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Record number of unfilled job vacancies
With 219 thousand, the seasonally corrected amount of unfilled job vacancies in the Netherlands hit a record high at the end of September 2006.
Exact age
Age on the last birthday, that is the number of years that passed between the day of birth and the last birthday.
Daily global market prices
Prices of several global markets as published daily in the Dutch ‘Financieele Dagblad’.
Average age labour force more than 5 years up within two decades
The average age in the employed labour force has risen further to 41.4 years in 2012, i.e. more than five years higher than in 1990. Employees are on average younger than self-employed, but they age...
Stable share of female farmers
The share of women in agriculture fluctuates around one-third of the total number of persons employed in that sector.
Retail turnover in decline
Turnover generated by the Dutch retail sector was 0.9 percent down in November 2013 from November 2012. Retail prices were at the same level as twelve months previously. The volume of retail sales...
House prices nearly 10 percent down from twelve months previously
Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings sold in January 2013 were on average 9.6 percent lower than in January 2012, the most substantial price drop relative to twelve months previously since the...
Joinder for trial
Joining registered court cases by the public prosecutor so that the judge can pronounce judgement on several cases in one verdict.
Largest occupational group on each island of the Caribbean Netherlands are construction workers
In 2014, the largest occupational group in the Caribbean Netherlands were construction workers including bricklayers, pavers and carpenters. Nearly 12 percent of the 13 thousand people working in the...
Costs and revenues of care institutions no longer rising as fast
The revenues of Dutch care institutions did not grow as fast in 2010 and 2011 as in the previous three years. At the same time the care institutions were able to prevent costs from rising.
Company-owned cars cover more and more kilometres
Private cars registered in the Netherlands averaged nearly 14 thousand kilometres in 2006, an increase by more than 5 percent relative to 2001. Company cars in particular covered more kilometres.
Turnover sector hotels and restaurants further down in 2009
Turnover volume in the sector hotels and restaurants slumped by 7.4 percent in 2009 relative to the preceding year. The decline was twice as bad as in 2008. Such a dramatic downturn has not been...
sustained growth year-on-year manufacturing output
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry was 2.3 percent up in November 2015 from the same month last year. This is mainly due to...