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Dutch agriculture: increase in scale and lower incomes
The number of farms and horticultural businesses in the Netherlands decreased substantially in the period 1995-2009. Labour volume in this sector and agricultural income also fell.
Full-time job plus part-time job most satisfactory combination
In two thirds of couples, both partners held a paid job in 2007. Among couples with children, the most common combination turned out to be a full-time job plus a part-time job.
Number of crime victims stable, more cases of vandalism
Last year, the Dutch population aged 15 years and older faced 6.3 million offences, an increase by 0.4 million relative to the preceding year.
Farmland birds
The Farmland Bird Indicator (FBI) has declined by approximately 30 percent since 2000
Producer Prices Index; by economic activity SIC2008, 2010=100, 1981-2017
Price index number (excluding excise), by sales (domestic and foreign) According to activity nomenclature SBI 2008
Amsterdam is expanding, mainly due to immigration
The number of inhabitants in Amsterdam is growing, mainly due to foreign migration
Decline in exports to the United Kingdom
Goods exports to the United Kingdom declined by 2 percent in the first half of 2017.
The Netherlands 10 years after Lehman Brothers
The Netherlands ten years after the onset of the global credit crisis. Developments in unemployment, GDP, labour participation, housing market, social assistance benefits, debt liabilities and other...
Inflation further down to 0.6 percent
According to the consumer price index (CPI), inflation was 0.6 percent in September. Statistics Netherlands reports that in August consumer prices were 0.8 percent higher than one year...
Economic situation improves slightly
According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation has improved slightly in April.
Business services monitor third quarter 2013
Turnover in the business services sector was smaller in the third quarter of 2013 than twelve months previously; the slight increase in turnover measured in the second quarter was unable to continue....
Dutch population feels a little safer
At the beginning of 2006, fewer people in the Netherlands did not feel safe than twelve months previously. People living in Zeeland felt safest. The number of crimes people experienced was also down,...
Public sector largest employer Caribbean Netherlands
The public sector is the largest employer in the Caribbean Netherlands
Economic situation improves slightly
According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation has improved slightly in May.
Economic situation improves slightly
According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation has hardly changed in January.
Bonaire’s population less religious
The majority of the population of Bonaire indicate they are religious, although this group is becoming smaller.
Economic situation improves slightly
According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation has hardly changed in January.
1 in 5 obese adults satisfied with body weight
Almost half of the total Dutch adult population are moderately or severely overweight. In the period 2015-2017, two in five severely overweight (obese) people indicated that they were dissatisfied...
fewer apprenticeships for mbo students in 2013
As a result of the economic situation in the Netherlands nearly 18 thousand fewer apprenticeship places were available in 2013 than in 2012 for students in the apprenticeship-based track (bbl) of...
Education
About a quarter of pupils who leave school without a diploma returned to school in later years; some of them will therefore attain a basic qualification as yet.
Cancer responsible for 31 percent of deaths
In 2017, the number of deaths in the Netherlands stood at 150 thousand. The most common death cause with 47 thousand cases (31 percent) was cancer.