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Unemployment marginally down
According to the most recent figures, unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation was 398 thousand in January 2011, i.e. 5.1 percent of the labour force.
Marginal unemployment growth in August
According to the most recent figures, unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation increased further in August 2012 by 4 thousand to reach 514 thousand.
Disposable household income substantially higher in 2007
The real disposable income of Dutch households rose by nearly 4 percent in 2007, the highest growth since 2001.
Growth Dutch economy in decline
The Dutch economy grew by 1.1 percent in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year. Growth was below the level of the second quarter, when the economy grew 1.6 percent relative...
Record number of bankruptcies
In 2003 close to 8,750 bankruptcies were pronounced. This is the highest number of bankruptcies ever recorded. The previous record of 1982 was 100 less.
Collectively negotiated wage increases substantially larger
Collectively negotiated wage rates were 3.4 percent higher in the second quarter of 2008 than twelve months previously. This increase is substantially larger than in the first quarter, when wages...
Consumption almost unchanged in August
The volume of domestic consumption was 0.1 percent larger in August 2004 than twelve months previously. In July it was 1.7 percent higher than in the same month last year. The average growth in July...
Index traffic density; on national and provincial roads, 2000-2011
Index of traffic density on national and provincial trunk roads by weekdays and working days and by region
More people find employment, in particular young people
The number of people who found jobs during the past three months has grown by an average of 6 thousand a month. Most of them are young.
Retail turnover almost 4 percent up in January
Dutch retail sector achieved 3.7 percent year-on-year turnover growth in January 2020. The volume of sales increased by 2.2 percent.
Environmental accounts; origin and destination, waste, 1990-2010
Origin and destination of waste ways of treatment
The Digital Economy 2007
The Netherlands remains an international frontrunner when it comes to the availability of ICT in households. Digital television has become popular in the Netherlands: over 2 million households used...
Internationalisation and R&D of Dutch small and medium-sized enterprises (Dutch only)
The research report and the accompanying custom-made tables show to what extent Dutch small and medium-sized enterprises invest in R&D, but are not active on foreign markets in terms of imports,...
Childhood cancer mortality further down
In 2016, 61 children under the age of 15 died of cancer. Fifty years ago, this number was over four times as high.
Higher inflation on Bonaire and Saba
Inflation rose on Bonaire and Saba, but fell to -1.0 percent.on St Eustatius.
Within Europe, antibiotics use lowest in the Netherlands
Among European countries, the Netherlands prescribed the lowest volume of antibiotics (2013) while Greece prescribed the highest. Within the Netherlands, there are regional differences in the volume...