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Lack of important new skills or know-how among nearly a quarter of Dutch employees In 2014 some 23 percent of all Dutch employees lacked new skills and know-how they needed to perform well in their...

Based on price levels in January 2020, this year’s average annual domestic energy bill for households will amount to 1,574 euros. This is 170 euros less than in January 2019, with consumption...

Unemployment falls to 550 thousand

On the basis of the consumer price index (CPI), Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the inflation rates on the three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands were all negative in Q4 2015. The rates...

Number of enterprises by size (8 classes) and legal form (2 classes) Economic activities in 1252 sections/divisions/groups/classes (NCEA 2008)

In 2019, Bonaire saw the highest increase in trade deficit among the three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands.

Between 1890 and 2017, butterfly populations in the Netherlands declined by at least 84 percent; 15 species have disappeared completely.

Environmentally motivated subsidies provided by the government increased from 764 million euros in 2005 to nearly 1.2 billion euros in 2010.

In the third quarter of 2004 the Dutch population grew by almost 14 thousand, as against more than 20 thousand in the same period last year.

Zooming in on small innovative companies in the Netherlands

In 2016, the Dutch government collected 23.6 billion euros in environmental taxes and levies.

The Monitor of Well-being is a well-arranged tool that serves the wider political and public debate.

Economic situation fairly stable

The Dutch economy contracted 0.1 percent in the first quarter of 2013 relative to the fourth quarter of 2012.

Container transhipment increased substantially at Dutch seaports in 2017.

At the beginning of Q3, more and more enterprises are suffering from a shortage of staff.

Producer confidence in manufacturing industry stands at 3.0 in January 2006, thus equalling the level of December 2005.

In 2019, the installed capacity of commercial and industrial solar systems exceeded that of home solar systems for the first time. Total installed capacity grew by 2,265 to 6,874 megawatts (MW).

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports today that the economic situation in the Netherlands remains invariably positive. Nearly all indicators in the Business Cycle Tracer performed above the level of...

In 2019 the public surplus amounted to 1.7 percent of GDP. Both revenues and expenditure rose sharply. Public debt at the end of 2019 amounted to 48.6 percent of GDP.

CBS and Groningen city are launching joint activities involving the collection, processing and presentation of data

Dutch stocks of standing timber have increased by an average of over 1.3 million m3 per year since