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In 2008, more than 11 percent of pupils in the Netherlands left school prematurely, making it feasible for the Netherlands to comply with the target of 10 percent in 2010 set by the European Union...

With 418 and 336 million kg respectively, last year was a bumper year for apples and pears. The apple harvest per capita exceeded 25 kilogrammes (kg).

The economies of the eurozone expanded by 0.3 percent in the second quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter, according to the most recent first calculations by Eurostat.

Statistics Netherlands announced today that retail turnover was 0.8 percent up in January 2015 from January 2014. The volume of sales grew further in January; retail prices fell slightly faster than...

Guests in leisure accommodations; by country of residence and region Regions; province and tourist region

With only 30 thousand, the population increase in the Netherlands in 2005 was the lowest since 1900. On 1 January 2006, the population stood at 16.34 million.

The mood among Dutch manufacturers deteriorated in August. Statistics Netherlands announced today that the producer confidence indicator fell from 1.2 in July to 0 in August. The lower confidence...

The suicide rate has grown dramatically over the past five years, in particular among people with a western background and native Dutch. The suicide rate remained stable at a low level among people...

In 2018, Dutch companies exported goods to the United States to a total of 23.7 billion euros, i.e. 20 percent up on the previous year.

The number of people setting up their own business in the Netherlands has gradually risen since the 1990s, but the proportion of business owners was still lagging behind the EU 15 average in 2006....

Last year, 13 thousand Poles came to the Netherlands versus 14 thousand in 2008.

Some 700 thousand people in the Netherlands say they have plans to live abroad for a period of at least eight months.

The Dutch economy has become more and more interwoven with global trade in the last thirty years. This means that it has become more vulnerable to declining international demand.

Container transhipment increased substantially at Dutch seaports in 2017.

Agro-sector exports were valued at over 45 billion euros in 2014, earning almost 29 bn euros in revenues.

Compared to other EU countries, a large part of the Dutch population increase is due to natural growth.