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According to the first estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands GDP expanded by 0.4 percent in Q4 2019 relative to the previous quarter. Last year, GDP rose by 1.7 percent.

The average life expectancy of people living in households with incomes below the poverty line is approximately 5 years shorter than the life expectancy of higher incomes. The healthy life expectancy...

In November 2003 the turnover of the Dutch manufacturing industry was down 5 percent on November 2002. This is mainly because there was one working day less in November 2003 than in 2002.

An average of 394 thousand people were unemployed in the period July-September 2009, i.e. 5.0 percent of the labour force, as against 3.7 percent one year ago.

By way of the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Commission (EC) makes resources available to help people improve their skills and hence their job prospects. In the Netherlands, the Agency of...

Dutch people aged 12 years or older – including those who never drink - drink 1 unit of alcohol a day on average.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has previously published articles about the development of the social tensions indicator based on social media posts.

Voldoen Nederlanders aan de bewegingsnorm? CBS-onderzoeker Tanja Traag vertelt hoe we er voor staan

The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was 5.8 percent down in October 2020 relative to the same month last year.

Persons suspected of criminal activities one and a half times as often fall victim to criminal offences as people who have never been suspected of criminal activities.

In week 38, 58 companies and institutions including sole proprietorships were declared bankrupt

Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 6-10 October 2014 (Week 41).

In week 37, 46 companies and institutions including sole proprietorships were declared bankrupt

Many older people in the Netherlands still remember times of food shortage. Today’s supermarkets, specialist food shops and market stalls sell an unprecedented range of products. At the same time,...

In the first six months of 2009, unemployment grew in those sectors where the number of male employees is relatively high, e.g. business services, manufacturing industry, trade and transport and...

An average 386 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the period May-July 2009. This is the equivalent of 4.9 percent of the labour force.

Last year, 169 billion euro was paid out in social security benefits, i.e. 30 percent of the total amount earned by all Dutch. Two thirds of social security concern old age provisions and support...

Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 29 June-3 July 2009 (Week 27).

In October, 536 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed after adjustment for seasonal effects, i.e. 17 thousand more than in September. Currently, 6.8 percent of the Dutch labour force are...

Nearly 2 thousand people convicted of a criminal offence in the Netherlands applied for amnesty in 2009. This is half the number who applied ten years ago.

Consumer confidence has built up over the past three quarters. People were far less negative about the economic situation in the next twelve months.

Last year's sickness absence rate for Dutch employees averaged 4.3 percent. The lowest rate was recorded among people employed in agriculture. Since 2004, the sickness absence rate in the Netherlands...

Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 20 - 24 January 2014.

The total volume of goods exports shrank by 0.6 percent in July year-on-year. The contraction was lower than in the previous four months.

According to figures released today by Statistics Netherlands, an average 280 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period September–November 2008.