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In the first six months of 2013, a record number of corporate and institutional bankruptcies were filed. According to the latest figures released by Statistics Netherlands, 4 in every 10 bankruptcies...

In recent years, the number of people obtaining a doctorate has increased in the Netherlands, particularly among women.

According to the HICP, the Dutch inflation rate stood at 10.2 percent in May 2022. This was 11.2 percent in April.

The financial position of care-providing institutions is often poor in comparison to educational institutions and commercial service providers. This situation has barely improved in recent years.

A report of an analysis of the time intervals between earthquakes in Groningen, related to the gas production, commissioned by State Supervision of Mines

328 thousand persons (4.3 percent of the total labour force) were unemployed in the period July-September 2007.

In the period April-June this year, average unemployment was 310 thousand, i.e. 4.0 percent of the labour force versus 4.6 percent in the period April-June 2007.

More than one and a half million people in the Netherlands provide intensive or long-term voluntary care; 1 in 7 carers - about 220 thousand people - feel burdened to some extent. Most voluntary...

Well-being is not equally distributed in the Netherlands.

CBS expert group to focus on how to measure the new economy

In June of this year, Director General Ms Angelique Berg of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) was appointed vice-chair of the Bureau of the OECD Committee on Statistics and Statistical Policy, also known...

Dutch manufacturers had reduced their stocks of finished products by almost 12 percent in December 2009 relative to December 2008.

These are a few conclusions from the Jaarboek onderwijs in cijfers 2011, an annual report with statistics on education in the Netherlands (published in Dutch only) released today.

In most marriages, the female half is younger than the male half. Marriages in which the husband is much younger are relatively rare.

In the spring of 2010, Dutch manufacturers estimated that investment would be 2 percent lower in 2010 than in 2009.

Economic growth slowed down in nearly all Dutch provinces last year. Growth in the Randstad provinces was at or above the nationwide average of 2 percent.

Consumer confidence has not changed in May.

Economic situation improving