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A clearer picture of wealth in the Netherlands
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is improving its wealth statistics.
More and more households have laptops, smart phones and tablet computers at their disposal
Nearly all households in the Netherlands have access to the internet. Desktop computers are losing ground to mobile devices. Nearly half of Dutch households own at least one tablet computer.
More than 6 in 10 people wear glasses or contact lenses
A vast majority in the population wear glasses or contact lenses. For older people, it is extremely rare not to use glasses or contact lenses. Furthermore, nearly one third of over-75 men use hearing...
New motorcycle sales drop to historically low level
New motorcycle sales have declined in recent years and half of new motorcycles are sold to people over the age of 40. One in eight motorcycles were owned by persons over the age of 60 last year.
Light mopeds nearly overtaking heavier mopeds
Light mopeds have increased much faster in number than heavier mopeds in recent years. At the start of 2011 there were 475 thousand light and 527 thousand heavier mopeds in the Netherlands.
Companies own fewer cars
On 1 January 2011 fewer cars were registered in the names of companies than on 1 January 2010 when there had also been a year-on-year decline.
The Netherlands worth 3,500,000,000,000 euro
Total assets in the Netherlands were worth around 3.5 trillion euro in 2008. This is the equivalent of just over 210 thousand euro per inhabitant, and is more than double the value in 1996.
Not only are motorcyclists ageing, they're riding more vintage machines
Dutch motorcyclists are growing older. While their average in 2000 was 39 years, this has risen to 45 years in 2009.
No further increase in medical aids
A majority in the older population used medical aids in 2008. The proportion using aids increased over the period 2001–2005. Despite the fact that the Dutch population is ageing, the proportion did...
One quarter of primary and special needs schools invest capital
One quarter of primary and special needs schools invested a total of nearly 0.5 billion euro in 2006. Most of this capital was invested in bonds.
More foreign securities for pension funds and insurance companies in 2004
Total assets of Dutch pension funds and insurance companies amounted to 865 billion euro at the end of 2004. This is 82 billion more than in 2003. Holdings of foreign securities in particular rose....