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Consumer confidence down
After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence in the Netherlands is 4 points lower in October than in September. This is the second month in a row that consumer confidence has fallen; in...
Most strikes in 2010 organised in mail and transport
Last year, 59 thousand working days were lost to strikes in the Netherlands. In nearly four in ten strike days, the disputes concerned collectively negotiated (CAO) wages.
Labour force, monthly figures
To describe the labour force in the Netherlands per month. The unemployed labour force is the key characteristic.
Calendar
Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 15-19 March 2010 (Week 11).
Interviewer training
Statistics Netherlands aims to produce high quality statistics. To do this it collects a vast amount of data on persons, households and companies. It is important that interviewers used to collect...
Inflation rate considerably down
The inflation rate in the Netherlands dropped further in October to 1.6 percent, the lowest rate in three years.
Unemployment approaches 5 percent
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.
Dutch inflation rate higher
Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.2 percent in April 2014, as against 0.8 percent in March. The increase was mainly caused by price developments for motor fuels.
Feelings of safety unchanged
The Dutch popluation has been less affected by crime in recent years. At the end of 2008, one in four people in the Netherlands said they had been the victim of a criminal offence in the previous...
Bonaire; Household income per neighbourhood, 2011-2018
Income of private households on Bonaire per neighbourhood, 2011 - 2018
Calendar
Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 17 - 21 September 2012 (Week 38).
Calendar
Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 26-30 May 2008 (Week 22).
Inflation rate in December up to 1.7 percent
The most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands show that the inflation rate in December was 1.7 percent. In November, consumer prices were 1.5 percent higher than one year previously.
Fewer families with married parents
The composition of families in the Netherlands has changed in the last ten years. More parents are not married and there are fewer large families.
Sickness absence lowest among hotel and restaurant workers
The sickness absence rate among employees in the Netherlands was 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2011.
more and more underage children live with one parent
Nearly 15 percent of all underage children in the Netherlands lived in a one-parent family in 2014. Families within which children grow up have changed in the last fifteen years. More 0-17-year-olds...
Number of job vacancies still high
The number of job vacancies remained high in the Netherlands in the third quarter of 2008.
Lower investment, particularly in property and means of transport
The volume of investment in tangible fixed assets was 3.8 percent lower in August 2014 than in August 2013. According to Statistics Netherlands, investment in residential and non-residential property...
Investment ratio exceptionally low
In 2009, the value of fixed capital formation in the Netherlands was 19 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). The investment ratio was exceptionally low.
Inflation down
Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.4 percent in January versus 1.7 percent in December. Dutch inflation has slowed down considerably after a 3.1 peak in July 2013. In January, the lowest level in...
More and more people with diabetes
According to figures released this week by Statistics Netherlands, the percentage of people in the Netherlands reporting that they have diabetes has risen substantially since the beginning of this...
Many women prefer urban environment
The annual gender ratio at birth for the Netherlands is 105 boys to every 100 girls. This ‘male surplus’ is still reflected in young adults: there are more 20 to 24-year-old men than women in the...
More and more households have laptops, smart phones and tablet computers at their disposal
Nearly all households in the Netherlands have access to the internet. Desktop computers are losing ground to mobile devices. Nearly half of Dutch households own at least one tablet computer.
Consumer confidence up again
After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence in the Netherlands is higher in December 2005 than in November.
Shorter average distance to nearest after-school care facility
The average distance to the nearest after-school care facility was 900 metres in the Netherlands in 2010.