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The number of holidaymakers aged 55 and older has risen from 2.8 million in 2002 to 3.5 million in 2012 as the post-war baby boomer generation is ageing. These over-55s tend to go on holiday more...

Unemployment continues to fall

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Last year 4.8 percent in the Dutch population reported to have diabetes.

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.

Male life expectancy at birth for boys in the Netherlands was 79.9 years (2014). Male life expectancy is marginally higher in Norway, Sweden, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. Dutch girls have 83.3 years...

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...

The Dutch cut back on spending on hairdressers and beauty treatment in 2008. This seems to be connected with the falling consumer confidence.

The average age of retirement for employees in the Netherlands had risen to 62.7 years in 2010 and the increase was observed across all sectors. More than 70 thousand employees went into retirement...

In 2008, there were more than 640 thousand self-employed without personnel (ZZP workers) in the Netherlands. Their number has risen sharply over the past twelve years but in the second quarter of...

The most recent figures show that seasonally adjusted unemployment declined marginally in February 2012 to 469 thousand, i.e. 6 percent of the labour force.

The average retirement age of employees had risen to more than 63 years in 2011.

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.

In November 2003 the volume of domestic consumption was 3.1 percent down on the same month of 2002. Consumers spent less on durable goods in particular. About half the decrease in domestic...

In secondary vocational education (mbo), women more often than men opt for training programmes at a higher level. Programmes with an emphasis on socio-pedagogical subjects are particularly popular.