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Retail turnover higher
Dutch retailers generated over 3 percent more turnover in March than in March 2009. Turnover increased for the first time after more than a year of losses compared with the same period one year...
Inflation rate down
Dutch inflation stood at 2.4 percent in December, i.e. 0.2 percentage points down on November. This is mainly due to changes in petrol prices and phone rates.
Retail turnover 6.4 percent down
Retail turnover dropped by 6.4 percent in November 2009 relative to the same month one year previously.
Energy prices up, inflation stable
Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.9 percent in January, the same as in December 2008.
Methodology social tensions and emotions in society
The indicators were developed using publicly available posts by Dutch users on sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Other sources were also used, such as public Dutch news websites, forums...
More deaths during recent heat wave
The heat wave in week 30 of 2019 caused 2,964 deaths. This is nearly 400 more deaths than during an average summer week. During the heat waves in 2006, the number of additional fatalities per week...
Growing export dependence Dutch manufacturing industry
Out of every one euro in revenue by the Dutch manufacturing industry, 70 euro cents are generated by exports.
One in a hundred mothers have more than five children
There are nearly 5 million mothers. Half of them have two children and one-fifth have one child or three children.
Euro area GDP up by 0.3 percent in third quarter
GDP in the euro area rose by 0.3 percent in the third quarter of 2016.
Inflation rate lower
In January, Dutch inflation was 0.8 percent, i.e. down 0.3 percentage points on December. Inflation fell for the first time in five months
Exports growth
The volume of exports of goods increased by 4 percent in December relative to twelve months previously. In November, export growth came to a halt after negative growth in October. The volume of...
Exports shrinks
The volume of exports of goods was 2.7 percent lower in April than twelve months previously. Exports decreased for the first time since October 2011. The volume of imports decreased by 0.2 percent in...
Number of immigrants and emigrants remains high in 2018
In the first three quarters of 2018, the population of the Netherlands grew by 81 thousand. Population growth is similar to the same period one year previously. Foreign migration is the largest...
Inflation rate at 2.0 percent in January
January’s inflation rate was 2.0 percent, an increase by 0.1 percentage points relative to December, when the annual price increase was 1.9 percent.
Robust growth exports
The volume of exports of goods increased by nearly 6 percent in December relative to twelve months previously. In November, export growth came to a halt after negative growth in October. The volume...
Fewer women receive alimony, lower amounts involved
On average, a woman who got divorced in 2013 and was entitled to alimony received 980 euros a month. This so-called partner alimony has decreased marginally since 2009. In the period 2001–2009, the...
Exports to Turkey marginally higher
In 2008, the Netherlands exported nearly 4 billion euro worth of goods to Turkey, 2 percent more than in 2007. For the seventh year running, exports have grown. Since the turn of the century, exports...
Interest on Dutch government bonds below eurozone average
Interest on the latest ten-year government bond was 3.4 percent in December 2009. Interest on Dutch government bonds is currently below the eurozone average.
Neighbourhood choice Statia and Saba differs per origin
People born in the former Netherlands Antilles and Aruba and migrants partly choose other residential areas in St Eustatius and Saba.
Accountability day: focus on the SDGs
the ‘Monitor of well-being’ CBS gives a wide ranging description of the increasing welfare in the Netherlands
Single farmers have smaller farms
Farmers whose partner also works on the farm have larger farms than single farmers or farmers who run their farm without the help of their partner.
Free and fair elections in the OSCE-Region? The development of a measurement tool (in Dutch)
Dissertation on a measurement tool to assess the democratic content of elections in countries within the OSCE-region.
Inflation rate continues to rise
December’s inflation rate was 1.1 percent, that is 0.1 percent points up on November.