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Three quarters of one-man businesses launched in 2009 were still active in 2012. Their chances of survival were higher than for one-man businesses launched in 2007.

An average 490 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period June-August 2005. After adjustment for seasonal effects the number was 487 thousand, 4 thousand less than in the period...

Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 1.1 percent lower in March 2011 than in March 2010.

Retail turnover was 2 percent higher in March 2012 than in March 2011.

Turnover in the Dutch car and motorcycle trade was almost 17 percent down in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the same period last year. Similar developments are being observed in neighbouring...

Taking into account the working-day pattern and seasonal effects, the Dutch economy grew by 0.2 percent in the third quarter of 2013 compared to the second quarter. The Dutch economy shrank by 0.4...

In terms of the gross value added generated through Dutch exports, the highest value added is derived from the export of machinery and machine parts. In 2018, this value added amounted to almost 16...

In Q1-Q3 2019 the Netherlands imported services from the UK to a value of 17.1 billion euros, while service exports to the UK amounted to 19.3 billion euros. The trade surplus with the UK stood at...

In 2012, Dutch civil courts dealt with nearly 1.1 million new cases, i.e. a decrease by 75 thousand relative to record year 2010. The number of summons cases declined notably.

There is a lot of social debate about income inequality. Has income inequality increased over the longer term or not?

The number of underage children at risk of poverty has increased in 2011. In the provinces of South Holland and Groningen, more children grow up in poverty than in other provinces. In more than half...

Statistics Netherlands recently opened its doors to share its knowledge about Open Data with various authorities

At the start of Q3, business confidence has increased relative to one quarter previously. After a dip in Q2 2013, business confidence reached the highest level since Q3 2011.

At the beginning of Q2, the mood across the Dutch private sector remains largely positive.

The volume of exports of goods was 2.0 percent up in April 2014 from April 2013. The growth was slightly more substantial than in the preceding months, when the relatively mild weather conditions...

Part of the people living alone are not single: over twenty percent of adult people and parents living alone are engaged in LAT. LAT relationships are more common among younger than among older...