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Unemployment stood at 3.6 percent in December 2018, slightly higher than the previous month. In the previous 3 months, an average of 13 thousand employed were added each month. There were 329...

The total volume of goods exports grew by 0.6 percent in November relative to November 2017.

Between August and October 2019, the number of people in paid employment rose by 14 thousand per month on average, reaching a total of 9.0 million in October. In the same period, unemployment rose by...

The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 2.1 percent up in November compared to the same month one year previously.

Price developments in public transport were virtually on a par with developments in car costs between 2009 and November 2018. In this period, the cost of both types of transport rose more rapidly...

Consumer prices rose by 1.7 percent on average in 2018 relative to the previous year.

Six percent of the Dutch population aged 12 years and over - around 886 thousand people - indicated in 2018 they had never used the Internet, as against 10 percent in 2012.

The population of the Netherlands grew by an estimated 104 thousand people in 2018. The growth rate was similar to that in the past two years.

Producer confidence among Dutch manufacturers has increased again in December 2018.

Dutch household consumption was almost 2 percent up in October 2018.

According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) today, Dutch consumer spending on goods and services was 0.6 percent up in December 2015 from December 2014. The CBS Consumption Radar...

In 2017/’18, more girls than boys in the third year of secondary education were studying at a higher level than recommended by their primary school. This applied to all students who did not fall...

Euthanasia should under certain circumstances be allowed, according to 87 percent of the adult population in the Netherlands.

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.

There were 13 more bankruptcies in November 2018 than in the previous month. Most bankruptcies were recorded in the trade sector.

The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 34 percent up in October compared to the same month last year.

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

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...

Producer confidence among Dutch manufacturers has increased in November 2018.

In the first eight months of 2018, exports of industrial products to China amounted to nearly 4.8 billion euros, representing a year-on-year decrease of 860 million euros.

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

The mood among Dutch consumers is less positive in November than in October. The consumer confidence indicator drops 2 points and stands at 13.

In 2017, over 1.7 million people in the Netherlands between the ages of 25 and 65 years participated in a form of adult learning. This concerned formal education such as secondary vocational...

In 2016, the Dutch environmental sector represented a value added of 15.8 billion euros, contributing 2.2 percent to gross domestic product (GDP) that year. The share of the environmental sector in...

For 2019, entrepreneurs in the non-financial private sector expect higher turnover, staff increases and higher investments than in 2018. Aside from positive expectations for next year, more and more...