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Sustained high growth health care expenditure
Last year, Dutch expenditure on health care and welfare amounted to 83.8 billion euro.
Modest growth for exports
The volume of exports of goods was 1.2 percent up in April 2014 from April 2013. In the first months of 2014, the foreign demand for natural gas was considerably lower than twelve months previously,...
Nearly 60 percent die from cancer or cardiovascular diseases
Nearly six in ten deaths are caused by cancer or cardiovascular diseases. Cancer has been the main cause of death in the male population for many years now. Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause...
Higher contribution exports to GDP and more jobs
The importance of exports has increased substantially in the period 2010-2013. In 2013, exports contributed 32.4 percent to the GDP, i.e. 3 percentage points more than in 2010.
Dutch House prices fall by more than EU average
The average level of house prices in the European Union (EU) has been stable for three years, although there are great differences in price developments between the countries. In the Netherlands and...
GDP growth rate remains 0.4 percent in Q4 2019
According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), gross domestic product (GDP) showed 0.4 percent growth in Q4 2019 relative to Q3 2019.
Traffic deaths include more young and old drivers
In 2016, there were 629 traffic deaths, 8 more than in 2015.
More hotel stays, especially in Amsterdam
The number of overnight stays in Dutch hotels continues to rise.
Dutch inflation dips into negative territory
Dutch inflation dips into negative territory
Export value agricultural products hits new record
In 2015 the value of agricultural exports amounted to 81.3 bn euros, the highest value ever.
municipalities financially dependent on central government
Over two-thirds of the income of Dutch municipalities in 2013 came from central government. Eleven percent of their income came from local taxes. Revenues from local taxes are much lower in the...
Households had a lot more to spend in 2006
The disposable income of Dutch households rose by nearly 4 percent in 2006.
Unemployment down, but fewer people employed
According to the most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), unemployment fell by 7 thousand in March. The decline was largely due to the fact that many people withdrew from the...
Energy consumption down in 2018
Energy consumption stood at 3,100 petajoules in 2018, around 50 petajoules less than one year earlier.
Dairy goat herd has increased again
The Dutch dairy goat herd keeps growing. As of this year, the herd size stands at 476 thousand, i.e. 4 percent more than last year.
Dutch importers bore the cost of European import duties
Over the past few years, the United States and the European Union have imposed import tariffs on parts of each other’s exports in several rounds, most recently last month. The additional EU import...
Food prices rise at fastest rate in ten years
Food prices rose by 3.8 percent in May 2019, effectively the fastest rise in food prices over the past decade.
Geographic location estimation of mobile devices
A working paper in which a modular Bayesian framework is proposed to estimate the geographic location of mobile devices from mobile phone network data.
Foreign companies create nearly 1.4 million jobs
Foreign-owned multinationals and their suppliers created around 1.4 m full-time jobs in 2014.
Road haulage by foreign lorries up again
Road haulage to and from the Netherlands and by home country of haulier.
Port throughput slumped in first half of 2020
In the first six months of 2020, the volume of transhipments at Dutch seaports declined by nearly 10 percent relative to the same period last year.
United Kingdom fourth destination for Dutch hauliers
In 2015, Dutch lorries made more than 162 thousand trips to carry goods to the United Kingdom.