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Since October 2012, the Netherlands is among the countries with the highest inflation in the eurozone. This is largely due to increases in VAT, insurance tax and energy tax rates effective since last...

The public debt of the Netherlands remained stable in the first quarter of 2009. The debt-to-GDP ratio was just above the EMU limit of 60 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), whereas the debt...

The financial position of care-providing institutions is often poor in comparison to educational institutions and commercial service providers. This situation has barely improved in recent years.

Nitrogen emissions into their atmosphere consist mainly of ammonia (NH3) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).

In the publication Environmental accounts of the Netherlands 2012 Statistics Netherlands analyses and describes the relationship between the environment and the economy in the Netherlands. The first...

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The real disposable income of Dutch households was 2.6 percent lower in the first quarter of 2013 than in the same period last year. This is mainly the result of the high inflation rate: prices of...

Dutch financial institutions suffered only limited effects of the international credit crisis in 2007. The value of their financial assets diminished by only 32 billion euro as a result of lower...

The publication The Dutch economy 2012 is released today. The publication provides comprehensive and detailed information on the structure of the Dutch economy and economic developments in 2012. The...

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More and more Dutch consumers are shopping online. This spring, nearly three-quarters of the 11.8 million internet users in the Netherlands said they had purchased a product online.

Over half (55 percent) of employees who build up their pension via their employers have little or even no confidence in their pension fund or pension insurer. This is especially the case for...

Between 1996 and 2006, more than 17 thousand hectares (ha) were added to the total area designated for residential purposes. The amount of square metres (m²) of living space per household declined in...

Over 60 percent in the Dutch over-18 population oppose the concept of dual nationality, in particular lower educated and over-45s. Three in every five people in the Dutch population aged 18 years and...

In the period 2014-2016, six percent of companies employing more than 50 people moved some of their business operations abroad.

Dutch voters trust voting machines. They think they are the most reliable way to vote.

In June 2010, companies in the sectors manufacturing industry and energy paid 2 percent less for natural gas than in June 2009, whereas the oil price soared by 24 percent.

For the first time, wind is the main energy source for renewable electricity. In 2014, wind turbine-generated electricity was approximately 8 percent up from 2013. At the same time, electricity...

Tthe Dutch economy grew by 1.1 percent in the third quarter of 2011 compared with same quarter last year.

The number of overnight stays in Dutch hotels continues to rise.

The LCU team is currently taking part in a Eurostat project that allows sharing of the related knowledge and expertise among the statistical offices in the ESS member states.