Published court rulings: 81,734 rulings per year in 2025, 15 times as much as in 2000

Published court rulings, 2000 – 2025, in rulings per year. That is the highest point in the series.

Source: Rechtspraak, Open Data uitspraken (zoek-API) · opgehaald 25 oktober 2026 · selection: return=DOC (met tekst); naar uitspraakdatumOpen the table Single block

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Dutch court rulings

De Rechtspraak (Raad voor de rechtspraak)

An open API with all published rulings of Dutch courts: the full text in XML, with area of law, court, case number, date of ruling and a short summary. On 15 October 2026 the index held 3,778,296 ECLIs, of which 967,399 with the text of the ruling. New ones are added every day.

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Access: Open
Licence: Publiek domein (Public Domain Mark 1.0, volgens data.overheid.nl)
Table: uitspraken/zoeken
Latest figure: 2025
Fetched: 25 October 2026

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Published court rulings: 81,734 rulings per year in 2025, 15 times as much as in 2000

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