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The volume of exports of goods was 1.2 percent up in August 2014 from August 2013, after a 4.1 percent improvement in July. According to Statistics Netherlands, the increase was caused by higher...

All macro-economic statistics are compiled within a coherent system: the national accounts.

E-shopping is still gaining popularity. Last year, 9.3 million people bought goods and services over the Internet.

The volume of domestic consumption was 2.1 percent lower in December 2003 than in the same month in 2002. This was the tenth month in a row that consumption was lower than twelve months previously....

According to the first estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands GDP expanded by 0.5 percent in Q2 2019 relative to the previous quarter.

In crisis year 2009, the Dutch economy contracted more than ever before. The crisis was followed by a period of moderate growth (1.8 percent). The economy bounced back faster than in the early 1980s,...

In 2019, there were 25.6 thousand aircraft movements to and from the three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands.

Turnover generated by airline companies improved 8 percent last year to reach nearly 11 billion euros. The growing number of passengers and fuel prices passed on to consumers created a turnover boost.

Dutch police forces recorded more than 1 million criminal offences in 2009. This puts registered crime at the same level as in the previous year.

On 1 January 2010, there were more than 863 thousand businesses with 956 thousand establishments. Densely populated areas have the highest number of establishments per 10 square kilometres (km).

According to Statistics Netherlands’ second estimate, Dutch economic growth was -0.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the previous quarter.

Container transhipment increased substantially at Dutch seaports in 2017.

In 2019, renewable energy consumption in the Netherlands grew by 16 percent to 181 petajoules (PJ) relative to the previous year.

Consumers spent 6.5 percent less in October 2020 than in the same month last year.

Single men spend their money on other things than single women. Men spend more on cars, eating out and gadgets, while women spend more on clothes, personal care and fruit and vegetables.

In the first quarter of 2012, collectively negotiated (CAO) wages have risen by 1.4 percent. The increase was approximately the same as in the previous two quarters. The CAO wage increase has been...

Innovative enterprises, patent applications, turnover of new or improved products and employment in high-tech sectors broken down by region

Gross domestic product (GDP) posted a growth rate of 1.5 percent in Q2 2017 relative to Q1

The largest gas field in Europe was discovered near Slochteren (Groningen) on 29 May 1959, this gave natural gas a vital role in the Dutch energy supply.