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The number of solar panels installed in the Netherlands has grown further in 2011. Total capacity was raised by 40 megawatts, i.e. twice as much as in 2010.

The Dutch are using the Internet for an increasing number of activities. Compared with other countries in Europe, there are not many highly skilled Internet users in the Netherlands.

Share of women in European Parliament and national parliaments Key words: Summary: The share of women in the European Parliament has risen steadily in recent decades. In 1979, when direct voting for...

The total gross weight of goods which entered the Netherlands from abroad in 2018 amounted to 628 billion kg. This was 0.4 percent more than in 2017

Between 1890 and 2017, butterfly populations in the Netherlands declined by at least 84 percent; 15 species have disappeared completely.

Romanians have the smallest dwelling space with one room per persoon. Dutch dwellings have 1.9 rooms p.p.

The Dutch government spent 15.8 billion euro on state old age pensions in the first half of 2011. This is 6 percent more than in the same period last year.

Last year, more than one third of guests in Dutch hotels, guesthouses and other accommodations came from abroad, predominantly from Europe. The North Sea resorts and major cities attract most...

The average burden of taxes and social insurance contributions in the European Union (EU) was 39 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011, but there are considerable differences between...

In the last thirty years, more and more Dutch consumers have been thinking more positively about putting money into savings accounts. Together with Denmark and Luxembourg, the Netherlands is now one...

Since the turn of the century the number of smokers of cigarettes and roll-ups in the Netherlands has fallen by 17 percent. Sales of cigarettes and shag tobacco are around 20 percent lower than in...

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...

In 2015 the share of Dutch investment in environmental protection in total investment

These are a few conclusions from the Jaarboek onderwijs in cijfers 2011, an annual report with statistics on education in the Netherlands (published in Dutch only) released today.

Turnover in the Dutch car and motorcycle trade was almost 17 percent down in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the same period last year. Similar developments are being observed in neighbouring...

Only a small number of people in the Dutch labour force are engaged in R&D activities. The private sector spent 49 thousand labour years (1.1 percent) on R&D in 2007, thus approximating the European...