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The volume of goods imports into the Netherlands was 7 percent higher in September 2005 than in September 2004. The volume of exports was 5 percent higher than twelve months previously.

The number of unfilled vacancies has stabilised in the third quarter of 2009.

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...

On 1 January 2008, the Dutch population totalled 16.4 millon.

In the second quarter of 2007, the number of jobs for employees had grown by 206 thousand relative to the same quarter last year.

The number of unemployment benefits (WW) increased in the fourth quarter of 2003 to a total of 287 thousand at the end of 2003. Unemployment benefits increased by an average of 6 thousand a month...

2019 will be the first year in which half the Dutch adult population will be older than 50 years. In many Dutch municipalities more than half of the population are already over 50.

The inflation rate over June 2014 was 0.9 percent, i.e. marginally higher than in May.

Figures put Dutch economic growth at 2.6 percent in the second quarter of 2007 compared with the same quarter last year.

In June 2014, 28 percent of companies in the Netherlands used IT services via the internet (cloud services). These are paid services such as software, computing, and storage capacity via the...

Spending on health care and welfare in the Netherlands amounted to 61.5 billion euro in 2005. This is 2.8 percent more than in 2004.

There were 7.8 million paid jobs in the Netherlands in the fourth quarter of 2007. This is an increase by 170 thousand relative to one year previously.

The inflation rate climbed to 1.1 percent in October.

Last year’s government deficit stood at 5.4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), just under the 2009 level. The debt of the Dutch government increased further from 60.8 to 62.7 percent of the...

The fall in unemployment among people with a non-western foreign background in the Netherlands quickened in 2007.

Employees who save via company savings plans deposited 1.3 billion euro in these schemes in 2003. This is much less than in previous years, when total deposits fluctuated around 2.2 billion euro. The...

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...

Generally, lower educated persons more often receive health care services than higher educated people. Factors like age, gender, state of health and income partially account for the differences...

240 thousand people had not paid for their medical insurance at the end of 2007, 26 percent more than at the end of 2006.

The sharp decline in the number of unfilled vacancies continued into the first quarter of 2009.

According to figures released today Dutch inflation fell to 1 percent in November, from 1.1 percent in October.

After continuous growth over the past century, the potential labour force is about to decline. On 1 January 2007, there were 10 million Dutch residents in the 20–65 age bracket.

Although Dutch people are living to older ages, they are no longer doing so in perfect health. The number of years they have to cope with a physical disability is increasing. These are mostly minor...