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Approximately 20 m² available per capita for sports practice
The total area in the Netherlands available for practising sports is 334 km², approximately 1 percent of the total land area, i.e. 20 m² per resident. Sports grounds are mainly situated inside...
Concentration of nitrate in upper groundwater
Over the last few years, the amount of nitrate in the upper groundwater layer of agricultural sandy soils has declined to the extent that the target value of 50 mg per litre has been achieved.
Labour Accounts; employment, economic activity, sex; 1969-2012
Employed persons, jobs, full-time equivalents (fte), hours worked, economic activity, sex, employees and self-employed persons
Regional accounts; production and generation of income by industry
Output, intermediate consumption, value added, compensation of employees, operating surplus, labour input by industry and by region
Dutch House prices fall by more than EU average
The average level of house prices in the European Union (EU) has been stable for three years, although there are great differences in price developments between the countries. In the Netherlands and...
Government deficit at 5.3 percent in 2009
The government deficit over 2009 stood at 5.3 percent of the GDP, as against a government surplus of 0.7 percent of the GDP in 2008.
8 in 10 working millionaires are self-employed
Eighty percent of working millionaire breadwinners are self-employed.
Value of forest, heath and built-up areas mapped out
the quality of these ecosystems as well as their contribution to the economy and society
Changes to the House Price Index for existing own homes
As of January 2008, Statistics Netherlands and the Dutch Land Registry office (Kadaster) jointly publish the House Price Index for existing own homes with reference year 2005=100. At the start of...
Statistics Netherlands visualises green growth
the results of ‘green growth’, based on the themes economic opportunities and natural resources.
Bat populations thriving
Bat populations are thriving in the Netherlands. The 8 species that are being monitored all increase in numbers.
Many new dwellings in existing built-up areas
In the period 2000–2006, 140 thousand dwellings (43 percent) out of a total of 323 thousand added to the dwelling stock were built in existing built-up area.
Production process more environmentally efficient, but no green growth
Economic growth is often realised to the detriment of the environment.
More than 31 thousand Americans in the Netherlands
More than 31 thousand Americans were living in the Netherlands op 1 January 2008. Many more Dutch people live in the United States: according to the US Bureau of the Census, over 100 thousand Dutch...
Food for thought: dietary and health trends in the Netherlands
These are just some findings in the book Food for thought: dietary and health trends in the Netherlands, published today.
Regulating services
These are the benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes, including air quality regulation, climate regulation, water regulation, erosion regulation, water purification and waste...