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Exports Dutch products to EU countries further down
The export of products manufactured in the Netherlands to EU countries is falling into decline. The importance of the EU in total exports of goods is also diminishing, but from an international point...
Ageing population pushes up spending on state pensions
According to figures published by Statistics Netherlands today, spending on state old-age pensions has risen by nearly a quarter since 2008, to 32.7 billion euros in 2013. By the end of 2013, over...
Environmental and ec. key figures; national accounts, 2001-2013
Environmental burden by subject; costs and revenues from environmental taxes and fees; emissions to water and air
Number of bankruptcies reduced by one-fifth last year
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the number of bankruptcies rose by 5 in December 2015 relative to November. In the previous three months, the number of bankruptcies also increased. In 2015,...
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...
Terms of trade in goods, index 2010=100; 1990-2014
Terms of trade, import prices and export prices of goods Indexfigures, base year 2010 = 100 and changes
Economic growth 0.7 percent
According to the first estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands, the Dutch economy grew 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter relative to the third quarter.
Retail turnover up in April
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reported today that retail turnover grew faster in April 2015 than in the same month last year. The volume of retail sales increased for the fifth month in a row (by 2.6...
Footprint calculations using SNAC-Exiobase
Environmental footprints for 2010 and 2014 using the Exiobase Multi-Regional Input-Output Table.
Asylum and residency
Asylum and residence tables include information on people who have submitted an application for asylum in the Netherlands or who have obtained a residence permit
Faltering growth business confidence
At the beginning of the third quarter, business confidence in the Netherlands is decreasing marginally, but - for the third quarter in a row - the mood remains positive.
Public expenditure on defence further down in 2014
In 2014 public expenditure on defence declined by 191 million euros to 7.4 billion euros. Dutch defence expenditure has shown a downward trend for the past five years, in spite of a slight increase...
Inflation down to 1.4 percent in January
Latest consumer price index puts the rate of inflation in the Netherlands at 1.4 percent in January 2004. This is the lowest rate since October 1995. In December 2003 inflation was 1.7 percent.
Unemployment marginally lower
In June this year, 441 thousand persons in the Netherlands were unemployed, i.e. 5.6 percent of the labour force versus 4.9 percent in June 2009.
Retail turnover up in July
Dutch retail turnover was 0.7 percent higher in July than in the same month last year.
40 percent of quests in Dutch overnight accommodations are foreigners
In 2013, more than 34 million guests stayed in overnight accommodations in the Netherlands, 700 thousand (2 percent) more than in 2012. Together, they spent 96 million nights in overnight...
Older employees: more concerned, but also most enthusiastic about their job
More and more employees in the Netherlands are worried about losing their job.
Dutch inflation rate stable at 1.8 percent
The inflation rate did not change in September 2005. Just as in August consumer prices were 1.8 percent higher than the year before.
Manufacturing turnover up, output down
Turnover in the Dutch manufacturing industry was again higher in May 2005 than in the same month last year. Compared with May last year it was 8 percent higher.
No further improvement in consumer confidence
The mood among Dutch consumers remained stable in June relative to May. The consumer confidence indicator remained unchanged at -2. Pessimists still outnumber optimists, though only just.
Inflation rate rises further
Dutch inflation was 2.7 percent in September, 0.1 of a percentage point higher than in August. In the last two years, inflation has risen gradually.
Manufacturing output higher in December
After correction for the working day pattern, output of Dutch manufacturing industry was 1.4 percent higher in December 2005 than in the previous year.