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Centenarian population doubled since 2000
On 1 October 2014, there were nearly 2.2 thousand people in the Netherlands aged 100 years or older, i.e. more than twice as many as on 1 January 2000. The number of centenarians is likely to have...
Income support claimants stable in 2004
The number of people claiming income support in the Netherlands remained fairly stable in 2004. The number of people receiving unemployment benefit did increase, but the rise has slowed down...
Immigration from Eastern Europe remains high
Immigration from Eastern Europe remains high. Last year, for example, nearly 19 thousand Polish immigrants came to the Netherlands, i.e. twice as many as in 2007. The immigration flow is also high...
Population growth at historic low
With only 30 thousand, the population increase in the Netherlands in 2005 was the lowest since 1900. On 1 January 2006, the population stood at 16.34 million.
Budget deficit down substantially in 2005
The balance of the Dutch government budget according to the EMU definition came to -0.3 percent of GDP for 2005. This means the government deficit stayed well within the limits of the European 3...
More and more vwo pupils choosing nature subject clusters
The proportion of pupils in pre-university education (vwo) choosing one of the two nature subject clusters has increased steadily. The nature subject clusters have been the most popular choice for a...
Robust increase in residential building
The number of new houses completed last year rose by 10 percent to more than 80 thousand.
More suicides since 2008
The suicide rate has grown dramatically over the past five years, in particular among people with a western background and native Dutch. The suicide rate remained stable at a low level among people...
Dutch public slightly more satisfied with police
The Dutch public were more positive about the police in the municipality where they lived in 2011. People were more satisfied than in 2010 in terms of their contact with the police as well as how the...
Caribbean NL; housing, durable consumer goods and means of transport
housing, television, mobile phone, pc, car sex, age and educational level
0.8 percent turnover growth for retail trade sector in January
Statistics Netherlands announced today that retail turnover was 0.8 percent up in January 2015 from January 2014. The volume of sales grew further in January; retail prices fell slightly faster than...
Passenger car mileage at record high in 2018
Dutch passenger vehicles covered a record distance of 121.4 bn km in 2018, an increase of 1.2 percent on 2017. This was mainly on account of business-owned vehicles. Diesel mileage declined again...
Consumer prices 2.8 percent up in August
The consumer price index (CPI) was 2.8 percent higher in August than in the same month one year previously.