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Prices owner-occupied residential property up in 2014
Prices of owner-occupied houses, excluding new constructions, were on average 2.0 percent higher in December 2014 than in December 2013. House prices have been higher than twelve months previously...
festive season adds substantially to retail turnover
The feast of St Nicholas -celebrated with gifts on 5 December- Christmas and New Year’s Eve generate an estimated 1.3 billion euros extra for the Dutch retail trade. Toy shops in particular,...
Generally, boys perform less well than expected in secondary education, girls perform better
In secondary education, boys and girls usually comply the type of education that is consistent with the outcome of the Cito test, but after three years, many boys have moved down to a lower level of...
Overdrafts on current accounts 2010-2017
Overdrafts. Current accounts.
WOZ value dips under 2007 level
On 1 January 2014, the average value of houses based on the Land and Property Appraisal Act (WOZ) was more than 5 percent down from 2013. Currently, the average house price in the Netherlands is 211...
Biggest price changes
The consumer price index shows the price changes of goods and services in the Netherlands.
Exports down
The volume of exports of goods was 2.8 percent down in May 2014 from May 2013. A decline of this magnitude has not occurred in the past four and a half years. In the months prior to the decline in...
More trust and participation
In the last decade participation and trust in Dutch society have gone up slightly. This is shown by the increase in the social contacts citizens have with family, friends and acquaintances, among...
House Price Index (HPI) 2020=100
About the survey House Price Index (HPI) 2020=100
In 30 years a quarter of the population will be over 65
The greying of the population will reach its peak in just over 30 years.
Highest economic growth rates in Flevoland and Haarlemmermeer
The economic growth rate in the Dutch province Flevoland in 2004 was substantially higher than the economic growth rate in the rest of the country. The growth rate of Haarlemmermeer was the highest...
West Netherlands least affected by economic decline
In 2003 the western part of the Netherlands (comprising the provinces of North Holland, South Holland, Utrecht and Zeeland) was least affected by the recession. In the provinces of Gelderland,...
High share profits for pension funds and insurance companies
Pension funds and insurance companies in the Netherlands realised stock market profits of nearly 8 percent in the first half of 2005.
Local tax revenues up 7 percent
Local authority budgets, revenues from taxes collected by Dutch municipal and provincial authorities and water boards will rise by 7.1 percent in 2004. Total taxes paid by private households and...
Workers less satisfied with pay and promotion prospects
Workers in the Netherlands were again less satisfied with their earnings and their prospects of promotion in 2004 than in 2003. Men were more satisfied on both aspects than women, but the differences...
Half of capital loss households regained, plummeting profits private sector
The capital owned by Dutch households has grown by 136 billion euro in 2009, the most substantial increase ever recorded in the span of one year. This means that 57 percent of the capital that...
Dutch labour market dynamics
The share of workers with a flexible employment contract has risen from 12 percent (2001) to 16 percent (2012) of the Dutch employed labour force.
Number of bankruptcies reduced by one-fifth last year
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the number of bankruptcies rose by 5 in December 2015 relative to November. In the previous three months, the number of bankruptcies also increased. In 2015,...
Many businesses in Limburg engaged in international trade
In relative terms, Limburg is the most internationally-oriented province of the Netherlands.
Dutch manufacturers less optimistic
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), confidence among Dutch manufacturers deteriorated in October compared to September. The producer confidence indicator fell from 3.8 in September to 2.4 in...
Child-rearing mostly done by mothers, including working mothers
In more than half of Dutch families, parenting tasks are shared equally between the father and the mother. However, when only one of the parents takes on these tasks it is usually the mother, even if...