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Energy prices 9 percent up
The average Dutch household spent 156 euro on gas and electricity in January 2012, i.e. 13 euro more than one year previously.
First Academic Data Centre launched in Groningen
a more efficient form of collaboration and specifically work together in the disciplines of methodology and data science
Transport and use of manure and nutrients
Calculation of the supply, removal and use of manure and nutrients.
Dutch consumer confidence improves slightly in August
Dutch consumer confidence has improved marginally in August to +26.
Caribbean Netherlands; Religious denomination, personal characteristics
religious denomination and church visits sex, age, educational level
Consumers less positive
In December, Dutch consumers are less positive than in November. According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the consumer confidence indicator fell by 3 points to + 6. The decrease is mainly due to...
Unemployment dips below 300 thousand
In the period June-August 2008, the number of unemployed persons averaged 294 thousand, i.e. 3.8 percent of the labour force, as opposed to 4.4 percent in the same period last year.
Consumer confidence improves further
The mood among Dutch consumers improved marginally. The consumer confidence index stood at -5 in April, as against -7 in March.
Consumers less positive
In January, the mood among Dutch consumers is less positive than in December. According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the consumer confidence indicator fell by 2 points to + 4. The downturn is...
Work and family reunification main reasons for immigration
In 2018, the Netherlands received 191 thousand non-Dutch immigrants. They included 110 thousand people from EU/EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland); the main migration...
October: 3.5 thousand asylum seekers and relatives
3.5 thousand asylum seekers and relatives registered in October of whom 390 from Morocco and 270 from Algeria.
Consumers more positive about their financial situation in January
Consumer confidence hardly changed in January 2010. The indicator stood at -10, as against -11 in the preceding month. As a result of this minor improvement, the upward trend in consumer confidence...
Record immigration and emigration in 2017
Record number of immigrants (235 thousand) and emigrants (154 thousand) in 2017, highest net migration (81 thousand).
Economic growth -0.7 percent in 2003
Dutch economic growth was minus 0.7 percent in 2003. The last time the gross domestic product decreased in the space of one year was in 1982. GDP was 0.4 percent down in the fourth quarter of 2003 on...
Netherlands in EU top 5 online shopping
In 2017, 57 percent of the EU population purchased goods or services online. In the Netherlands, 79 percent of people aged 16 to 74 were shopping online that year, putting the Netherlands in the EU...
More and more young adults addicted to social media
In 2017, 29 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds were addicted to social media in their own view.