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Turnover growth for retail sector in February
The Dutch retail sector boasted a 2.3 percent year-on-year turnover growth in February 2016.
Men more positive than women
Men have more positive emotions than women: they are more calm and composed, and are often happier. Women find life more meaningful
Retail turnover marginally up
Retail turnover was nearly 1 percent up in August 2012 compared with August 2011. Retail prices were nearly 2 percent higher; the volume of retail sales was more than 1 percent down on twelve months...
Caribbean NL; housing, durable consumer goods and means of transport
housing, television, mobile phone, pc, car sex, age and educational level
Job and language competence important factors for identification
Command of the Dutch language is an important identification factor for people with a non-western background. Participation on the labour market is also conducive to identification with the...
Energy consumption down by 7 percent in 2011
Energy consumption in the Netherlands was nearly 7 percent lower in 2011 than in 2010. This is mainly due to the mild winter, the lower electricity production level and the reduced production level...
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.
Use of air-source heat pumps has increased
In 2017, 80 thousand heat pumps were installed which extract heat from the outside air.
Lower havo pass rates in four large cities
Some 80 thousand students in Dutch senior general secondary education (havo) and pre-university education (vwo) are sitting their final exams this month. In the past few years, around nine out of ten...
Emigrants in their fifties and sixties wealthier than same-age Dutch residents
Dutch people who emigrate between the ages of 50 and 70 are on average richer than their peers who stayed in the Netherlands.
Electricity imports at record level
At the same time production at gas-fired electricity plants was at its lowest level of the last ten years.
Fewer migration marriages
In 2011 one of the partners moved to the Netherlands to get married in over 8 percent of the marriages involving people with a foreign background. This is slightly less than in the two years before...
Waste balance, key figures; national accounts, 1990-2012
Waste by categories Origin and destination of waste
Population Outlook 2050: more people with a migration background
The number of inhabitants with a migration background is highly likely to increase until the year 2050.
Producer confidence continues to rise in August
In August, confidence among Dutch manufacturers is again less unfavourable.
Recovery of producer confidence is faltering in October
After five consecutive months in which confidence among Dutch manufacturers improved, confidence deteriorated slightly in October.
Person with a migration background
Person of whom at least one parent was born abroad.
Bankruptcies; monthly figures by legal form/activity SIC'93, 1993-Apr.2014
Bankruptcies; monthly figures on pronounced bankruptcies, divided by legal form and main activity based on the SBI '93 classification.
Household spending 13.5 percent down in January
Consumers spent 13.5 percent less in January 2021 than in the same month last year.
GDP, output and expenditures; changes, QNA, 1995-2017
Quarterly data on production, expenditures, income and external economic transactions. Value, volume and price changes
Consumer confidence virtually unchanged in March
In March, confidence among Dutch consumers remains virtually the same as in the previous month.
Consumer confidence stable
After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence in the Netherlands is -19 in August 2004. This is almost the same as in July. This is the highest level for consumer confidence in the last...
Caribbean Netherlands; Religious denomination, personal characteristics
religious denomination and church visits sex, age, educational level
More renewable energy used
The share of renewable energy in total energy consumption increased from 3.8 percent in 2010 to 4.2 percent in 2011. The reason for the increase is twofold: the consumption of renewable energy...