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Prices lease cars higher as second-hand car prices drop
In the first quarter of 2009, lease car prices were 4.3 percent higher than one year previously. This is mainly due to a steep drop in prices for second-hand cars.
Highest operating result in pharmaceutical industry
The pharmaceutical industry achieved the highest operating result within the industry in 2015.
Schools eat into their financial reserves
In the period 2006-2010, expenses in primary and secondary education rose more rapidly than revenues. Although schools spent more in recent years than their allocated budgets allowed, there is still...
Consumer prices rising less rapidly
The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.6 percent higher in February than in the same month last year.
Inflation rate up to 1.6 percent in June
The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.6 percent higher in June than in the same month last year.
Wealth distribution of households; NA, 2005-2014
Wealth distribution of different household groups in the Netherlands Source of income, living situation, household composition, age and income
Defence-to-GDP ratio down
In 2008, public expenditure on defence totalled 8.2 billion euro, i.e. 1.4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), as against 1.5 percent five years ago and 1.8 percent a decade ago.
Private sector spend more on education
In 2008 spending on education totalled 37.6 billion euro. This is 2.4 billion euro more than in 2007.
Sewage charges considerably higher
Local taxes will rise by nearly 7 percent in 2007 relative to last year.
Vocational education suffers loss as a result of civic integration
From a financial point of view, 2007 was a poor year for vocational and adult education in the Netherlands. The financial position of regional training centres (Regionale Opleidingscentra, or ROCs),...
Drastic increase government debt
The overall government debt has risen dramatically in 2008 by 87.4 billion euro. By the end of last year, goverment debt amounted to 346.2 billion euro, i.e. 58.2 percent of the gross domestic...
Top sectors employ over 1.6 million people
The so-called top sectors include more than 260 thousand businesses. Together, they accounted for more than one third of total output value in 2010. Two thirds of spending on innovation projects by...
Economic growth slowing down
According to a first estimate released by Statistics Netherlands, economic growth was 2.8 percent in the second quarter of 2008 relative to the same period last year.
Less rapid consumer price increase in March
The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.4 percent higher in March than in the same month last year.
Non-financial balance sheets; national accounts 1995-2016
Non financial balance sheets; volume changes fixed assets; land; oil and gas reserves; consumer durables
Public deficit reduced to 4.2 percent
By the end of June this year, the public deficit of the Netherlands was 4.2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), i.e. 25 billion euro on an annual basis. The current deficit is marginally...
Baby boomers push up pension spending
The Dutch government spent 15.8 billion euro on state old age pensions in the first half of 2011. This is 6 percent more than in the same period last year.