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Consumers spending more, their confidence increases
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands today, Dutch consumer spending on goods and services was up by 1.9 percent in March 2015 on the same month last year. Consumers spent more on...
increasing life expectancy to push up pension age further from 2022
Under the coalition agreement of the present Dutch cabinet, from 2022 onwards the entitlement age for state old-age pension will be linked to the increase in life expectancy.
Consumer prices; price index 2006 = 100, 1996 - 2015
Consumer price indices (base year 2006=100) Consumer goods
Much smaller rise in care spending
Health care and welfare cost nearly 60 billion euro in 2004. This is 4.3 percent more than 2003. Spending on care still rose by as much 10 percent annually in the period 2001-2003. The decrease in...
Voters prefer computer to red pencil
Dutch voters trust voting machines. They think they are the most reliable way to vote.
SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation
Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 Clean water and sanitation. Access to safe drinking water and sanitary facilities and sustainable water management are at the centre of SDG 6....
Average age of first-time mothers up to 29.9 years
First-time mothers are on average almost 30 years old when they deliver their child. In 2018, this age has advanced again. The Netherlands is in fifth place in the European ranking.
Tourists spent €87.5 billion in 2018
Last year, tourism expenditure in the Netherlands amounted to 87.5 billion euros, up by 6.4 percent on the previous year. When adjusted for price changes, this represents a growth rate of 4.1 percent.
Almost 71 thousand new-build homes in 2019
In 2019 nearly 71 thousand new-build dwellings were completed, over 6 percent up on 2018 and the highest number in the span of a decade.
Top sectors account for one-quarter of GDP
An outline of developments in the nine Dutch top sectors.
Energy balance sheet; key figures, 1946-2016
Coal and products, crude oil feedstocks and products, other commodities Indigenous production, im- and exports, bunkers, stock changes
Livestock manure; production, transport and use; key figures, 1950-2017
Manure production, nitrogen and phosphate in manure, nitrogen losses Manure processing, manure exports and manure use
Turkish, Moroccan, Dutch relationships equally stable
Almost 3/4 of couples with a Turkish, Moroccan or native Dutch background are still together after 12 years.
Economic picture slightly less favourable
According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in January is slightly less favourable than in the previous month again.
Over 76 million passengers travel via Dutch airports
Amsterdam Schiphol and the other four large airports recorded an increase in passenger arrivals and departures in 2017.
Manufacturers more confident in June
Confidence among Dutch manufacturers stood at 7.2 in June, up from 6.1 in May.
EU mission visits Northern Cyprus statistical office
advice on the latest developments as well as the quality of statistics at the statistical office of Northern Cyprus
Economic growth 2.4 percent in second quarter 2007
Dutch economy improved 2.4 percent in the second quarter of 2007 relative to one year previously.
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...