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Income support claimants in smaller towns more likely to find work
Lead: Just over 9 percent of people claiming income support in the Netherlands at the end of 2010 found a job in 2011. This percentage was highest in smaller municipalities.
Job growth still high, but slowing down
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.
Number of employed persons further up
In the period March through May, the number of people aged 15 to 74 in paid employment grew by 11 thousand per month on average. There were 8.9 million people in work in May.
Nearly half of Dutch population included in Donor Register
On 2 January 2020, 49 percent of the Dutch population aged 18 years and over were included in the Donor Register.
Fewer weddings during the coronavirus crisis
The number of concluded marriages during the period week 12 to 20 inclusive this year was almost half of last year's number in the same period.
More web shops in retail trade
A growing number of retailers sell online in the Netherlands.
Higher bonuses for employees in 2011
The average bonus of employees has risen by 5 percent in 2011. On average, the highest bonuses were paid in the sectors mineral extraction and financial services.
Traffic death toll substantially down in 2013
Today, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment have released figures on traffic mortality. Last year, 570 people died in traffic accidents in the...
Container transport increasingly important
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that container transhipment in Dutch sea ports has risen by 9 percent in 2014.
The Netherlands: transit port for Japanese products to Europe
Goods imports from Japan amounted to 8.4 billion euros in 2013. The Netherlands is mainly a transit country for Japanese products to Europe. Three-quarters of the imported goods were re-exported...
Nearly 6 percent of Dutch dwellings uninhabited
On 1 January 2008 5.7 percent of the just over 7 million dwellings in the Netherlands were not officially inhabited. This does not mean that they are vacant, but that nobody is officially registered...
Increase labour costs at lowest level in two decades
Last year, the labour costs per year of employment increased by 1.4 percent, the smallest increase since 1989. The average annual increase over the past decade was 3.3 percent.
Focus on container traffic, from seagoing vessel to HGV
Every year, some 4.5 million containers are being discharged in ports around the Netherlands.
Operational management 2016
Budget cuts at Statistics Netherlands: state of play
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Dutch economy grows by 2.8 percent in the second quarter of 2006
In the second quarter of 2006, economic growth in the Netherlands reached 2.8 percent.