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Sustained job losses
In the fourth quarter of 2012, the number of jobs of employees declined by 93 thousand (1.2 percent) relative to the fourth quarter of 2011. In the first three quarters of 2012, the number of jobs...
Unemployment rate marginally higher
An average of 298 thousand persons, i.e. 3.9 percent of the labour force were unemployed in the period November 2008 - January 2009.
One in nine children at risk of growing up in poverty
In 2008, 385 thousand Dutch minors were at risk of growing up in poverty. This means that 11.5 percent of children below 18 years of age grow up in families with incomes that do not exceed 120...
Employment marginally down
In the first quarter of this year, 26 thousand jobs of employees (a decline by 0.3 percent) were lost relative to the first quarter of 2011.
Same proportion of dairy cows in the pasture in 2012 as in 2011
Last year, 70 percent of dairy cows were grazed, approximately the same proportion as in 2011. In the period 2001-2011, the proportion declined by a few percent almost every year.
Extensive wetland area in the Netherlands
A relatively large area in the Netherlands is covered with water. There are 43 wetland areas covering 817 thousand ha.
House prices drop 2.8 percent in October
Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 2.8 percent lower in October 2011 than in October 2010
Larger stocks in manufacturing
According to Statistics Netherlands, manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were 3.7 percent up in June 2014 from June 2013. Stocks in manufacturing industry have been larger than twelve months...
Dutch economic growth at 1.8 percent
The Dutch economy grew by 1.8 percent in the third quarter compared with the same period in 2009. In the second quarter the economy grew by 2.2 percent.
Manufacturers less gloomy
In March 2010, the mood among Dutch manufacturers was less pessimistic than in February 2010. The producer confidence index rose from -5.0 to -3.1. This improvement was caused by the fact that...
House prices in December 3.7 percent down from one year previously
Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings were on average 3.7 percent lower in December 2013 than in December 2012. The price drop relative to one year previously is less substantial than in in...
Mood among Dutch consumers improves substantially
Dutch consumers were far less pessimistic in November than in October. The consumer confidence index improved 9 points and reached – 18.
684 thousand unemployed in March
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 684 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in March 2014, i.e. 7 thousand fewer than in February. Nevertheless, if a longer period is taken into account,...
56 percent fewer passengers at Dutch airports in March
In Q1 2020, the number of passengers travelling to and from the five national airports declined by over 20 percent on the same quarter last year.
Child poverty stable in 2018, less long-term poverty
Last year, 264 thousand minors in the Netherlands were living in low-income families, the same number as the year before.
Lifestyle, preventive screening; sex,age; 2010-2013
Smoking, alcohol consumption, overweight, height, weight, contraceptive pill use, preventive screening, age and sex.
Labour Force; level of education by personal characteristics 2001-2012
labour force level of education, ethnic background, sex
SDG 16.2 Institutions
Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions: institutions. SDG 16 relates to institutions such as the House of Representatives, police, judicial system...
KNAW: improve the reuse of public data for science
One of the Academy’s findings is that government organisations are mainly focused on businesses and the general public when making the data they collect available. The academic world is not yet on...
Nitrogen Dossier: Introduction
By emission, we mean the release of molecules into the air, water or soil. In the case of nitrogen, this refers specifically to the emission of reactive forms, such as nitrogen oxides and ammonia,...