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Sharp increase AWBZ costs
Over the past decade, the costs of the Exceptional Medical Expenses Act (AWBZ) have risen by nearly 75 percent. Important factors are population ageing, less rigid access criteria to health...
Fewer potatoes and onions
Farmers expect the potato crop to be 8 percent lower in 2005 than in 2004. This means they will lift some 4,8 billion kilos of ware and seed potatoes.
Unemployment further up
Seasonally adjusted unemployment increased by 7 thousand in April 2013 to reach 650 thousand.
Many Dutch vote by proxy
Many voters in the Netherlands use the possibility of voting by proxy. In the 2010 Lower Chamber elections, 8 percent of voters had authorised someone else to vote for them.
Statistics Netherlands launches new website
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has given its website a fresh new look
CBS starts unique initiative for Big Data research
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) starts unique initiative for Big Data research
Consumer prices 1.1 percent up from one year previously
The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.1 percent higher in June 2017 than in June 2016.
Number of passengers travelling through Dutch airports breaks 60 million barrier
For the first time in history, the number of passengers travelling through Dutch airports broke the 60 million barrier last year; 90 percent of them travelled through Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The...
Inflation in December down to lowest level in more than 5 years
The inflation fell from 1.0 percent in November to 0.7 percent in December, the lowest level since October 2009.
Further reduction greenhouse gas emissions
In 2007, greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands were reduced for the third consecutive year. The total emission volume amounted to 205 billion kg of CO2 equivalents, i.e. 4 percent below the...
Butterfly population in steep decline
The butterfly population in the Netherlands declined further in 2012 and has currently reached the lowest level of the past twenty years
Sustained growth for e-commerce
In 2006, Dutch companies generated nearly 11 percent of their turnover through e-commerce.
How to protect privacy in open data
More and more government data is presented online as open data.
Child care costs averages 2,000 euro for Dutch parents
In 2011 over half million Dutch parents received child care allowances. The costs of child care per parent averaged close to 7,300 euro. The parents themselves paid nearly 2,000 euro of this. The...
Owner-occupiers Housing Expenditures, costs to acquire and own, 2015=100
Short method description Owner-occupiers Housing (OOH) Expenditures 2015=100
Burden tax and social insurance contributions in the European Union nearly 40 percent
The average burden of taxes and social insurance contributions in the European Union (EU) was 39 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011, but there are considerable differences between...
Dutch couples increasingly meet online or at work
More and more Dutch couples are meeting via the internet or at work, while fewer people met on an evening out or on holiday in the last ten years.
Producer confidence
What is the survey about Producer confidence?