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There were 40 more bankruptcies in October 2018 than in the previous month. Most bankruptcies were recorded in the trade sector.

Nearly 53 percent of refugee households have a low income, over six times the average in the Netherlands (8.2 percent). Among households with a Syrian or Eritrean main breadwinner, this share is even...

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

The consumer price index (CPI) was 2.1 percent higher in October than in the same month last year.

The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was 0.2 percent up in August 2019 relative to the same month last year.

Out of the 7.7 million employee jobs in the Netherlands as of December 2016, around 1 percent were filled by employees who were residents of either Belgium or Germany.

In the first three quarters of 2018, the population of the Netherlands grew by 81 thousand. Population growth is similar to the same period one year previously. Foreign migration is the largest...

In 2018, one-quarter of the 754 ha of pumpkin cultivation area is in Flevoland province. The total pumpkin cultvation area has declined in most provinces. Pumpkin trade was slightly higher...

Confidence 5.9 in October, up from 5.7 in September.

Prices of Dutch-manufactured products were almost 5 percent up in September 2018 year-on-year.

People who say they care about the environment also practise energy conservation

The Dutch consumer confidence indicator stands at -1 in October, up from -1 in September.

Dutch consumers spent 1.4 percent more in August 2019 than in August 2018.

CBS reports that the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was 6.1 percent up in August.

The mood among Dutch consumers is less positive in October than in September. The consumer confidence indicator drops 4 points and stands at 15.

Dutch household consumption was over 2 percent up in August 2018.

In 2017, the amount of fish brought into Dutch fishery ports from sea increased by nearly 25 percent compared to the previous year. The total volume was approximately 491 million kilos.

Nearly 1 in 5 adults born 1971-1991 did not live with both parents during childhood.Three-quarters went through parental divorce. Over 4 in 10 describe their stepfather as their father, 2 in 10 are...

In 2017, 80 thousand heat pumps were installed which extract heat from the outside air.

Slightly over half of Dutch young people between the ages of 15 and 24 occasionally do volunteer work.

In 2018, 46 percent of the inhabitants of St Eustatius experienced nuisance in their own neighbourhood, versus as much as 86 percent in 2013.

Prices of Dutch-manufactured products were over 5 percent up in August 2018 year-on-year.

Confidence stood at 5.7 in September, down from 5.9 in August.

Almost half of the total Dutch adult population are moderately or severely overweight. In the period 2015-2017, two in five severely overweight (obese) people indicated that they were dissatisfied...

In August 2018, prices of owner-occupied houses (excluding new constructions) were on average 9.3 percent higher than in the same month last year