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The interactive publication Trends in the Netherlands 2018 includes facts and figures relevant to the Netherlands as well as a description of trends in economy, labour and income, and society.

In 2017, raising the statutory pension (AOW) entitlement age resulted in savings of approximately 1.7 billion euros. The situation after raising the entitlement age is compared with the entitlement...

The total volume of goods exports grew by 3.0 percent percent in July relative to July 2017.

The number of corporate bankruptcies has increased slightly in August

The consumer price index (CPI) was 2.3 percent higher in August than in the same month last year, the highest increase in almost five years.

In the first six months of 2018, Dutch campsites accommodated almost 1.6 million guests, 7.5 percent more than in the same period last year. The sharpest increase in this period was represented by...

Turnover in the sector accommodation and food services rose by 2.2 percent in Q2 2018 relative to the preceding quarter.

In July 2018, prices of owner-occupied houses were on average 9.0 percent higher than in the same month last year. House prices also were at an all-time high.

The mood among Dutch consumers is slightly less positive in August than in July. The consumer confidence indicator drops 2 points and stands at 21.

In 2017 there were 92 vineyards in the Netherlands, 4 more than in the previous year. Grape acreage increased slightly to 157 ha. Limburg and Gelderland are the largest wine growing provinces.

At the start of Q3 2018, staff shortages in the non-financial private sector had increased according to the business confidence indicator. This formed an impediment to business operations across...

There were 348 thousand unemployed in July, equivalent to 3.8 percent of the labour force. The number of unemployed fell by an average of 2 thousand per month in May, June and July. UWV recorded 279...

For the first time after September 2013, the price increase was above 2 percent.

In 2017, more than 41 million tonnes of goods in total were transported by rail from, to and via the Netherlands. Over 93 percent of this volume was loaded and/or unloaded abroad.

The population of the Netherlands grew by more than 32 thousand in the first six months of 2018. This is slightly less than in the same period last year, when 35 thousand residents were added on...

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

In June 2018, house prices reached an all-time high.

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

Between April and June 2018, the number of people aged 15 to 74 in paid employment grew by an average of 17 thousand per month. There were close to 8.8 million people in work in June. The...

The median purchasing power of the population in the Caribbean Netherlands increased once again in 2016. On all three islands, the purchasing power of families with young children increased the most.

The Dutch retail sector achieved 3.4 percent turnover growth in Mayl year-on-year.

In 2017, the number of deaths in the Netherlands stood at 150 thousand. The most common death cause with 47 thousand cases (31 percent) was cancer.

The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.7 percent higher in June than in the same month last year.

In 2017, 1,917 people took their own lives, i.e. 23 more than in 2016.

Six percent of international alumni from Dutch universities set up a company in the Netherlands.