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In the fourth quarter of 2019, CO 2 emissions were 1.8 percent up year-on-year.

Important in a greener economy is that the goods and services produced are cleaner and more resource efficient.

Environmental activities and economic indicators per environmental domain such as protection of water, air and management of natural resources.

Censuses are the oldest official statistics produced by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and they are a treasure trove of demographic and socio-economic information.

The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.8 percent higher in January than in the same month last year. In December, prices of consumer goods and services were up by 2.7 percent year-on-year.

What is the impact of the environmental sector on the economy?

The Netherlands in Numbers, 2020 is the successor to Trends in the Netherlands and the Statistical Yearbooks and Pocket Books.

Consumers spent 4.6 percent more in September 2021 than in September 2020.

Consumer prices in the Netherlands rose by 2.6 percent on average relative to the previous year. This is the largest increase since 2003.

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 2019, CO2 emissions were 4.4 percent down year-on-year.

A household is defined as being in poverty when it has insufficient funds to cover its basic needs.

Environmental activities and economic indicators per environmental domain such as protection of water, air and management of natural resources.

Energy generated by falling or flowing water.

Geothermal energy from above 500 m below the surface as heat storage.

The levies on ground water, tap water, waste, fuel, uranium and energy.

Final use of energy as a source of power or heat.

A tax on the use of uranium 235 to generate electricity levied on a nuclear energy plant, based on the number of grams of Uranium 235 used.

In 2018, greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands were 2 percent lower than one year previously. This is related to less coal being used for electricity production. The emission intensity of the...

In 2018, drinking water consumption by Dutch households increased by 7 percent relative to one year previously. The agricultural sector used considerably more water than in 2017 (150 percent).

Environmental sector to economic industry and per environmental domain such as protection of water, air and management of natural resources.

In 2017, greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands were 1 percent lower than in the previous year.

percentage of people who have successfully completed tertiary-level education

In March 2019, consumer prices in the Netherlands rose twice as fast as the rate across the eurozone. The gap between Dutch and eurozone CPI-based inflation has widened

In 2007, there were 109 thousand full-time jobs in the environmental sector, an increase by 25 percent relative to 1995.