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Since the turn of the century the number of smokers of cigarettes and roll-ups in the Netherlands has fallen by 17 percent. Sales of cigarettes and shag tobacco are around 20 percent lower than in...

With 2.5 percent of GDP, the public deficit over the period July 2012-June 2013 was far below the EU ceiling of 3 percent. The deficit over the entire year 2012 was 4.1 percent of GDP.

The quality of life is high in the Netherlands compared to other European countries, but it seems impossible to retain this level of prosperity in the long run.

Municipal taxes and levies have become an important source of income for Dutch municipalities in the last fifty years. Per capita revenues from taxes and levies increased from nearly 9 euro in 1960...

Figures on a.o.t. the GDP, inflation, wages, unemployment, export of goods and the daily average industry production.

Price indices, number sold, changes and average purchase prices of existing own homes by type of dwelling.

The inflation fell from 1.0 percent in November to 0.7 percent in December, the lowest level since October 2009.

At the same time production at gas-fired electricity plants was at its lowest level of the last ten years.

Compensation of employees, wages, jobs (by sex) , fte, hours worked quarterly, economic activity

Environmental - economical key figures; NAMEA Source and destination

Income distribution of different household groups in the Netherlands Source of income, living situation, household composition, age and income

Imports and exports of goods Index figures and changes

Dutch inflation was 2.7 percent in September, 0.1 of a percentage point higher than in August. In the last two years, inflation has risen gradually.

The number of solar panels installed in the Netherlands has grown further in 2011. Total capacity was raised by 40 megawatts, i.e. twice as much as in 2010.

Households with underage children received an extra 2,824 euro compensation on average through income and tax measures for families in 2007.

The Netherlands has the highest percentage of households in the European Union with home internet connections. Only one in eight Dutch people have either no access to the internet from their own home...

Last year, 172 thousand businesses were started up and a record number of more than 129 thousand were closed down. They were mostly one-man businesses. Among the start-ups were many management...

Austria is the most popular winter sports destination, skiing the main activity. More people go hiking in the snow.

Dutch state pension (AOW) entitlement nearly doubled between 2008 and 2014 and by far exceed entitlement to the supplementary employee pension schemes.