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Total length Dutch roads stretches halfway to the moon
Nearly 7 thousand kilometres were added to the Dutch road network over the past decade. With more than 137 thousand kilometres, the total length of the network stretches halfway to the moon.
Nearly 6 percent of Dutch dwellings uninhabited
On 1 January 2008 5.7 percent of the just over 7 million dwellings in the Netherlands were not officially inhabited. This does not mean that they are vacant, but that nobody is officially registered...
Number of income support benefits hardly up
301 thousand people aged under 65 years were claiming income support at the end of the third quarter of 2010.
Crime down, people feel safer
20 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 years and older do not feel safe at times.
Unemployment up across all provinces in 2009
Unemployment had risen in all Dutch provinces last year relative to 2008. The most substantial increase was recorded in the province of North Brabant.
Netherlands occupies prominent position in export of flowers and plants
Flowers and plants are not the most important export products, but the level of specialisation with respect to these products is high in the Netherlands.
Large proportion of labour migrants leave the Netherlands within four years
About 40 percent of labour migrants, who have come to the Netherlands since 1999, leave the country within four years. The lowest and top incomes are more prone to leave the Netherlands than persons...
Revised version: 431 Dutch municipalities in 2010
On 1 January 2010, the Netherlands comprised 431 municipalities, i.e. 10 fewer than a year ago. The decline is mainly due to 5 municipal redivisions including 15 municipalities in the provinces of...
Registered crime down in 2012
Dutch police recorded 5 percent fewer criminal offences in 2012 than in 2011. Registered crime in the Netherlands has been showing a downward trend for a number of years now. However, the number of...
Number of brewers more than quadrupled since 2007
The number of beer breweries in the Netherlands has more than quadrupled.
goods transported via land and water cover less than 300 kilometres
Ninety percent of goods loaded on to road vehicles, inland vessels or trains in the Netherlands are subsequently transported across a distance of less than 300 kilometres. The shorter the road...
Highest economic growth rates in Flevoland and Utrecht
According to provisional figures published by Statistics Netherlands, the 2005 economic growth rate in the provinces of Flevoland and Utrecht was considerably higher than in the rest of the country.
Number of crime victims stable, more cases of vandalism
Last year, the Dutch population aged 15 years and older faced 6.3 million offences, an increase by 0.4 million relative to the preceding year.
Dutch think level of decay in their own neighbourhood is acceptable
In recent years, fewer people were annoyed by graffiti on walls and buildings, vandalised bus and tram shelters and dog droppings in their neighbourhood. The decline was observed in urban as well as...
Number of welfare benefits continues to fall
The number of welfare benefits paid to people aged under 65 in the second quarter of 2006 was down by nearly 5 thousand.
Netherlands increasingly tied in with global trade
The Dutch economy has become more and more interwoven with global trade in the last thirty years. This means that it has become more vulnerable to declining international demand.
Number of long-term income support benefits down
In 2007, the number of income support benefits declined markedly for the third year running. At the end of December, 275 thousand benefits were received, 27 thousand fewer than one year previously.
Employment opportunities social security recipients vary considerably by municipality
Nearly 30 thousand persons living on social security benefits by the end of 2009 managed to find jobs in 2010, i.e. 9 percent of social security recipients. In the category municipalities with 100...