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In April the turnover of the Dutch manufacturing industry was up by 5 percent on April 2003. Furthermore the Dutch manufacturing industry was able to hang on to the recovery in production realised in...

More than one in ten people in the Netherlands think the risk of having their homes broken into is (very) high. The share has risen in recent years, in particular among people living in rural areas...

In 2003 Dutch retail trade turnover was 3 percent down on 2002. The non-food sector was accountable for the drop in sales. Roughly 60 percent of the total retail turnover is realised in the non-food...

More than 37 thousand residential building permits were issued in the first six months of 2007.

On 1 May last year, 171 thousand (1.0 percent) of Dutch residents had no health insurance.

According to the most recent figures unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation stood at 495 thousand in June 2012, an increase by 6 thousand relative to the previous month.

In 2006 The Dutch municipalities will receive 8.9 percent less from municipal taxes than in 2005. This is due to the abolition of property tax for the occupants of dwellings. The loss in property tax...

20 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 years and older do not feel safe at times.

In 2012 the Dutch government deficit shrank to 4.1 percent of GDP while government debt rose to 71.2 percent of GDP. The Dutch government deficit and debt have now exceeded the European norms for the...

Seasonally-adjusted unemployment was 401 thousand in December 2010, a reduction by 8 thousand relative to November.

386 thousand persons were unemployed in August 2010. Unemployment is obviously subject to seasonal variation. After correction for seasonal variation, 414 thousand persons were unemployed, a decline...

In the fourth quarter of 2005, retail turnover was 3.0 percent higher than in the last quarter of 2004. The non-food sector in particular performed well.

In 2012, 66 thousand young people in the age category 12-24 were arrested on suspicion of having committed at least one criminal offence, i.e. a reduction by nearly one third relative to 2007. The...

In the second quarter of this year, 63 thousand jobs of employees (0.8 percent) were lost compared to the second quarter of 2009.

The emission of greenhouse gases in the Netherlands fell for the fourth year in a row in 2008.

At the end of 2008 show that by the end of last year, one million employees (18 percent) reported they were concerned about losing their jobs.

In 2014, Dutch companies and research institutes spent over 13 billion euros on research and development (R&D), up 3 percent from 2013. The number of companies innovating has increased in recent...