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Record number of houses completed in 2009, prospects less favourable
In 2009, nearly 83 thousand were finished, an increase by more than 5 percent relative to one year previously and the highest number of reported completions since 1999.
Provisioning services
Provisioning ecosystem services are the products obtained from ecosystems, including food, fiber, fuel, genetic resources, natural medicines, pharmaceuticals and fresh water.
Traffic death toll further down
Last year, 791 people were killed on Dutch roads.
Record number of bankruptcies in 2009
More than 10.5 thousand bankruptcies were filed in 2009, the highest number ever in the span of one year. The bankruptcy rate was particularly high in the first six months of 2009. Overall, the...
Personnel in six sectors of government
Employees by contractual salary and age The breakdown refers to six public sectors
Municipalities budget 2.6 billion euro for individual care
Dutch municipalities expect to spend nearly 2.6 billion euro on home help and provisions for individual mobility covered by the Social Support Act (Wmo).
Innovation in small businesses
Innovation article on measuriing innovation in small businesses
Vast regional differences in overweight and smoking and drinking behaviour
There are regional differences in the Netherlands with respect to overweight and smoking and drinking behaviour as figures from the first Health Monitor, collectively published by regional health...
Dutch house prices up in June, highest price increase recorded in Amsterdam
Prices of owner-occupied houses, excluding new constructions, were on average 2.6 percent higher in June 2015 than in June 2014. House prices have been above the level of the same month in the...
House prices further down in September
Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 2.9 percent lower in September 2011 than in September 2010.
Netherlands fifth-largest asparagus producer in Europe
Asparagus production grew again in 2016, especiallyl in southwest Noord-Brabant and north Limburg.
Local tax revenues up 7 percent
Local authority budgets, revenues from taxes collected by Dutch municipal and provincial authorities and water boards will rise by 7.1 percent in 2004. Total taxes paid by private households and...
Business solar capacity now exceeds residential
In 2019, the installed capacity of commercial and industrial solar systems exceeded that of home solar systems for the first time. Total installed capacity grew by 2,265 to 6,874 megawatts (MW).
Housing associations own one in three Dutch homes
Housing associations own 2.3 million homes in the Netherlands. This is the equivalent of one in three homes.
Residential property prices down again
Prices of existing owner-occupied houses sold in October 2010 were on average 1.1 percent lower than in October 2009
House prices drop faster
Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 3.3 percent lower in November 2011 than in November 2010.
More support for chronically ill, disabled and elderly people in the North and East of the Netherlands and Limburg than elsewhere
There were over 250 thousand chronically ill, disabled or elderly people in the Netherlands who required support in organising the practical matters of everyday life in 2012. This form of support...
More hotel stays, especially in Amsterdam
The number of overnight stays in Dutch hotels continues to rise.