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Across all regions, prices of owner-occupied dwellings were higher in Q2 2016 than in Q2 2015.

Last year, certified companies providing practical experience and training spent 2.5 billion euros on apprenticeship training programmes, i.e. 37 million euros more than in 2011.

The consumer price index (CPI) was 2.3 percent higher in August than in the same month last year, the highest increase in almost five years.

In 2019, 3 percent of the Dutch population aged 12 and over did not have home internet access.

In 2018, 13 percent of the Dutch population were between 55 and 65 years of age, similar to the EU average. These young elderly persons have relatively high incomes, attain high levels of workforce...

In the period 2005–2008, 29 percent of deliveries in the Netherlands occurred at home, as against 35 percent in the period 1997–2000.

Life expectancy is increasing. This applies to both genders, but the extra lifetime is not always spent in good health.

In 2007/2008, one third of young people had used cannabis at least once in their lives.

In 2008 about 50 percent of the Dutch indicated that they had a newspaper subscription in their household. In 1997 this was 62 percent.

In June, turnover in the retail sector was 1.7 percent higher than in the same month in 2015.

The Dutch Annual Report on Integration 2008 was published on 6 November 2008. This report, compiled by Statistics Netherlands, provides a factual overview of developments in the integration of...

The consumer price index was 1.5 percent higher in September than in September 2016.

Censuses are the oldest official statistics produced by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and they are a treasure trove of demographic and socio-economic information.

In 2021, total nitrogen output from animal manure amounted to 474 million kg, nearly 16 million kg less than in 2020 and over 6 percent below the nitrogen oxides emission ceiling. Phosphorus output...

The consumer price index was 1.5 percent higher in November than in the same month last year.

There are regional differences in the Netherlands with respect to overweight and smoking and drinking behaviour as figures from the first Health Monitor, collectively published by regional health...

The consumer price index was 1.2 percent higher in February than in the same month last year.

Approximately 9 in 10 adults in the Netherlands feel happy. This applies in particular to people living together with a partner.

Children of couples who married young often start living together when they are young. Children of divorced couples also start living together at a younger age.

In school year 2009/’10, approximately 30 percent of pupils who had left school prematurely in 2004/’05 had returned to school or otherwise obtained a basic qualification.

Nearly 30 percent of students in senior secondary vocational education (mbo) combine learning and working in the apprenticeship-based learning track (bbl).

Annually, 96 thousand 18 to 21-year-olds move to another municipality, often to embark on a study in higher vocational education or university. They often settle in one of the major cities or...