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Bulk of sickness absence not work-related
Last year, nearly half of all employees in the Netherlands were at least one time absent from work because they were ill. Statistics Netherlands announced today that in nearly one quarter of cases,...
Number of restructured debts declines further
In the first three quarters of 2008, the number of orders for debt repayment pronounced by Dutch courts was nearly 40 percent down on the same period one year previously.
inflation falls slightly
According to figures released today Dutch inflation fell to 1 percent in November, from 1.1 percent in October.
Transport sector concludes 2012 with positive result
Turnover generated by the transport sector improved by more than 2 percent in the last quarter of 2012 relative to the fourth quarter of 2011. Annual turnover over the entire year 2012 grew by 3...
First quarter economic growth remains 2.5 percent
Dutch economic growth was 2.5 percent in the first quarter of 2007 compared with the same period last year. This increase was realised with one working day fewer than in 2006. The result is the same...
Government deficit 5.4 percent in 2010
Last year’s government deficit stood at 5.4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), just under the 2009 level. The debt of the Dutch government increased further from 60.8 to 62.7 percent of the...
Dutch internet skills above EU average
The Dutch population aged 16-74 years became more skilled in using the internet between 2010 and 2013. The level of internet skills in the Dutch population is higher than average in the European Union
Modest growth exports to euro countries
Over the period 2004-2012, the growth rate of Dutch exports to euro countries was almost every year below the growth rate of exports to non-euro countries. Greece is the only euro country to which...
three in ten companies use paid cloud services
In June 2014, 28 percent of companies in the Netherlands used IT services via the internet (cloud services). These are paid services such as software, computing, and storage capacity via the...
Fewer very large families
The number of families with four or more children living at home has dropped dramatically over the past decade. The decline was more substantial among families with a non-western background than...
Dutch homes worth twice as much as total mortgage debt
The overall mortgage debt in the Netherlands amounted to nearly 670 billion euro at the end of 2011. At 111 percent of the gross domestic product, it is the highest mortgage debt in the eurozone. On...
More women part-time employed
Nearly 3.3 million women were working twelve hours a week or more last year, an increase by more than 460 thousand relative to 2002.
Inflation rises for third month in a row
According to the most recent figures from Statistics Netherlands, Dutch inflation in terms of the consumer price index (CPI) rose to 0.6 percent in April.
Consumer prices 2.7 percent up in October
The consumer price index (CPI) was 27 percent higher in October than in the same month last year.
International trade in services
The aim of the International trade in services statistics is to publish data on imports and exports of services by enterprises established in the Netherlands.
Consumer prices 2.4 percent up in May
The consumer price index (CPI) was 2.4 percent higher in April than in the same month one year previously.
Retail turnover over 3 percent up in October
The Dutch retail sector achieved 3.3 percent turnover growth in October year-on-year, while the volume of sales increased by 2.6 percent.