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Dutch economy shrinks by 1.1 percent
According to the first provisional estimate, the Dutch economy shrank by 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same period last year.
Care and rent allowances continue to rise, childcare allowance lower again
Dutch central government paid just over 10.4 billion euros in income-related allowances for housing, health care and children in 2013. Spending on care allowances, in particular, rose, to 5.1 billion...
Food for thought: dietary and health trends in the Netherlands
These are just some findings in the book Food for thought: dietary and health trends in the Netherlands, published today.
1 in 10 crime suspects is a foreigner without fixed abode
In 2013 nearly one in five registered crime suspects was a foreigner. Over half of this group, one in ten crime suspects, had no fixed abode within the Netherlands. They were tourists, seasonal...
Slight job increase
In the first quarter of 2009 there were 23 thousand more jobs of employees than in the same quarter of 2008. This brought the number of jobs to 7.9 million.
Slowdown population growth in 2012
Nearly 16.8 million people were living in the Netherlands on 1 January 2013, an increase by 48 thousand relative to one year previously. On balance, 13 thousand people from abroad settled in the...
Care spending up by 5.1 percent
In 2007, total spending on care, i.e. health care plus welfare services, amounted to 74 billion euro, a 5.1 percent increase relative to 2006.
Much smaller rise in care spending
Health care and welfare cost nearly 60 billion euro in 2004. This is 4.3 percent more than 2003. Spending on care still rose by as much 10 percent annually in the period 2001-2003. The decrease in...
Substantial growth number of households in the Randstad in 2025
In 2025, there will be 8 million households in the Netherlands, an increase by 800 thousand relative to early 2007.
More households at poverty risk in 2008
Lage inkomens, kans op armoede en uitsluiting 2009. It describes recent developments in poverty and constraints in social and financial aspects.
Fewer over-65s receive long-term care services
Nearly 950 thousand persons received long-term care in 2012. Due to the ageing population, the number of long-term care recipients has increased dramatically over the period 2004-2012. Because the...
Economic growth -0.7 percent in 2003
Dutch economic growth was minus 0.7 percent in 2003. The last time the gross domestic product decreased in the space of one year was in 1982. GDP was 0.4 percent down in the fourth quarter of 2003 on...
Continuing vocational training survey, 1993-2005
Costs of and number of employees with internal and external courses by branch of industry and size of enterprise
Slight increase in job numbers
In the third quarter of 2005 the number of jobs was slightly higher than in the second quarter. The seasonally corrected figures show an increase of 7 thousand jobs of employees.
Business services monitor third quarter 2013
Turnover in the business services sector was smaller in the third quarter of 2013 than twelve months previously; the slight increase in turnover measured in the second quarter was unable to continue....
Manufacturers and business services remain optimistic
Producers’ confidence in the manufacturing industry is 6.1 in April 2006. This means manufacturers are about just as optimistic as in March.
Young people (12-29 yrs) and families, 2003
Family situation broken down by background characteristics such as gender, age, composition of the household and degree of urbanisation
Ended debt restructuring plans; way of ending, type 1999-2017
Ended debt restructuring plans by type of ending, average duration, type of person and province
Environmental goods and services sector; activities, 1995 - 2011
Environmental activities and economic indicators per environmental domain such as protection of water, air and management of natural resources.
Fewer men economically independent
Economic independence among men has deteriorated during the recession, but remained at the same level among women. In 2014 more than 65 percent of employed 15 to 64-year-olds had an income at social...
Japan lags behind in growth of Dutch exports to Asia
Japan has dropped four places on the list of main top Asian markets for Dutch-manufactured goods since 2002. That year, Japan was still the largest Asian market, but by 2010 it ranked third, dropping...