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More employees on courses, less spent on training
Nearly four out of ten private sector employees in the Netherlands did a work-related course in 2010. Five years previously this was 34 percent. In 2010 spending on courses accounted for 2.1 percent...
Dossier Population ageing
Dossier Population ageing
Sharp fall in unemployment
Seasonally corrected unemployment was 357 thousand on average in the period February- April 2007. This is 17 thousand down on the period January-March.
Again fewer job vacancies
The vacancy indicator improved somewhat more in June, after marginal improvements in April and May.
Mobile Internet increasingly popular
Mobile Internet is increasingly becoming a part of daily life. Over one in three Internet users had access to the web through mobile devices in 2010 versus one in five in 2007.
Dutch inflation rate lower again
The Dutch inflation rate in May 2009 was 1.6 percent.
Retail turnover 4.3 percent up in June
Dutch retail sector achieved a 4.3 percent turnover growth in June relative to June 2016.
Calendar
Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 6-10 April 2009 (Week 15).
Dutch private sector posts higher profits
For the first time since the outbreak of the economic crisis late 2008, the number of businesses (excluding financial companies) making higher profits was larger than the number of businesses...
Economic growth 3.5 percent in 2007
Based on Statistics Netherlands’ first estimate of fourth quarter growth in 2007, Dutch economic growth in 2007 came to 3.5 percent.
Decline in household consumption continues
Household spending on goods and services was 1.7 percent down in January 2012 on twelve months previously.
More package holidays
Last year, 12.5 million Dutch went on holiday at least once. Fewer and fewer people go on holiday without having made prior arrangements.
Turnover opticians dramatically down
Relative to the preceding year, opticians faced an average loss of turnover of 34 percent in 2009. Sales dropped most dramatically in December (63 percent) due to a change in tax regulations to the...
Household consumption stalling
Dutch households remain reticent in their spending. The volume of domestic household consumption in October 2004, corrected for shopping day patterns, was down 0.1 percent on October 2003. In...
St Eustatius has highest income level in the Caribbean Netherlands
With 26 thousand dollars, the highest median disposable income in the Caribbean Netherlands in 2013 was surveyed on St Eustatius, followed by Saba and Bonaire (both 23 thousand dollars). St Eustatius...