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Share of renewable energy up to 4 percent
Renewable energy accounted for approximately 4 percent of total domestic energy consumption in the Netherlands last year versus 3.4 percent in 2008.
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...
House prices drop faster
Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 2.3 percent lower in July 2011 than in July 2010.
Dutch companies paying more dividend
Dutch companies quoted on the stock exchange paid more than 7.6 billion euro in dividend in the first half of 2011. This is half a billion euro more than in the first half of 2010.
Many strike days in 2012
Last year, 219 thousand working days were lost in the Netherlands, the highest number since 2002.
Consumers spend 0.1 less in January
The volume of domestic consumption by households was 0.1 percent lower in January than in the same month last year. In the second half of 2003 consumers spent nearly 2 percent less than twelve months...
Slight increase in the number of vacancies
The third quarter of 2004 saw a slight increase in the number of vacancies. On 30 September 2004 there were 125 thousand unfilled vacancies. This is the seasonally corrected figure. Compared to the...
Number of job vacancies marginally up
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 137 thousand vacacancies were open by the end of June, i.e. 2 thousand more than one quarter previously.
Considerable increase over-30s in mbo
In the school year 2009/’10, more than 30 thousand men and 31 thousand women over the age of 30 participated in secondary vocational education (mbo), an increase by nearly two thirds...
Lower renewable electricity production
Last year, 11.8 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable electricity were generated, i.e. 10.1 percent of total electricity consumption in the Netherlands and 0.4 percentage points below the level...
Two in three Bonaire residents work
In 2010, 10.7 thousand people aged 15 years or older lived on Bonaire; 7.1 thousand of them had a job, which puts the labour participation rate for the island at 66.6 percent.
Economy grows by 0.9 percent
If the working-day pattern and the effects of seasonal variation are taken into account, the Dutch economy grew by 0.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 relative to the preceding quarter. In the...
Number of income support benefits continues to grow
According to the most recent figures 325 thousand income support benefits were granted to people under the age of 65 by the end of December last year, i.e. an increase by 9 thousand relative to one...
Drop in house prices more substantial
Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 2.8 percent lower in August 2011 than in August 2010.
GDP growth rate remains 0.8 percent in Q4 2017
According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), GDP showed 0.8 percent growth in Q4 2017.
Care spending 3.2 percent up
In 2011, spending on health car and welfare in the Netherlands amounted to 90.0 billion euro. This is 3.2 percent more than in 2010.
Operational management 2016
Budget cuts at Statistics Netherlands: state of play