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At the end of March this year, 263 thousand persons were living on social security, an increase by 4 thousand relative to the end of 2008.

More than 400 thousand houses in the Netherlands are unoccupied; 190 thousand (2.5 percent of the dwelling stock) remain occupied for more than eighteen months.

ccording to Statistics Netherlands’ Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation improved considerably in May 2015  relative to April. In the period between summer 2013 and spring 2014,...

Due to the COVID-19 crisis and accompanying measures, entrepreneurs have not been this pessimistic since the start of surveytaking. Business confidence stands at -37.2, down from 6.4 in the previous...

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Confidence stood at 5.7 in September, down from 5.9 in August.

The confidence among Dutch manufacturers fell slightly, but the mood remains optimistic. Statistics Netherlands reported today that optimism has prevailed among Dutch manufacturers since October 2014.

In February, there were 340 thousand unemployed. Just as in January, this is equivalent to 3.6 percent of the labour force.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) aims to make interpretation and implementation of its figures as easy as possible for its users.

The number of welfare benefits paid to people under 65 fell to 271 thousand in the first quarter of 2008.

95 percent of inhabitants holds Dutch citizenship. In 2015, 22 thousand residents were naturalised to Dutch citizens.

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According to the first provisional estimate, the Dutch economy shrank by 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same period last year.

In September, confidence among Dutch manufacturers is again less unfavourable.