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Spending on health care and welfare levels off
According to the most recent figures, the costs of health care and welfare amounted to 87.6 billion euro in 2010, a 3.6 percent increase relative to 2009. Over the period 2004-2008, the costs of care...
HICP 11.6 percent higher in July
Inflation according to the HICP stood at 11.6 percent in July, as reported by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). It stood at 9.9 percent in June.
Terms of trade improved
Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods improved in March 2013 relative to March 2012. Prices of imported and exported goods were respectively 1.7 and 0.8 percent down from one year...
Households spent 1 thousand euros on sport in 2010
In 2010, spending on sports accounted for 1 percent of GDP. Per Dutch households, an average of more than 1 thousand euros is annually spent on sports activities and watching sports.
Housing costs in the Netherlands higher than in most EU countries
People in the Netherlands spend an average of 23 percent of their disposable income on a place to live, which is the sixth highest proportion in the European Union
More cyclists killed on Dutch roads
811 people were killed in road traffic accidents in the Netherlands in 2006.
Childcare by municipality in the Netherlands, 2013 (Dutch only)
Use of childcare facilities in the Netherlands: number of childcare hours and children by type of childcare and municipality. Commissioned by: Fonds Collectieve Belangen (FCB).
Dutch couples increasingly meet online or at work
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.
House price increase levelled off again in October
In October, owner-occupied dwellings (excluding new constructions) were on average 7.8 percent more expensive than in the same month last year.
Unemployment down again
460 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the first quarter of 2006.
Short hospital stays, few smokers: the Netherlands versus the EU
Compared with other countries in Europe, in the Netherlands hospital admissions are relatively short: less than two days to have a baby and less than six days for an acute heart attack. The number of...
Satellite account for culture and media 2022
This satellite describes the contribution of culture and media to the Dutch economy (GDP, employment, consumption etc.) for the years 2015, 2018, and 2022. In addition, the satellite describes the...
No increase restructured debt arrangements
Last year, 14.9 thousand court orders for debt repayments were pronounced, approximately as many as in 2006. This put a stop to the annual increase.
Tourism sector mainly grows through foreign tourists
The contribution of the tourism sector to Dutch GDP rose from 3.2 percent in 2010 to 3.6 percent in 2013 according to the latest figures released by Statistics Netherlands today. The tourism sector...
Trade union membership further down
By the end of March 2013, there were nearly 1.8 million trade union members in the Netherlands, a reduction by 52 thousand relative to one year previously.
Bonaire, population figures per neighbourhood
Figures on the population and households of Bonaire. 2012 and 2017.
Imputation
Sometimes data are missing from surveys and registers, for example because a respondent cannot or will not answer a question. One way to cope with such missing values is to impute valid values, so...
Export downturn less dramatic
In May 2009, the volume of goods exports was over 10 percent down on twelve months previously. This decline is slightly smaller than in the first four months of 2009, when the volume of exports was...
ICT, knowledge and economy 2015, summary
describes in brief how individuals and companies use ICT
Number of youth care recipients stable last year
In 2022, 467 thousand young people in the Netherlands received some form of youth care. This is approximately the same number as in the previous year. It means that 10.5 percent of all young people...