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Number of women in fire services no longer growing
There were 1,571 women firefighters in the Netherlands on 1 January 2009. One year previously there were still 1,586. It is first time since 2000 that the number of female firefighters did not...
More than 500 bankruptcies in August
In August this year, 504 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, approximately 40 more than in July. The number of bankruptcies remained...
Social tensions and emotions in society
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has developed an experimental tool that makes it possible to get fast, up-to-date information on levels of social tension and emotions in society.
Monthly labour participation and unemployment (12-hours threshold), 2003/20
Employed, unemployed, not included in the labour force, unemployment by sex and age
Ten billion euro left in legacies
Private wealth left behind by people who died in the Netherlands in 2005 amounted to just over 9.6 billion euro.
Costs of pets rose by more than inflation
Pet owners have faced substantial increases in the costs of their animals in recent years. Since 2006 prices of pets and pet-related products and services have risen by more than inflation
Retail turnover 0.6 percent lower
Figures released by Statistics Netherlands today show that Dutch retail turnover was 0.6 percent lower in April 2013 than in the same month last year. The volume of sales fell by 2.7 percent, retail...
Fewer bankruptcies
In December last year, 435 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt. The number of bankruptcies in December was considerably lower than in...
lowest number of bankruptcies in four years
According to Statistics Netherlands, 446 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt in April this year, i.e. 198 less than in the preceding month.
Marginal increase unfinished dwellings
By the end of the first quarter of this year, 186 thousand houses in the Netherlands were nearing completion, i.e. 3.4 percent more than in the same period one year previously.
Largest Dutch museums are winning the struggle for visitors
Dutch museums are attracting more visitors, but this increase almost exclusively involved the large museums. The Dutch museums received 26.5 million visitors in 2013, over 3.3 million more than in...
Vineyard expansion slows down in 2009
Last year, the area where grapevines are grown was expanded by 4 hectares (ha). Between 2003 and 2009, the average annual increase was 21.5 ha.
Statistical Yearbook, 2011
The Statistical yearbook is a source of many figures on nearly all aspects of Dutch society.