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In school year 2013/’14, 70 thousand pupils (5 percent) received special needs primary education or attended a special needs primary school in the Netherlands. A new law on appropriate...

In 2007, total spending on care, i.e. health care plus welfare services, amounted to 74 billion euro, a 5.1 percent increase relative to 2006.

Happiness, satisfaction with life Alterations in marital status and employment situation

Publication of national statistics on income statements

The purchasing power of the Dutch population improved by 0.8 percent last year. The average disposable household income was 33.5 thousand euro.

According to Statistics Netherlands’ new statistics on care institutions, the composition of the workforce in care differs between the various care sectors.

Publication of national statistics on income statements

In the Netherlands, 1 in every 5 children aged between 4 and 12 are chronically ill. Asthma and chronic bronchitis are the most common chronic diseases.

Last year, 250 thousand people relied on special income support, i.e. approximately 2 percent of the adult population in the Netherlands. Four in ten households receiving special income support are...

There has been a sharp rise in the nursing professionals over 50 working in health care.

Since 2004, the proportion of employed among non-school going young people has increased. Young people with a basic qualification benefited more from the booming economy than those without a basic...

Nearly nine in ten adults say they are happy. This share has been stable for years.

Last year, spending on health care and welfare in the Netherlands amounted to 92.7 billion euros, i.e. an increase by 3.7 percent from 2011.

In 2011 the rise in the Dutch care volume was primarily responsible for the rise in care expenditure. The Dutch care volume grew faster in 2011 than in 2010.

Health accounts; providers and functions, with link to Dutch health and social care accounts

At the end of last year, 1.4 million people, i.e. 12 percent of the population in the age category 15-64 received social assistance, unemployment (WW) or disability benefits.

Last year, national spending on health care and welfare totalled 79 billion euro, a 6.2 percent increase on 2007.

The purchasing power of the Dutch population improved 1.1 percent last year.

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Vehicle with a maximum speed of not more than 45 km/h, equipped with an internal combustion engine, with a cylinder capacity of not more than 50 cubic centimetres (according to the Dutch law) or an...