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Inflation rate up to 5.7 percent in December
The inflation rate was 5.7 percent higher in December than in the same month one year previously.
Early school-leaving in the Netherlands
Dissertation on factors that explain why some adolescents are more likely to leave school early than others. Theoretical frameworks and methodology from sociolological, economic, criminologic and...
Retail turnover almost 6 percent down in January
In January 2021 the Dutch retail sector recorded 5.9 percent year-on-year turnover decline.
Greenhouse gas emissions down
Greenhouse gas emissions stood at 189.3 bn CO2 equivalents in 2018, 2 percent lower than in 2017 and 15 percent down on 1990.
Retail trade: record growth in 2020, contraction in December
In 2020 the Dutch retail sector achieved 5.9 percent year-on-year turnover growth, the second-highest growth rate recorded this century. However, due to the measures against the spread of...
Dutch producers reduce waste of raw materials
The use of raw materials in the Dutch economy was reduced by 14 percent in the period 2004-2014.
Trends in the Caribbean Netherlands 2021
Trends in the Caribbean Netherlands 2021 provides updated as well as new information, covering some aspects of life in the Caribbean Netherlands.
ICT sector growth above average
In the period 2011-2015, the Dutch ICT sector showed stronger growth than the overall economy.
Q4 economic growth 0.3 percent
The Dutch economy grew 0.3 percent in Q4 2015 relative to the previous quarter.
More than 2 million enterprises for the first time
In 2021, the total enterprise population in the Netherlands grew by 163 thousand or 8.5 percent, thereby exceeding 2 million for the first time as of 1 January 2022.
Entrepreneurs anticipate more turnover and less investment in 2021
Entrepreneurs expect to invest less in 2021 than in the current year for the first time since 2013, but a majority anticipate an increase in turnover and staffing levels.
Entrepreneurs in COVID-impacted sectors are pessimistic
In Q1 2021, business confidence has declined slightly and is still negative.
Fewer asylum seekers and following relatives in Q2 2020
The international and national measures introduced in March in response to the COVID-19 outbreak have resulted in a lower influx of asylum seekers and following family members.
People with low education and migration background have lowest levels of well-being
People in the Netherlands with low levels of education and those with a migration background have lower levels of well-being than those with higher education and those without a migration background.
1 in 5 young workers experience work-related stress
Of all young people between the ages of 15 and 25 in paid employment, 21 percent reported regular or frequent work-related stress in 2021.
Unemployment slightly down
In October 2020, there were 406 thousand unemployed, equivalent to 4.3 percent of the labour force.
Far fewer air passengers, slightly less cargo traffic in corona times
From March 2020 to February 2021 inclusive, 14.1 million passengers travelled to and from the five main airports of the Netherlands.
Immigration down after coronavirus outbreak
Immigration more than halved in the weeks following the implementation of COVID-19 measures and the number of Syrian refugees fell to a low in those weeks.
Unprecedented turnover decline in accommodation and food services
Accommodation and food services is among the sectors that are worst affected by the measures against the spread of coronavirus. In Q2 2020, turnover in this sector fell by slightly more than half...
Economic growth of 2.1 percent in Q3 2021
According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 2.1 percent in Q3 2021 relative to Q2 2021. In the first estimate growth amounted...
Bonaire’s international goods trade up by a fifth in 2021
On Bonaire, the value of both imports and exports of goods increased by one fifth relative to 2020 last year.
DG Statistics Netherlands advises Prince Charles
DG Mr. Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi participated in the advisory group at the ‘Measure what Matters: a Framework for Action’ forum last 12 July with HRH Prince of Wales.
Budget surplus at 2.1 percent of GDP in Q3 2018
Government revenues in the first three quarters of 2018 exceeded expenditure by almost 12 billion euros.
Unemployment declined in January
In the period November through January, unemployment declined by an average of 9 thousand per month.
Nearly half of young people see only negative effects of COVID-19 crisis
In the first few months of 2021, 47 percent of young people in the Netherlands between the ages of 12 and 25 indicated that their lives were negatively affected by the coronavirus crisis in general.