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In the Netherlands people entitled to benefits received 159 billion euro in social security payments in 2008. This is the equivalent of about 27 percent of the Gross Domestic Product, which is what...

Some 60 thousand new dwellings were completed In 2003. This is 11 percent less than in 2002 and the lowest number of dwellings completed since 1953. The worst seems to be over, however, since the...

In 2008, there were more than 640 thousand self-employed without personnel (ZZP workers) in the Netherlands. Their number has risen sharply over the past twelve years but in the second quarter of...

Housing costs make up the largest part of the household budget. In the lowest income categories, housing costs account for 39 percent of total household spending, but the share is smaller for higher...

Brief survey description Integral income and wealth statistics

In recent years, the number of men in their 40s who become fathers has continually grown. In 2006, about 24 thousand babies were born whose fathers were in their 40s, i.e. 14 percent of all babies...

In the third quarter of 2010 there were 708 thousand self-employed people without personnel in the Netherlands, up 27 thousand on the previous year. The economic crisis slashed the number of...

A household’s spendable income is the net annual amount it has available to spend. In general terms, it is gross income minus premiums and taxes.

In 2017, 4 percent of young people in the Netherlands were neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET). This percentage is fairly stable and lower than in other EU countries.

Single men spend their money on other things than single women. Men spend more on cars, eating out and gadgets, while women spend more on clothes, personal care and fruit and vegetables.

More and more Dutch couples are meeting via the internet or at work, while fewer people met on an evening out or on holiday in the last ten years.

The disposable income of Dutch households was 33.2 thousand euro on average in 2010.