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Credit crisis deeper but not as long as the crisis in the early 1980s
In crisis year 2009, the Dutch economy contracted more than ever before. The crisis was followed by a period of moderate growth (1.8 percent). The economy bounced back faster than in the early 1980s,...
Record number of 40th wedding anniversaries
The number of couples celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary reached a record high in 2010. This is related to the peak in marriages around 1970.
Relatively more women unemployed in the course of time
The economic crisis pushed up unemployment in the Netherlands to 4.8 percent in 2009. This is still very low compared with the towering levels in the 1930s.
One quarter of couples married in the early 1990s are divorced 20 years later
One in six couples who married around 1970 were divorced 20 years later. The ratio for couples married in the early 1990s will be one in four.
The Netherlands: an island of moderation within Europe
Although the Dutch have a reputation of being heavy drinkers, they are in fact not: nearly nowhere in Europe do people drink as little as in the Netherlands.
125 years of reliable statistics
This year marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Since 1899, CBS has been the principal supplier of trustworthy, unbiased statistics in and about the Netherlands.
Dossier Historical series
Dossier Historical series