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Blueberries have soared in popularity over the past few years.

Of the three Caribbean islands, Saba had the lowest income inequality in 2016.

In Q1 2019, consumer prices on Bonaire were 0.7 percent higher than one year previously. Prices also rose on St Eustatius and Saba, by 0.7 percent and 0.6 percent year-on-year respectively.

The Dutch Standaard Bedrijfsindeling (SBI 2008) is based on the activity classification of the European Union (NACE) and on the classification of the UN (ISIC).

In Q4 2018, CO2 emissions in the Netherlands were up by 0.5 percent year-on-year. Households and the transport sector emitted more CO2, while energy companies produced less.

Confidence among Dutch manufacturers stood at 6.6 in July, down from 7.2 in June.

Re-exports of goods have become increasingly important for the Dutch economy over the past decades.

In 2017, over 838 thousand jobs in the Netherlands were filled by foreign workers. Polish workers constitute the largest group, occupying nearly 180 thousand jobs.

Preliminary results of ongoing big data research into online purchases by Dutch consumers from foreign webshops.

Hay fever index

Last year, more than 7.1 million households in the Netherlands not belonging to the institutional population were living in homes they rented or owned; 59 percent were owner-occupiers. The ratio...

Nearly half of all Dutch people of Surinamese origin were also born in the Netherlands. These are primarily the children of Surinamese people who migrated to the Netherlands in the 1970s.

The value of tourism expenditure in the Dutch economy rose by 6.9 percent in 2017 to a total of 82.1 billion euros.

In Q1 2018, CO2 emissions in the Netherlands were 2.5 percent up year-on-year.

In 2017, greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands were 1 percent lower than in the previous year.

The flower bulb cultivation area has increased by nearly 75 percent over the past 35 years. Most flower bulbs are still grown in the province of North Holland, but cultivation is spreading across the...

At the end of 2017, nearly 7 procent of all minor children were living in families on income support, 228 thousand minors. This is nearly 3 thousand less than in 2016. In most of these families, a...

The Dutch retail sector achieved 3.3 percent turnover growth in 2018. In the month of December, turnover grew by 2.3 percent.

In week 50 (7 to 13 December inclusive), the estimated number of deaths stood at 3,550. This is over 50 more than in the previous week.

In 2011, the provincial budget for public transport amounts to 944 million euro, nearly twice as much as in 2005. In the province of North Brabant, the budget for 2011 is more than four times as high...

In 2017, renewable energy sources accounted for 6.6 percent of total Dutch energy consumption.

In week 48 (23 to 29 November inclusive), the estimated number of deaths stood at 3,450. This is approximately 150 more than in the previous week, when there were 3,293 deaths.

Although excess mortality disappeared after nine weeks during the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic, the number of deaths was still elevated after the same amount of time during the second wave.