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Road traffic nuisance serious but stable
Although the total number of cars registered in the Netherlands has grown by a million since 2005, the nuisance caused by road traffic has hardly changed. Speeding is still the main source of...
The Digital Economy 2005
This publication gives a description of major developments in Dutch digital economy.
Sustained job losses
The number of jobs of employees was 89 thousand (1.1 percent) lower in the fourth quarter of 2012 than twelve months previously. In the first three quarters of 2012, too, the number of jobs was lower...
CBS World Café: 20 years of the Eurozone: did the Euro boost trade?
About CBS World Café: 20 years of the Eurozone: did the Euro boost trade?
Marginal increase in number of job openings
Adjusted for seasonal effects, there were 225 thousand unfilled vacancies at the end of June.
Retail turnover up in third quarter
Dutch retailers realised 1.4 percent more turnover in the third quarter of 2010 than in the same period last year.
Employment further down
In the third quarter of 2012, 82 thousand jobs of employees were lost relative to the third quarter of 2011, i.e. a decline by 1.0 percent.
Construction industry; turnover development by company size, 2005 - 2012
Turnover indices and change Sector/branches (SIC 2008) and company size: small, mid size, large
953 COVID-19 deaths in third quarter of 2021
In Q3 2021, altogether 953 people died due to COVID-19 (coronavirus), i.e. 2.5 percent of all deaths in that period.
SDG 9.2 Sustainable business
Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: sustainable business. SDG 9.2 aims to strengthen businesses and make them more sustainable, and to...
employment further down
The loss of employee jobs continued in the first quarter of this year;32 thousand jobs of employees were lost relative to the fourth quarter of 2013. After a modest loss by 4 thousand in the fourth...
Sharp rise in retail turnover
Dutch retail turnover was 5.6 percent higher in November 2006 than in November 2005.
Over 6 percent less rail transport in 2020
Last year, 40 million tonnes of goods were transported by rail in the Netherlands. This is 6.2 percent less than in 2019.
Rate demographic ageing process doubles
The rate of the demographic ageing process in the Netherlands will double in the years to come. In the period 2011-2015, the over-65 population will grow by half a million versus a quarter of a...
Bankruptcy rate substantially down
According to Statistics Netherlands, 464 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt in June 2013, i.e. 88 fewer than in May 2014 and the lowest number in three...
Unemployment up
According to the most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands, seasonally adjusted unemployment increased by 15 thousand in December 2013 to reach 668 thousand, i.e. 8.5 percent of the...
Wine imports 4 percent up in 2010
Last year, 415 million litres of wine were imported, an increase by 4 percent from 2009. Wine imports from the United Kingdom (UK), Italy, Chile and Spain increased noticeably, while the largest...
Number of asylum requests rising further in Q3 2021
In Q3 2021, the number of first-time asylum applications rose to 8,845.
Imports from China rising more slowly
Dutch companies increase their imports of Chinese goods almost every year. However, since 2004 the value of goods imported from China has risen by less each year.