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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...
Dutch inflation rate lower again
The Dutch inflation rate in May 2009 was 1.6 percent.
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...
Lower mortality in third week of April
Mortality has been declining, but in week 16 it is still almost 40 percent higher than the weekly average in the first ten weeks of 2020.
Decrease in public debt continued in first half of 2024
In H1 2024, the Netherlands’ public debt fell by nearly 6 billion euros to 475 billion euros.
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.
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.
Supplemental survey: Consumer confidence improves slightly
This supplemental survey indicates a slightly improved consumer confidence over the month of May.
The potential labour force of the European Union: from growth to decrease
On 1 January 2010, the total potential labour force in the 27 countries of the European Union numbered 307 million persons. This is 61 percent of the total population of the EU and is 20 million...
Protein crop cultivation slightly increased
In 2022, cultivation of protein-rich crops such as alfalfa, field beans and soybeans has increased slightly.
Dossier Population ageing
Dossier Population ageing
What is the inflation rate based on the consumer price index (CPI)?
This table presents the inflation rates over the previous months and years
Decline in household consumption continues
Household spending on goods and services was 1.7 percent down in January 2012 on twelve months previously.
More Dutch and European young adults living at home
In 2017, there were relatively more people in their late twenties living with their parents in the Netherlands than in 2010. This also holds true for most other EU countries.
Transsexuals in the Netherlands (Summary in English)
This paper presents information about the number and characteristics of transsexuals in the Netherlands. Commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
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.
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...
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...