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Independent naturalisation
Granting Dutch nationality to non-Dutch adults.
Exports to UK account for 3 percent of GDP
Last year, the Netherlands earned over 20 billion euros on exports to the United Kingdom
Second estimate third quarter 2011: economic growth 1.1 percent
In the third quarter of 2011, Dutch economic growth was 1.1 percent compared with the same period last year. This second estimate of economic growth is the same as the first estimate published on 15...
Health insurance
Until 31 December 2005 Dutch health insurance was divided into a collective and a private part. The collective part was based on the Compulsory Health Insurance Act (ZFW) and the Exceptional Medical...
672 bankruptcies in June
In June this year, 672 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt. The number is considerably lower than in May.
Addressing complex issues with ODISSEI
This spring, the social sciences data platform ODISSEI received a grant of more than 9 million euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
Modest employment growth
In the second quarter of this year, the number of employee jobs was 51 thousand (0.6 percent) up on the same period in 2010. After correction for seasonal variation, the number of jobs increased by...
Netherlands Housing Research 2009
This study is carried out jointly by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Integration and Statistics Netherlands. The report with the outcomes and conclusions of the study, Het wonen overwogen,...
Faltering growth business confidence
At the beginning of the third quarter, business confidence in the Netherlands is decreasing marginally, but - for the third quarter in a row - the mood remains positive.
Fewer bankruptcies in May
There were 19 less bankruptcies in May 2019 than in the previous month.
Sharp decline in infant mortality since 2000
Last year, 617 out of the 170 thousand live-born babies died in their first year. As a result, the infant mortality rate stood at 3.6 per thousand live births, versus 5.1 in 2000.
Number of open job vacancies down
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 101 thousand job vacancies were unfilled by the end of last year, i.e. a decrease by 7 thousand relative to the previous quarter.
No recovery retail sales
In the fourth quarter of this year, retail sales were 1.0 percent higher than in the same period in 2009. Retail prices were 1.5 percent higher than last year.
More bankruptcies due to extra court session day in July
According to Statistics Netherlands, 621 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt in July 2014, i.e. nearly 160 more than in the preceding month.
Well-being stable despite coronavirus, but nature under pressure
The year 2020 was defined by the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19 is confirmed to have claimed 17.4 thousand lives in the Netherlands last year, and another 2.7 thousand deaths had covid-19 as probable...
Economic outlook positive
In June 2021, the economic situation according to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer has become positive again.
Partial recovery air transport sector in 2010
Air transport grew further in 2010.
Slightly more bankruptcies in April
There were 3 more bankruptcies in April 2019 than in the previous month.
Lowest level bankruptcies of this century
There were 33 fewer bankruptcies in September 2018 than in the previous month. This constitutes the lowest number of bankruptcies since 2001.
Census-taking in the Balkans
In Croatia, Bosnia and North Macedonia, the population census is still carried out in a traditional fashion, using pen and paper
Inflation rate 8.6 percent in June
The consumer price index (CPI) was 8.6 percent higher in June than in the same month last year.