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Social assistance and reintegration
Figures on (characteristics of) recipients of social assistance benefits in your municipality.
Half of Dutch population - as many men as women - active in volunteer work
Half of the population aged 15 years and older have done volunteer work for a club or organisation at least once in 2012/2013. Most volunteer workers are active for sports clubs, schools, ideological...
Nearly nine in ten over-65 households have extra incomes in addition to AOW
Altogether, 1.8 million households received old age state pensions (AOW) in 2010. Nearly nine in ten households received supplementary pensions and approximately as many generated revenues from...
Unemployment continues downward trend
Unemployment declined by 13 thousand per month over the previous three months, ending at 502 thousand in October.
Unemployment approaches 5 percent
An average 386 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the period May-July 2009. This is the equivalent of 4.9 percent of the labour force.
Growing scepticism towards Europe
Since the early 1990s, Euroscepticism has grown among Dutch voters. Only Young voters in the 18–25 age category are truly enthusiastic about Europe.
Growing number of people pessimistic about finding jobs
In the second quarter of this year, 57 thousand people had stopped looking for work because they thought their chances of success were tiny. The increase relative to one year previously is 14...
Unemployment down
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 653 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in November 2013, a reduction by 21 thousand relative to October. After a peak in July (694 thousand)...
Unemployment falls slighty
An average 478 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the period June-August 2004. Seasonal effects always have an upward effect on unemployment at this time of year. Once these...
121 million euros paid in duties on imports from the UK
In the first eight months since the UK's departure from the European single market, a total of 121 million euros was paid in import duties on Dutch imports from the UK.
Unemployment differs strongly within Europe
In the Netherlands unemployment is low compared with other countries in Europe; certainly when compared with Spain, where more than a quarter of the labour force are unemployed.
Emancipation Monitor 2016
Women nowadays are more highly educated, up to age 45 even more highly educated than men.
Dramatic rise in unemployment
In the period April–June 2009, seasonally adjusted unemployment stood at 368 thousand, an increase by 16 thousand relative to the period March–May.
371 thousand people unemployed
In the period May–July 2009, seasonally adjusted unemployment stood at 371 thousand. Compared to the period April-June, unemployment remained stable.
Heatwaves caused minor rise in mortality
Slightly more people died during the heatwaves in the summer of 2018 than an average week in summer.
Sustained decline unemployment
Unemployment declined by an average of 6 thousand a month over the past three months and stood at 463 thousand in March.