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Exports contribute 29 percent to Dutch economy
Dutch exports contribute 29 percent to the gross domestic product (GDP).
Unemployment down in August
According to the latest figures released by Statistics Netherlands, seasonally adjusted unemployment fell to 683 thousand in August, i.e. 8.6 percent of the labour force.
Job vacancies down slightly
The number of job vacancies in the Netherlands fell slightly in the first quarter of 2007. After correction for seasonal effects, there were 212 thousand vacancies at the end of March 2007. This is...
Share of renewable energy up to 4 percent
Renewable energy accounted for approximately 4 percent of total domestic energy consumption in the Netherlands last year versus 3.4 percent in 2008.
Number of job vacancies continues to grow
The vacancy indicator provides a quick indication of the trend in job vacancies in the private sector, based on the opinions of Dutch entrepreneurs. In June, the indicator improved further. The mood...
Dutch among the most positive Europeans
After the Fins, the Swedes and the Danes, the Dutch are Europe’s most optimistic consumers. The relatively high level of consumer confidence in the Netherlands was mainly based on positive...
Dutch inflation rate marginally lower
The Dutch inflation rate was 2.9 percent in March, i.e. marginally lower than in January and February, when the rate was 3.0 percent.
An innovative way to estimate solar energy yields
An innovative way to estimate solar energy yields
Migration background still plays a role
The Annual Report on Integration 2016 gives an overview of various population groups with a migrant background.
Growing immigration from new EU member states
Immigration has risen further in the third quarter.
Full-time working mothers as often employed at managerial level as full-time working fathers
Statistics Netherlands announced today that nearly four in every hundred working women held management positions in 2014, versus nine in every hundred working men. This is partly due to the fact that...
female labour participation stabilising following years of increase
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands today, participation of Dutch women on the labour market rose substantially in the period 1998-2013. At the end of 2013, however, it fell...
Unemployment almost unchanged
According to figures released today, 630 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in November.
Heat maps with income level of men and women
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is studying new types of visualisations to present complex data at a glance.
Economic situation improves marginally
According to Statistics Netherlands’ Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in February 2015 is slightly better than in January, but the economic recovery is still fragile. In the period...
Are SMEs ready for big data?
Recent explorative research conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) shows that only a fraction of Dutch small
0.3 percent economic growth in Q4
Statistics Netherlands reports that Dutch quarter-on-quarter economic growth in Q4 2015 was 0.3 percent. Growth is fuelled by investments and exports.
Investments slightly up in August
The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was 0.2 percent up in August 2019 relative to the same month last year.