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Owner-occupiers Housing Expenditures, costs to acquire and own, 2015=100
Short method description Owner-occupiers Housing (OOH) Expenditures 2015=100
Further increase in number of Turkish asylum seekers
The number of asylum seekers and following family members from Turkey rose from 185 to 330 between Q1 and Q2 2018. They represented the third largest group, after Syrians and Eritreans.
SDG 9.3 Knowledge and innovation
Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: knowledge and innovation. Knowledge is essential for the economy and finding solutions to urgent issues.
Number of teenage mothers unprecedentedly low
Last year, 2.2 thousand girls under the age of 20 gave birth, i.e. less than 1.5 percent of all births registered in the Netherlands. The number of teenage births has never been this low. Teenage...
Local governments anticipate deficit of 3.7 billion euros
The overall EMU deficit of local governments for 2014 is estimated at 3.7 billion euros, 0.6 billion euros above the norm as previously agreed upon.
Substantial increase in use of solar panels
The number of solar panels installed in the Netherlands has grown further in 2011. Total capacity was raised by 40 megawatts, i.e. twice as much as in 2010.
Dutch have average Internet skills
The Dutch are using the Internet for an increasing number of activities. Compared with other countries in Europe, there are not many highly skilled Internet users in the Netherlands.
Substantial increase male life expectancy
The life expectancies at birth for Dutch men and women were 79.2 and 82.9 years respectively in 2011. Male life expectancy has improved rapidly and as a result, the life expectancy gender gap has...
More Ethiopian roses imported
In the first three quarters of 2008, approximately 2.7 billion roses were imported into the Netherlands, an increase by 6 percent relative to the same period in 2007. More than 95 percent of all...
No increase share renewable energy in 2013
Last year, 4.5 percent of total Dutch energy consumption was generated by means of renewable energy sources, i.e. the same as in 2012.
Dutch railways used intensively
The Netherlands has one of the shortest railway networks in western Europe. Together with Belgium and the United Kingdom, it does have the largest share of multiple track railway, however.
Lower mortality in third week of April
Mortality has been declining, but in week 16 it is still almost 40 percent higher than the weekly average in the first ten weeks of 2020.
Dutch exports down 3 percent in November
In November 2003 the value of Dutch imports and exports of goods was lower than in November 2002. De exports were 3 percent below the November 2002 level, reaching a value of 19.4 billion euro....
Continuous growth international trade
In October 2005 the volume of the imports of goods was 7 percent higher than a year ago. The volume of exports increased by 5 percent.
Inflation rate down to 1.1 percent
Dutch inflation was 1.1 percent in August 2007, i.e. 0.4 percentage points lower than in July, when consumer prices were on average 1.5 percent higher than one year previously.
Growth slowdown exports to the United States
Despite the plunging dollar, exports to the United States (US) grew at approximately the same rate in 2007 as total Dutch exports. Growth lagged behind relative to the preceding two-year period...