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Over 200 hectares of allotment garden liquidations within a decade
In 2006, the total area covered by allotment garden plots in the Netherlands was 3,906 hectares, more than 200 hectares less than in 1996. The number of allotment garden areas and visits to these...
Interest rate historically low
The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 2.2 percent in January 2012, i.e. 0.2 percentage points down on December 2011. In January, the...
Business confidence up in Q1 2023
At the start of Q1 2023, entrepreneurial confidence increased from slightly negative to positive (6.4).
Mortality as of week 20 also lower among people under 80
In week 21 (24 to 30 May 2021 inclusive), the estimated number of deaths stood at slightly over 2,700.
Sickness absence at lowest level since 1996
The sickness absence rate among employees in the Netherlands was reduced to 3.9 percent in 2013, i.e. at any one time 39 in every one thousand employees were absent due to sickness. The rate reached...
Ageing population pushes up spending on state pensions
According to figures published by Statistics Netherlands today, spending on state old-age pensions has risen by nearly a quarter since 2008, to 32.7 billion euros in 2013. By the end of 2013, over...
More than 1 million Dutch holidaymakers travelled to winter sports resorts last year
Altogether, 1.051 million Dutch tourists travelled to winter sports resorts in the winter season of 2012. Only long holidays (4 or more overnight stays) are taken into account. The average duration...
China is largest supplier of eight critical raw materials
China was the leading supplier of eight critical raw materials to the Netherlands in 2024.
Fewer sailing boats, more motorboats
There were 800 marinas with a total 138 thousand berths in the Netherlands at the end of 2006. Although the overall mooring capacity had hardly changed since 2000, the number of large marinas was one...
Unemployment continues to rise
Figures released by Statistics Netherlands today show that, after adjustment for seasonal effects, unemployment in the Netherlands was 13 thousand higher in February than in January 2014
Business services monitor third quarter 2012
Turnover in business services in the third quarter of 2012 was higher than a year earlier. It was the third quarter in a row in which turnover grew, but still the mood among the entrepreneurs in...
Less and less variety in shopping centres
The number of different types of shops to be found in shopping centres is decreasing.
municipalities financially dependent on central government
Over two-thirds of the income of Dutch municipalities in 2013 came from central government. Eleven percent of their income came from local taxes. Revenues from local taxes are much lower in the...
Households pay two-thirds of environmental taxes
The polluter-pay principle does not always apply.
Largest house price increase in 15 years
Prices of owner-occupied houses (excluding new constructions) were on average 7.3 percent higher in March 2017.
Most pardonee asylumseekers from former Soviet Union
At the end of June 2008, nearly 26 thousand asylumseekers in the Netherlands had been granted leave to remain in the Netherlands indefinitely based on the ‘pardon regulation’ of 2007. Most of these...
Economic situation fairly stable
The economic situation has hardly changed in July.
Volume of stocks of finished products fairly stable
Manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were 0,1 percent down in March 2014 from twelve months previously. In February, stocks of finished products declined by 1.6 percent.