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June average month for retail sector
Retail turnover was 1.9 percent down in June 2014 from the same month last year. Sales were down and retail prices also fell marginally.
Fewer new business started up and more businesses closed down
The number of new business start-ups in 2012 was 19 thousand down from 2011 and the number of closedowns grew by nearly 11 thousand. Yet, the overall number of businesses increased for the sixth year...
Marginal increase employed, fewer people unemployed
The number of employed people increased by an average of 2 thousand a month in the period February-April. Employment rose noticeably among young people and over-45s. In the same period, the labour...
CBS tightens criteria for remote access to CBS databases
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) asked a committee of independent scientific experts to investigate external researchers’ use of remote access to consult CBS’ databases.
Retail turnover stable
Retail turnover stable
Retail sales marginally lower
Dutch retail sales were nearly 1 percent lower in July 2011 than in July 2010.
Retail sales 3 percent up in February
Retail turnover was 1.2 percent up in February 2015 from the same month last year. The volume of sales continues to grow, by 3 percent in February. Retail prices fell by 1.8 percent. Turnover and...
In 2016 lowest number of bankruptcies in 8 years
In 2016 lowest number of bankruptcies in 8 years.
Nitrogen in surface water
The total quantity of nitrogen compounds in surface water declined by 45 percent between 1990 and 2021, from 158 million kilograms of nitrogen (N) to 87 million kilograms.
An innovative way to estimate solar energy yields
An innovative way to estimate solar energy yields
How many people are employed in the Netherlands, and what are their working hours?
This table (Dutch only) presents the size of the total employed labour force and their working hours
Largest occupational group on each island of the Caribbean Netherlands are construction workers
In 2014, the largest occupational group in the Caribbean Netherlands were construction workers including bricklayers, pavers and carpenters. Nearly 12 percent of the 13 thousand people working in the...
Poverty down in 2006 and 2007, but unchanged in 2008
In 2006, 623 households in the Netherlands had a low income. According to the budget-based thresholds 382 households (not-much-but-enough-to-get-by), and 233 thousand households...
One in nine employed work less than twelve hours a week
In the second quarter of 2014, nearly 900 thousand people (11 percent of all persons employed in the Netherlands) were working less than twelve hours a week. Three-quarters do not wish or are unable...
Consumers in May almost as negative as in April
Dutch consumers have never been gloomier than this month.
Investments 5.3 percent down in January
The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets fell by 5.3 percent year-on-year in January 2021
Retail turnover down in November
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), year-on-year retail turnover was 2.2 percent down in November. The decline is partly due to the unfavourable shopping-day pattern. Turnover achieved by the...