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Manufacturing output up in January
The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 1.5 percent up in January 2017.
In 2016 lowest number of bankruptcies in 8 years
In 2016 lowest number of bankruptcies in 8 years.
Netherlands: not all SDGs set by UN achieved
On 25 September 2015 the United Nations formulated 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
suicides rise substantially again
In 2013, 1,854 people in the Netherlands ended their own lives, 101 more than in 2012. This is the sixth year in a row that the number of suicides has increased. In spite of this, the suicide rate is...
Number of asylum requests nearly doubled
The number of requests for asylum submitted in the Netherlands in 2008 nearly doubled compared to 2007. The increase is much more substantial than in the European Union (EU) as a whole, where the...
Exports account for one third of employment
In 2012, exports of goods and services generated the equivalent of 2.2 million full-time jobs in the Netherlands. This accounts for one third of total employment in the country.
Large income gap between working fathers and mothers
In 2011, the average gross annual wage of female employees was 33 thousand euro, i.e. 55 percent of the average income of their male colleagues who earned 58 thousand euro. The gender income gap is...
Population growth lowest for twenty years
The Dutch population grew by 10 thousand in the first quarter of 2003. This is the lowest growth rate in over twenty years. The low growth was caused by a noticeable drop in the number of births and...
Randstad economy fourth largest in Europe
The Randstad region is the largest economic urban region in the European Union (EU) after Paris, London and Milan, but the per capita production in the Randstad is lower than in many other urban...
Wage gap between genders narrowing
In recent years, the wage gap between men and women has gradually narrowed. Young men’s gross wages are on average approximately 10 percent higher than the wages of their female counterparts.
Senior secondary vocational students cost more than higher education students
Dutch education spending rose in 2007, but by less than in previous years.
Inflation rate up to 1.6 percent in June
The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.6 percent higher in June than in the same month last year.
Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi transitions from CBS to Sanquin
The Director General of Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Mr Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi, will be appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of Sanquin as of 1 April 2020.
Wholesale trade; turnover change, index 2010=100, 2005-2017
Wholesale trade. Turnover: index 2010=100, change. By activity (SIC 2008).
Imports of new cars and light motor vehicles; index 2010=100, 2005 - 2017
Importers of new cars. Turnover: index 2010 = 100, change.
Wholesale trade; turnover change; SIC 2008, 2005 - 2012
Wholesale trade; turnover change; SIC 2008, 2005 -2012 Wholesale trade; turnover
Hairdressers and beauty treatment; turnover, index 2010 = 100, 2005 - 2013
Hairdressing and beauty treatment. Turnover: index 2010 = 100, change (value, price, volume). By activity (SIC 2008).
More traffic deaths among people in their twenties and thirties
In 2019, a total of 661 people in the Netherlands died in a traffic accident. This is 17 less than in 2018, but the annual number of traffic deaths is still higher compared to the years 2012-2017.