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Dutch convinced saving is worthwhile
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...
Nederland migratieland
Wat is onze migratiegeschiedenis? En hoe is het nu? Waar komen immigranten bijvoorbeeld vandaan en wat zijn hun motieven? Nederland migratieland uitgelegd door CBS-hoofdsocioloog Tanja Traag. Inhoud:...
growth Dutch car sales above EU average
Last year, Dutch car sales grew more rapidly than on average in the European Union. More than 13.7 million new passenger cars were sold across the EU last year, i.e. 9 percent more than in 2014. Car...
9 in 10 people access the internet every day
Access to the internet wherever and whenever you want: last year, 9 in 10 people accessed the internet on a daily basis. Today, Statistics Netherlands announced that a faster internet connection,...
Marginal reduction farms and horticultural enterprises
On 1 April 2010, there were 72 thousand farms and horticultural enterprises in the Netherlands, a reduction by more than 1 percent relative to the same month last year. This reduction is the smallest...
One in ten 'young' brides are over 40
Last year, one in ten women who married for the first time were over the age of 40 versus one in hundred in 1980. As more and more couples live together before they marry, the marriage date is more...
Unemployment further down
More people found work or went back to work.
Growth rate exports remains high
In August 2010, the volume of goods exports was more than 14 percent up on twelve months previously, as against more than 12 percent in July compared to July 2009. Just as in July, the volume of...
Dutch exports grow slightly
The volume of the exports of goods grew by more than 1 percent in July relative to twelve months previously. In May and June, Dutch exports had increased by 9 percent and 5 percent respectively.The...
Computers better and cheaper
Consumer goods and services cost on average 30 percent more in 2008 than in 1996. Not all goods cost more than twelve years ago, however.
Substantial job increase in first quarter 2006
In the first quarter of 2006 there were 35 thousand more jobs than in the last quarter of 2005.
Dutch exports greatly increased
In June, the volume of goods exports was up by more than13 percent on twelve months previously. This compares with the rise of more than 16 percent in May. However, in the first six months of 2009...
Exports growth slows down further
The volume of exports of goods increased by more than 1 percent in September from twelve months previously. In July, the growth rate still was nearly 5 percent, in August more than 3 percent. The...
Revenues from sale Nuon and Essent shares spent on investments
Municipalities spent more than 1.9 billion euro of the proceeds of Nuon and Essent share sales to invest in projects. This is more than 60 percent of the first 3.2 billion paid in municipal bank...
Dutch couples increasingly meet online or at work
More and more Dutch couples are meeting via the internet or at work, while fewer people met on an evening out or on holiday in the last ten years.
Manufacturing output marginally down
The average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry was more than 1 percent down in November 2011 from November 2010. In October, output still grew by more than 1 percent.
Producer confidence at highest level in three years
In May 2021, the mood among Dutch manufacturers has improved further. Producers have not been so positive since June 2018.
SDG 8.1 Economy and factors of production
Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 Decent work and economic growth: economy and factors of production. SDG 8.1 focuses on making the economy more sustainable and more efficient. In...
Substantial rise for retail turnover
Dutch retailers realised 5.6 percent more turnover in January 2006 than in the same month last year.
645 firms bankrupt in July
In July this year, 645 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt, a decrease by more than 50 relative to June 2009. The number of bankruptcies has more than...
Retail turnover 1 percent higher in July
Dutch retailers generated 1 percent more turnover in July than one year previously.
Exports growth up
The volume of exports of goods increased by more than 3 percent in February relative to twelve months previously. Dutch exports had grown by more than 1 percent in January. The volume of imports grew...
Steep increase in day-patient admissions for chronic enteritis
Out-patient hospital admissions are becoming more and more common. The number of out-patient hospital admissions for chronic enteritis (e.g. Crohn’s disease) has risen far above average.
Sickness absence down to 4.7 percent
Absence among Dutch employees caused by sickness was on average 4.7 percent in 2003. In 2002 it was still over 5.3 percent. On average employees reported in sick 1.3 times a year. Women, older people...
Sustained growth private sector investments
In May 2011, the private sector invested nearly 10 percent more in tangible fixed assets than twelve months previously. The increase was more substantial than in April, when private sector...