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The volume of care provided to the elderly is growing faster than the number of patients. As a result, the volume of care per old person is increasing.

One in ten people in the Netherlands suffered from obesity in 2012. They are much more likely to develop diabetes type 2, high blood pressure, degenerative joint disease and cardiovascular disease...

Week 28 (9-13 July 2007)

Dutch manufacturers faced a 0.4 percent turnover loss in July 2012 relative to July 2011. Sales on the domestic market declined slightly, whereas turnover on the foreign market was marginally higher...

In the period May-July 2008, unemployment averaged 308 thousand, i.e. 4.0 percent of the labour force.

Dutch ports handled a total of nearly 570 million tons of goods in 2014. Nearly half (48 percent) was carried by coastal shipping also referred to as short sea shipping. The rest of the goods were...

Unemployment stood at 3.6 percent in December 2018, slightly higher than the previous month. In the previous 3 months, an average of 13 thousand employed were added each month. There were 329...

The economic situation improved further in February; all indicators perform above the level of their long-term trend.

The number of people aged under 65 claiming income support benefit fell by 7 thousand in the second quarter of 2007. 290 thousand people were claiming income support at the end of June 2007.

Dutch inflation was 2.1 percent in June 2012, equalling May’s inflation rate.

The volume of exports of goods increased by nearly 5 percent in June from twelve months previously. The growth of the volume of exports has remained fairly stable over the past months. The volume of...

Seniors are increasingly active on social media

Dutch household consumption was almost 2 percent up in October 2018.

At the start of Q3 2018, staff shortages in the non-financial private sector had increased according to the business confidence indicator. This formed an impediment to business operations across...

A legal person created through a notarised deed or will to serve a certain purpose with the aid of capital. It may generate profits, but these must be paid to an idealistic or social purpose.

Gas derived as by-product from the carbonisation of cokes coal into coke oven cokes.