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GDP growth rate remains 1.5 percent in Q2 2017
GDP showed a 1.5 percent growth in Q2 2017 relative to Q1 2017.
More entrepreneurs in the Netherlands
The number of people setting up their own business in the Netherlands has gradually risen since the 1990s, but the proportion of business owners was still lagging behind the EU 15 average in 2006....
Output and income components of GDP; activities, NA, 1969-2016
Output, intermediate consumption, value added and income components Standard Industrial Classification 2008 (SIC 2008)
Number of vacancies plummets
There was a dramatic reduction in the amount of unfilled vacancies by 54 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2008 relative to the third quarter.
1.3 million people in the Netherlands hold dual citizenship
A total of 1.3 million Dutch residents hold more than one nationality, as the most recent survey conducted on 1 January 2014 shows. Since then, non-Dutch nationalities are no longer registered. Last...
More than half of couples with young children one-and-a-half-income earners
Last year, in 54 percent of couples with young children one partner was working on a full-time basis and the other partner on a part-time basis. This was also the case in 2008.
National problems hardly related to regions
There is hardly any difference between what Dutch people in urban and rural areas define as urgent national problems.
Economic growth fourth quarter adjusted upward to 4.5 percent
Dutch economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2007 was 4.5 percent relative to one year previously. The second economic growth estimate is 0.1 percentage points higher than the first dating back to...
Inflow of Eastern European workers petering out
In June 2009, there were 104 thousand workers from Eastern European EU member states in the Netherlands, about as many as in June 2008. The sharp increase in recent years has almost completely come...
Half of people willing to work not immediately available or not actively looking for work
A total of 815 thousand people in the Netherlands would like to work twelve hours a week or more. Approximately half of them are not immediately available for the labour market or are not actively...
Employment opportunities social security recipients vary considerably by municipality
Nearly 30 thousand persons living on social security benefits by the end of 2009 managed to find jobs in 2010, i.e. 9 percent of social security recipients. In the category municipalities with 100...
Substantial drop in vacancies
The number of unfilled vacancies again saw a substantial drop in the second quarter of 2009.
Statistics Netherlands exploring indicators for Sustainable Development Goals
Statistics Netherlands exploring indicators to monitor progress on the Sustainable Development Goals set for 2030
Statistics Netherlands exploring indicators for Sustainable Development Goals
SDGs are the new international benchmark for sustainable development in 193 countries.
Inflation down to 0.8 percent
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.
Government deficit at 5.3 percent in 2009
The government deficit over 2009 stood at 5.3 percent of the GDP, as against a government surplus of 0.7 percent of the GDP in 2008.
Less coal used in production of electricity
In 2016, power stations consumed less coal for the first time since 2011. Coal consumption was 10 percent down on 2015.
Business confidence at highest level since 2008
Business confidence in Q1 2017
Investments fixed assets companies, SIC'93 2000-2008
Investments in fixed assets Branches (SIC'93) trade and industry