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Dutch hotels and restaurants perform above EU average
Turnover sector hotels and restaurants in the Netherlands has grown faster than on average across the EU.
Russian boycott will cost Dutch economy 300 million euros
The export value of goods covered by Russian boycott amounted to more than 500 million euros in 2013. The Netherlands earned approximately 300 million euros and about 5,000 jobs were involved.
Investment climate; infrastructure international comparison 1990-2012
Efficiency of distribution infrastructure, ICT - infrastructure and knowledge infrastructure broken down by country
Dutch unemployment lowest in EU
Seasonally adjusted unemployment in the European Union was 6.9 percent in August 2008. The Netherlands had the lowest rate: 2.6 percent.
Population growth 46 thousand in 2007
On 1 January 2008, the Dutch population totalled 16.4 millon.
Agricultural export value over 90 bn euros in 2018
Agricultural exports in 2018 were worth an estimated 90.3 billion euros, i.e. 0.2 percent up on 2017. While exports rose, prices dropped relative to 2017.
1 in 10 crime suspects is a foreigner without fixed abode
In 2013 nearly one in five registered crime suspects was a foreigner. Over half of this group, one in ten crime suspects, had no fixed abode within the Netherlands. They were tourists, seasonal...
Migration background still plays a role
The Annual Report on Integration 2016 gives an overview of various population groups with a migrant background.
Investment climate; society, 1990-2013
Job mobility, social benefits, minimum wage Countries, periods
Dwindling number of pigs in most EU countries
The number of pigs fell in most EU countries in the last decade, although in some countries it increased. Pig numbers increased most in Germany and Spain. The Netherlands also saw an increase in the...
Exports to Ukraine nearly halved
In August 2014 Dutch exports to the Ukraine reached 54 million euros wheras in August 2013 exports to the Ukrain were valued at 98 million. This sharp decrease is due to the political tensions in the...
Growing number of East European hauliers
East European lorries carry more and more goods to and from the Netherlands; between 2007 and 2011 their share increased from 8 to 12.5 percent.
Asylum requests; international 1990-2009
Requests for asylum submitted in a selection of countries countries
Births and marriages both fall in 2013
Fewer than 74 thousand marriages and partnership registrations took place in the Netherlands in 2013. This 6 thousand down on 2012. The decrease was completely accounted for by the fall in the number...
Road haulage by foreign lorries up again
Road haulage to and from the Netherlands and by home country of haulier.
Marginal increase workers from Bulgaria and Romania
Since 1 January 2014, people from Bulgaria and Romania no longer need a work permit if they want to work in the Netherlands. As a result, the number of Bulgarian and Romanian job-seekers coming to...
EU target early school leavers within reach for the Netherlands
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...
Quarter of a million east Europeans in the Netherlands
On 1 January 2009, a quarter of a million people from eastern Europe had settled in the Netherlands, nearly four times as many as during the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, twenty years...
Immigration increasing again
Over 22 thousand immigrants took up residence in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2006. This is almost 2 thousand more than in the same period of 2005.
Only 0.1 percent of Dutch exports directly hit by Russian boycott
Only 0.1 percent of total Dutch exports of goods is affected by the Russian boycott of agricultural products, but the boycott predominantly concerns exports of products made in the Netherlands, which...