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Continued growth manufacturing output
Continued growth manufacturing output
Turnover slightly up for hotels and restaurants
The hotel and restaurant sector booked 1.1 percent more turnover in the first quarter of this year than in the same quarter last year. This is the second quarter in a row that turnover in the hotel...
Most satisfied and a tad overweight
People with a healthy lifestyle are happier and more satisfied about their lives than others.
Retail turnover down
Figures released by Statistics Netherlands show that retail turnover in October 2013 was 1.5 percent below the level of the same month last year.
Local government to a large extent financially dependent on The Hague
The local government level is fairly comprehensive in the Netherlands. But local government, including municipalities and provinces, is to a large extent financially dependent on The...
Sharp fall in business-related hotel stays
The number of nights spent in Dutch hotels by people on business trips fell by 6 percent in 2008, to 15.7 million. The fall has been continuing in 2009: in the first five months the number of nights...
Growth Dutch economy slows down
The Dutch economy grew by 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year. The growth was considerably less substantial than in the first quarter, when the gross...
Companies pay higher amount in dividends despite economic crisis
In the first six months of 2010, Dutch companies quoted on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange have paid more than 7 billion euro in dividends to their shareholders, an increase by 300 million euro relative...
Dutch economy contracts by 0.8 percent
The Dutch economy contracted by 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011.This negative growth was realised with one working day extra. In the fourth quarter of...
upturn for retail trade in October
The Dutch retail sector climbed out of its recent slump in October.
Major cities hit less hard by recession
Last year, the economy shrank across nearly all provinces. The economy in the province of Friesland shrank most dramatically (1.5 percent), but the contraction was also above the national average of...
Asparagus cultivation rising again since 2000
Some 2,500 hectares were used to grow asparagus in the Netherlands in 2008. This is 19 percent more land than in 2000.
Two in three Bonaire residents work
In 2010, 10.7 thousand people aged 15 years or older lived on Bonaire; 7.1 thousand of them had a job, which puts the labour participation rate for the island at 66.6 percent.
National Landscape conservation areas cover one fifth of the Netherlands
The 20 National Landscape conservation areas in the Netherlands cover nearly 900 thousand hectares, i.e. more than 20 percent of the total Dutch land area.
Electricity generation from fossil fuels invariably high
In the period 1998–2008, total electricity generation in the Netherlands increased by 14 percent.
Companies pay higher dividends
Dutch companies quoted at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange paid out more than 11 billion euro in dividends to their shareholders in 2010.
Exports up again, mainly as a result of higher re-exports
The volume of exports of goods was 4.7 percent up in July 2014 from July 2013, after a 3.6 percent improvement in June. According to Statistics Netherlands, the growth in exports was mainly caused by...
Applying for access to microdata
Applying for access to microdata
Integral income and wealth statistics
Brief survey description Integral income and wealth statistics