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Economic growth of 3.1 percent in Q2 2021
The gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 3.1 percent in Q2 2021 relative to the previous quarter.
Household consumption almost 6 percent up in August
Consumers spent 5.8 percent more in August 2021 than in August 2020.
Employment rate virtually the same for six months
Between June and August 2018, the number of people aged 15 to 74 in paid employment grew by an average of 20 thousand per month. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that total employment reached 8.8...
Fewer bankruptcies in August
The number of corporate bankruptcies, adjusted for court session days, has decreased in August.
Most people on long-term low incomes live in major cities
There are more than 5 thousand neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. In nearly one third, the the proportion of long-term low incomes is above the nationwide average of 3 percent.
More than 100 thousand children in youth care
In 2012, 103 thousand young people (approximately 3 percent) received youth care. Amsterdam has the highest number of children in youth care, but the highest proportion of children in youth care was...
Relatively many young women with a doctorate
At the end of 2005 72 thousand people in the Netherlands had a PhD. This is less than one in a thousand people.