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Differences in prosperity levels in Europe reduced
The Netherlands was the second most prosperous country in the European Union (EU) in 2011 after Luxembourg. Bulgaria and Romania are the least prosperous countries in the EU. Relative to 1995, the...
Gross fixed capital formation by type and by sector; NA, 1969-2016
Gross fixed capital formation by type of capital good on owner basis and by institutional sectors
Sale of Nuon and Essent fattens provincial coffers
Together, the financial capital of the twelve Dutch provinces amounted to nearly 4 billion euro in 2008. The sale of energy companies Nuon and Essent in the third quarter of 2009 pushed this amount...
Households lose considerable part of their financial capital due to falling prices
The total amount lost by Dutch households over the first three quarters of 2008 as a consequence of the crash on the stock exchange was unprecedented.
Macroeconomic imbalances factsheet
The European Union has formulated the so called Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure. By means of a scoreboard, the European Commission judges whether there are (potential) imbalances within the member...
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...
Macroeconomic imbalances factsheet October 2015
The European Union has formulated the so called Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure. By means of a scoreboard, the European Commission judges whether there are (potential) imbalances within the member...
Personal capital households reduced in 2012
The median personal capital of households in the Netherlands was 27 thousand euros on 1 January 2012, a reduction by 10 percent relative to the beginning of 2011.
Self-employed are wealthiest category
Self-employed households and over-65 couples were the wealthiest categories on 1 January 2009.
More than one million households have 'underwater' mortgages
Early 2011, 4.2 million households in the Netherlands owned the homes they lived in. In more than one million cases, the value of the house was below the mortgage debt level. Since 2008, the...
Personal capital households further reduced
The personal capital of households in the Netherlands has declined further. On 1 January 2011, the median household capital was 29 thousand euro versus 33 thousand euro early 2010, a decline by 12...
More than 12 billion euro left in legacies
People who died in the Netherlands in 2008 left a total of more than 12 billion euro in legacies. This is the equivalent of an average 110 thousand euro per legacy.
Surplus of 2.3 billion euro for municipalities
Dutch municipalities added 2.3 billion euro to their net assets in 2006. This is over 1.1 billion more than in 2005, when they had a surplus of 1.2 billion euro.
Substantial reduction in corporate tax burden
In 2006, the burden of corporate tax for the largest non-financial companies in the Netherlands was 20.9 percent. This was 7.4 percentage points lower than in 2004.
Macroeconomic imbalances factsheet
The European Union has formulated the so called Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure. By means of a scoreboard, the European Commission judges whether there are (potential) imbalances within the member...
Prosperity increased in last decades
The disposable income of Dutch households was 33.2 thousand euro on average in 2010.
Solar electricity not very popular in the Netherlands
Since the subsidy on solar electricity systems was abolished in 2003, sales of solar electricity systems on the Dutch market have plummeted. Last year, few new systems were added. Nevertheless, Dutch...