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Greenhouse gas emissions higher due to winter cold and production growth
Greenhouse gas emissions were 6 percent higher last year than in 2009 and have risen for the first time in seven years. Greenhouse gas emissions are only 1 percent below the level of 1990, the base...
The Netherlands EU's largest producer of cocoa butter
In 2006, the Netherlands imported nearly 450 million kg of cocoa beans worth more than 550 million euro. The value of the extracted cocoa butter totalled 650 million euro.
SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities
Latest data contributing to worldwide monitoring of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 Sustainable cities and communities. SDG 11 looks at suitable housing in safe, affordable, accessible and...
Inflation down
Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.4 percent in January versus 1.7 percent in December. Dutch inflation has slowed down considerably after a 3.1 peak in July 2013. In January, the lowest level in...
Costs of social security amount to 179 billion euro in 2010
In the Netherlands, 179 billion euro ((30 percent of the total amount earned by all Dutch together) was spent on social security last year. Unemployment benefits rose most rapidly by 12 percent...
The Netherlands in the European top in internet banking
Nearly 4 in 5 Dutch people aged 16-75 do their banking online. This brings the Netherlands to the top of the European Union.
Number of school dropouts down in the Netherlands and the EU
The school dropout rate in the Netherlands was reduced in recent years to 8.8 percent in 2012. The rate across the EU was also gradually reduced.
Exports volume up
The volume of goods exports was more than 2 percent larger in December 2009 than twelve months previously. In November 2009, the volume of exports was virtually the same as in November 2008. It...
Dutch private sector average performer in R&D in Europe
Only a small number of people in the Dutch labour force are engaged in R&D activities. The private sector spent 49 thousand labour years (1.1 percent) on R&D in 2007, thus approximating the European...
Modest exports growth
The volume of goods exports was 2.2 percent lager in August 2013 than in August 2012. This increase is in the same order of magnitude as in the preceding two months.
Sharp increase unemployment
According to the latest figures, unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation increased by 21 thousand in January to 592 thousand.
New life expectancy forecast for people aged 65
What will be the remaining life expectancy of 65-year-olds in the toekomst? A new projection by CBS set remaining life expectancy at 20.63 years for 2024.