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Forty years ago to the day, on 27 February 1971, the first abortion clinic opened its doors in the Netherlands. Approximately 28 thousand abortions are carried out on women living in the Netherlands...

One in four Dutch children were cared for in an official day-care provision in 2007. This is more than in 2006, when one in five children were in official childcare.

Number of local units Economic activity (SIC 2008) and regions

In the period 2004-2005, perinatal mortality in children of people with a non-western background belonging to the first generation had grown by more than half compared to children of native Dutch...

After years of decline, the number of single parents dependent on income support has risen since 2008. The increase predominantly occurred among single parents with a non-western background.

Last year, 791 people were killed on Dutch roads.

People can use the Happiness Meter to calculate their score and compare it with the score of the average Dutch person

Providing quarterly figures on the import price of steam coal from non-EU countries.

Last year, more than six in ten Dutch people aged 15 and up indicated they trusted other people, a share similar to that in 2017.

How data determine who are the people of Europe

In 2018, a total of 4,628 people in the Netherlands died due to an accidental fall, nearly 600 more than in the previous year. This comes down to 13 fatal falls per day on average.

The number of asylum requests increased again in 2018, with a notable rise in the number of Turkish citizens filing asylum applications.

Total investments; breakdown in terms of percentage by type of investment Pension funds, insurance corporations and investment funds.

In 2018, 22.4 percent of the Dutch adult population indicated they were occasional smokers. 8.2 percent were excessive drinkers based on their self-reported alcohol consumption and 50.2 percent were...

Car trade; jobs, labour volume, costs and revenues, financial results Import, sale and repair of cars, trucks and motorcycles

Patents, patent applications EPO and NLOC Technology area of application

Of the three Caribbean islands, Saba had the lowest income inequality in 2016.

The Netherlands' imports of avocados reached a record high in 2016 at 433 milion euros.

The present index series are generally based on 2005 = 100. To keep these index series up to date, a base shift is introduced every fives years. In 2013 the base year 2005 will be replaced by base...

The Dutch inflation rate according to the consumer price index (CPI) was 0.8 percent in August, versus 1.0 percent in July. The decline was due mainly to the price developments in clothing and petrol.

Last year, Dutch expenditure on health care and welfare amounted to 83.8 billion euro.

Statistics Netherlands announced today that unemployment rose by 3 thousand people in April. This has slowed down the rise in unemployment at the beginning of the year. It is not the result of more...

In 2017, 1.7% of women aged 15 years or older said they had been the victim of one or more violent crimes, against 2.5% of men. Intimidation is the most common crime among both sexes. Women report...