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Due to the COVID-19 crisis and accompanying measures, entrepreneurs have not been this pessimistic since the start of surveytaking. Business confidence stands at -37.2, down from 6.4 in the previous...

Dutch trade in facts and figures 2020 contains information about the internationalisation in the Netherlands. Export earnings, employment, multinationals, investments and female entrepreneurship are...

In 2020, the total number of deaths stood at almost 169 thousand, which is over 15 thousand (10 percent) more than expected for that year.

In 2017, over 838 thousand jobs in the Netherlands were filled by foreign workers. Polish workers constitute the largest group, occupying nearly 180 thousand jobs.

In September 2010, household spending on goods and services was 1.5 percent up on September 2009. Household consumption growth was marginally higher than in August (1.4 percent).

For the local community, this means more policy customisation and an improved public service

In May 2021, 309 thousand people were unemployed. This is 3.3 percent of the labour force.

Understanding 100 years of farmland biodiversity loss

The Dutch economy shrank by 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same quarter last year. This second estimate of economic growth is 0.3 of a percent point higher than the first...

Key figures of economic sectors Most important figures on economic sectors

Over the past few years, the United States and the European Union have imposed import tariffs on parts of each other’s exports in several rounds, most recently last month. The additional EU import...

The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.8 percent higher in January than in the same month last year. In December, prices of consumer goods and services were up by 2.7 percent year-on-year.

Labour force, unemployment, labour participation Position in household, sex, age

Sensors are accurate, which is why Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is exploring various ways to implement them – e.g. as a substitute for survey questionnaires

Following a long period of growth, business services turnover fell for the first time in the second quarter of 2009. Turnover growth rates in the various branches differed strongly from those in the...

Manufacturers realised an 16 percent turnover increase in November 2010 compared to the same month in 2009. This growth rate is much higher than in October, when turnover increased by 11 percent.

The economic situation according to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer has become more unfavourable in February 2021.

In April 2020, prices of owner-occupied dwellings (excluding new constructions) were on average over 7.0 percent higher than in the same month last year.

The statutory task of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is to carry out high-quality statistical research for the government sector and academia.

Last year, absenteeism in the public and the private sector due to illness or injury rose to 4.4 percent.

In week 7 (15 to 21 February inclusive), estimated mortality stood at 3,600.

More and more people aged 75 or older in the Netherlands own a car.

The number of corporate bankruptcies, adjusted for court session days, has increased.

In the third quarter of 2014, Dutch manufacturing industry recorded a negative turnover growth of 1.7 percent relative to the same period last year. This is the first turnover decline after four...

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