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Last year, 1.5 percent in the Dutch population aged 15 years and older (more than 200 thousand individuals) fell victim to identity fraud while using ticket machines, cash dispensers or browsing the...

The first signs that students are at a higher risk of dropping out of school are already visible in the first year of secondary school. This is one of the conclusions of the PhD thesis “Early...

The number of women who could not accept jobs of twelve hours or more a week, because they had to care for their families was reduced form 755 thousand in 2001 to 318 thousand in 2010.

Many children aged 1 to 11 years do not eat the recommended amounts of fruit, vegetables and fish.

The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was almost 1 percent up in March relative to the same month last year.

Last year, 5.6 million Dutch in the age category 18 years and older ((44 percent of the adult population) were active in volunteer work. Most voluntary workers are active in sports clubs.

Labour force; international definition classification level occupation by sex and personal characteristics

Last year, 7.5 million Dutch people in the age category 16–74 bought one or more articles online. Together with Denmark and the United Kingdom (UK), the Netherlands tops the EU list.

The consumer price index (CPI) was 2.4 percent higher in April than in the same month one year previously.

Mortality stood at 3,299 deaths in week 18 (ending 3 May). This is approximately 600 fewer than in week 17, when it stood at 3,881.

In Q2 2019, the Netherlands received 5,205 asylum seekers and 880 following family members. The number of asylum seekers was lower while the number of following relatives was higher than in Q1 2019.

According to the first estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands GDP expanded by 0.5 percent in Q1 2019 relative to the previous quarter.

The use of cloud-based services is relatively high in the Netherlands.

The increase in collectively negotiated wage rates was again modest in 2011. Just as in 2010, wages rose by 1.3 percent on average.

Dutch municipal authorities report 65 thousand persons as missing on an annual basis.

Unemployment further in decline

In 2010, 10.7 thousand people aged 15 years or older lived on Bonaire; 7.1 thousand of them had a job, which puts the labour participation rate for the island at 66.6 percent.

The consumer price index (CPI) was 2.2 percent higher in January than in the same month one year previously.

The non-residential construction sector was booming last year. Companies also invested large amounts in repairs and renovation of non-residential buildings.