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Tech education gaining popularity among girls
Tech subjects are chosen by an increasing proportion of girls in secondary and higher education.
Rise in domestic exports to China
In the first four months of 2020, Dutch domestic goods exports to China rose by 500 million euros to 3.5 billion euros.
Extraction, import and export materials by kind, nat. accounts 1996-2012
Extraction, import and export materials Material flows to and from the Dutch economy
Environmental investment
In 2015 the share of Dutch investment in environmental protection in total investment
400 thousand inhabitants in the IJsselmeerpolders
On 1 Jan 2018, the IJsselmeerpolders had 404,000 inhabitants.
Female majority in one-third of high-level occupations
There are more female than male workers in over one-third of occupational groups at higher levels, especially in the sector care and welfare and in education. This is related to fields of study...
Domestic consumption stable in May, after years of contraction
According to Statistics Netherlands, Dutch households spent 0.1 percent more on goods and services in May 2014 than in May 2013. For the first time this year, consumer spending is up from one year...
Fewer dry bulk shipments by inland vessels in 2019
In 2019, inland vessels transported 361 million tonnes of goods over Dutch waterways, i.e. 0.4 percent more than one year previously.
Money flows in health care and revenues of financing schemes
The survey provides a description of the origin of the expenditure on healthcare. Two questions are central: 1. Where do the cash flows originate? 2. What is the nature of the money flows?
Mild weather leads to lower CO2 emissions
CO2 emissions by the Dutch economy were 0.9 percent lower in the second quarter of 2014 than in the same quarter of 2013. Adjusted for the differences in the weather, CO2 emissions increased by...
Environmental Goods and Services Sector; industries, 1995 - 2011
Environmental sector by economic activity and per environmental domain Environmental protection, Resource management and Economic activity
Economic growth fourth quarter adjusted upward to 4.5 percent
Dutch economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2007 was 4.5 percent relative to one year previously. The second economic growth estimate is 0.1 percentage points higher than the first dating back to...
Environm. goods and services sector; industries, ec.indicators, 2001-2012
Environmental sector by economic activity and per environmental domain Environmental protection, Resource management and Economic activity
Motor fuels for transport;delivery weight, volume, 1946-Aug 2016
Deliveries for final consumption and bunkers of motor fuels for road transport, water transport and air transport
More than one tenth of the Netherlands covered by woods
More than 10 percent of the Dutch land area (3,447 km²) is occupied by woods. This corresponds to the total land area of the province of Friesland.
Mild winter and economic crisis curb greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands were more than 6.5 percent lower in 2011 than in 2010. This was caused by a decrease in energy consumption of nearly 7 percent.
CO2 emissions marginally higher in the fourth quarter
In the final quarter of 2015, emissions of CO2 in the Netherlands were 0.4 percent higher than in the same period one year previously. According to Statistics Netherlands, an important factor in...
Ecosystem types
The entire area of the Netherlands is categorised into a number of ecosystem types.
Terms of trade hardly changed
Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods hardly changed in May 2011 compared to May 2010. Prices of exported goods were 6.2 percent higher, prices of imported goods rose by 6.1 percent.
Household spending nearly 6 percent down in August
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), in August 2020 consumers spent 5.8 percent less than in August 2019.
economic situation gradually improving
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports today that - just as in the preceding months - the economic situation in the Netherlands continues to improve. Most indicators in February’s Business Cycle Tracer...
Machinery most profitable Dutch export product
The Netherlands earned almost 13 bn euros from exports of machinery and machine parts in 2015.
Terms of trade improved
Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods improved in June 2011 compared to June 2010. Prices of exported goods were 3.1 percent higher, prices of imported goods rose by 2.2 percent.
Economic situation more or less stable
The economic situation is somewhat less favourable in March 2016 than in the preceding month.