Search results

Since October last year, the Netherlands is a net exporter of electricity, because in the last quarter of 2009 more electricity was exported than imported to and from the surrounding countries.

The number of people younger than 65 years claiming income support fell to 297 thousand in the first quarter of 2007.

In 2005, Bloemendaal was again the wealthiest Dutch municipality.

According to the international definition, the unemployment rate in the Netherlands was 6.4 percent in March, i.e. above the German rate of 5.4 percent.

In 2014, total spending on security in the Netherlands amounted to approximately 13 billion euros. Security expenditure increased up until 2012 inclusive but showed a slight decline after that....

The Dutch government expects to receive 5.5 billion euros in revenues from motor vehicle tax in 2015. This tax, also known as road tax, consists of two parts. The largest part, nearly 4 billion...

Heat produced by incineration of waste, combustion of wood and gas produced by fermentation of organic material.

People who have accepted a job are more often satisfied than they were in the years prior to employment. The same applies people in their first years of retirement.

The number of dairy cows has grown marginally in 2014 and more milk was delivered to dairy factories. This trend was even more noticeable in 2013. The total number of pigs again remained stable...

In February 2016 nearly 2,500 individuals were registered as asylum seekers or as following family members.

On an average day in 2010, nearly half of over-75s were housebound. Physical limitations in particular prevented them from leaving the house.

Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 21-25 July 2008 (Week 30).

The building contract value of orders received by architects rose by just over 37 percent on average in the first half of 2014. These orders also helped push up turnover of architects’ bureaus,...

Confidence stood at 5.7 in September, down from 5.9 in August.

The number of commercial wine growers in the Netherlands is rising rapidly. Last year, there were 68 wine-growing enterprises, more than twice as many as in 2003.

The average daily output of Dutch manufacturing industry in July 2012 was the same as in July 2011. In June, manufacturing output was still 2 percent down from one year previously.

In the period December through February, the number of people aged 15 to 74 in paid employment grew by an average of 13 thousand per month. The number of employed stood at more than 8.9 million at...

The number of emigrants is continually growing. In the first nine months of 2006, nearly 100 thousand people left the Netherlands to settle elsewhere.

After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence has fallen sharply in May 2005, to -22. In the last four months consumer confidence increased. Confidence is still higher than at the...