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Local government to a large extent financially dependent on The Hague
The local government level is fairly comprehensive in the Netherlands. But local government, including municipalities and provinces, is to a large extent financially dependent on The...
Spending by central government on suppliers, 2012 (Dutch only)
Custom-made tables on spending by central government on suppliers in the medium-sized and small enterprise sector and suppliers outside this sector, 2012. Commissioned by: the Ministry of the...
Budget deficit down substantially in 2005
The balance of the Dutch government budget according to the EMU definition came to -0.3 percent of GDP for 2005. This means the government deficit stayed well within the limits of the European 3...
Central government surplus 3.0 billion euro
For the first time in six years, the difference between government revenue and expenditure was positive in 2006.
Less income from municipal taxes due to changes in property tax
In 2006 The Dutch municipalities will receive 8.9 percent less from municipal taxes than in 2005. This is due to the abolition of property tax for the occupants of dwellings. The loss in property tax...
How to protect privacy in open data
More and more government data is presented online as open data.
Dutch government spending lower than EU average
The Dutch government spent 270.3 billion euro in 2008. This is the equivalent of 45.5 percent of the Dutch gross domestic product (GDP).
Statistics Netherlands app: all data available in graphic format on mobile devices
Statistics Netherlands launches its StatLine app today: a web application that shows all tables in the StatLine databank in a graphic format.
Statistics Netherlands reduces administrative burden further
The administrative burden caused by Statistics Netherlands’ surveys was 7 percent smaller in 2009 than in 2008.
municipalities financially dependent on central government
Over two-thirds of the income of Dutch municipalities in 2013 came from central government. Eleven percent of their income came from local taxes. Revenues from local taxes are much lower in the...
Government deficit down to 2.3 percent
The Dutch government deficit according to the EMU definition was 2.3 percent in 2004, once again within the limits of the European norm of 3 percent. In 2003 the deficit was still 3.2 percent....
Local government depends heavily on central government funding
In the Netherlands, the local government is dependent on the central government for almost three quarters of its income. In 2019, 27 percent of the local government's income consisted of its own...
Participation Act benchmark statistics (Dutch only)
Tables with information about the new target groups of the Participation Act, to come into effect on 1 January 2015. Commissioned by: Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.
Government deficit 5.4 percent in 2010
Last year’s government deficit stood at 5.4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), just under the 2009 level. The debt of the Dutch government increased further from 60.8 to 62.7 percent of the...
Public deficit reduced to 4.2 percent
By the end of June this year, the public deficit of the Netherlands was 4.2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), i.e. 25 billion euro on an annual basis. The current deficit is marginally...
Budget surplus up to 1.9 percent of GDP in mid-2018
Government revenues were nearly 5 billion euros higher in the first six months of 2018 than in the same period last year. This resulted in a year-on-year increase in the budget surplus, equivalent to...
Market value of Dutch government bonds plummets
Investors in Dutch government bonds faced severe losses in the first quarter of 2011.
Data security a permanent item on the agenda of NSIs
Safe and reliable exchange of information, data, software and services between member states and Eurostat, and between member states themselves has a high priority
Gender wage gap, 2007 and 2008 (Dutch only)
At the request of the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, the Centre for Policy-related Statistics of Statistics Netherlands has calculated the remuneration differences between men and...