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Government spending on education in the Netherlands accounted for about 5.5 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2005. This is slightly higher than the average in the European Union.

The lowest share of single mothers is seen in higher educated women.

Last year, the proportion of people in the Netherlands taking non-prescribed medicines was as high as those taking prescribed medicines. Over-the-counter (OTC) medication is more common among women,...

Between 2001 and 2007, the proportion of higher educated people in the Netherlands has grown across all age categories. Last year, there were about as many higher as lower educated individuals in the...

Employed and not employed, want to work, reasons to not want to work Sex, age, level of education

Perceived health, chronic disorders Sex, age, educational level

GP, specialist, dentist, fysiotherapist, hospitalisation, medicine use Sex, age, educational level

In October, owner-occupied dwellings (excluding new constructions) were on average 18.3 percent more expensive than in the same month last year. This price increase is almost the same as the one in...

In 2007, 60 percent of Dutch households where the mother had attained a high education level made use of childcare facilities. This is nearly twice as often as for households where the mother was...

These are a few of the main conclusions of the annual education report Jaarboek onderwijs in cijfers 2012.

More than 950 thousand women were higher educated than their partners in 2010, which means that in nearly one in every four couples the woman is the highest educated. In recent years, the number of...

Dutch education spending rose in 2007, but by less than in previous years.

Nearly 94 percent of 25 to 35-year-old higher educated no longer attending any form of education were employed in 2009. With 89 percent, the employment rate was also high among higher educated with a...

Custom-made tables on the employment situation and income in 2007 and 2011 of graduates from intermediate vocational education (mbo), higher professional education (hbo) and university (wo) in school...

Sociaaleconomische trends, 2e kwartaal 2012

Custom-made tables on the labour market position of higher education graduates at the end of December 2003 and 2007. Graduate cohorts 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006. Commissioned by: Ministry of...

In 2020, enterprises, institutions and the higher education sector in the Netherlands spent nearly 18.4 billion euros on research and development (R&D), using own and hired personnel.

The Report on Integration and Society (Rapportage Integratie en Samenleven) describes how groups of different origins relate to the average of the Dutch population.

In 2021, half of the adult population in the Netherlands were overweight. This is the same as in 2018 at the start of the National Prevention Agreement.

Dossier page on immigrants and education

The consumer price index (CPI) was 7.6 percent higher in January than in the same month last year.