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The economic crisis pushed up unemployment in the Netherlands to 4.8 percent in 2009. This is still very low compared with the towering levels in the 1930s.

The inflation fell from 1.0 percent in November to 0.7 percent in December, the lowest level since October 2009.

There were 73 thousand agricultural and horticultural enterprises in the Netherlands on 1 April 2009. This is 3 percent less than twelve months previously.

Lower educated women are less often active on the labour market than women educated at secondary or higher level

About the Health Survey as of 2014

The consumer price index (CPI) was 2.8 percent higher in August than in the same month one year previously.

The Dutch population grew by 10 thousand in the first quarter of 2003. This is the lowest growth rate in over twenty years. The low growth was caused by a noticeable drop in the number of births and...

In 2003 Dutch retail trade turnover was 3 percent down on 2002. The non-food sector was accountable for the drop in sales. Roughly 60 percent of the total retail turnover is realised in the non-food...

About Reinoud Head of Methodology

In more than half of Dutch families, parenting tasks are shared equally between the father and the mother. However, when only one of the parents takes on these tasks it is usually the mother, even if...

Most people live in the vicinity of their GP, but the road distance to the nearest out-of-hours GP centre is longer, in particular for people living in rural areas. The GP rate in rural areas is much...

Bat populations are thriving in the Netherlands. The 8 species that are being monitored all increase in numbers.