
- 68 Taiwan 0 compare
- 68 Togo 0
- 68 Tonga 0
- 68 Trinidad and Tobago 0
- 68 Tunisia 0 compare
- 68 Turkmenistan 0
- 68 Turks and Caicos Islands 0
- 68 Tuvalu 0
- 68 Uganda 0
- 68 United Arab Emirates 0
- 68 United States Virgin Islands 0
- 68 Uruguay 0
- 68 Vanuatu 0
- 68 Western Sahara 0
- 68 Yemen 0
More energy & mining data for Netherlands
- Primary energy from fossil nuclear renewables, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Primary energy from fossil nuclear renewables, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fuel imports 13.3% (2025)
- Ores and metals imports 2.6% (2025)
- Fuel exports 10.8% (2025)
- Ores and metals exports 2.4% (2025)
- Gas production 77.69 terawatt-hours (2025)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 4,235 kilowatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 77.69 terawatt-hours (2025)
- Gas production per person 4,235 kilowatt-hours per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fossil fuels in Netherlands?
- Fossil fuels in Netherlands was 0 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fossil fuels recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 117.03 in 1937.
- What is the lowest fossil fuels recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1975.
- How does Netherlands rank for fossil fuels?
- Netherlands ranks 68th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Fossil fuels. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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