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Exports of goods and services by origin; NA, 1995-2016
Exports of goods and services by origin Economic activiries by origin
Crude oil, natural gas and coal prices considerably higher
Prices of crude oil, natural gas and coal were significantly higher in 2011 than in 2010. The price increase is partly caused by the rising global demand for energy, the Japan earthquake in 2011 and...
Birth rate back to level early 1980s
The birth rate has declined further to 172 thousand between June 2012 and May 2013, i.e. a decrease by 6.4 thousand relative to the same period one year previously.
Population growth slowing down
The population of the Netherlands increased by 83 thousand persons from mid 2009 to mid 2010.
Lower havo pass rates in four large cities
Some 80 thousand students in Dutch senior general secondary education (havo) and pre-university education (vwo) are sitting their final exams this month. In the past few years, around nine out of ten...
Most people on long-term low incomes live in major cities
There are more than 5 thousand neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. In nearly one third, the the proportion of long-term low incomes is above the nationwide average of 3 percent.
Dutch inflation rate stable at 1.8 percent
The inflation rate did not change in September 2005. Just as in August consumer prices were 1.8 percent higher than the year before.
Recently immigrated children more often drown
The drowning rate is higher among children from non-western countries who recently immigrated to the Netherlands than among native Dutch children.
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.
Some 241 thousand people have no medical insurance
On 1 May 2006, some 241 thousand people in the Netherlands were not insured for the costs of medical care. This 1.5 percent of the Dutch population.
Unemployment down among non-western migrant group
In 2016 unemployment declined to 13.2 percent among the group non-western migrants.
Extraction, import and export materials by kind, nat. accounts 1996-2012
Extraction, import and export materials Material flows to and from the Dutch economy
Employment in environmental sector up
Developments in the area of Green Growth
Household population growing in and around major cities
On 1 January 2016, there were over 7.7 million households in the Netherlands.
Considerable increase asylum seekers from Syria and Somalia
Last year, 14.4 thousand asylum seekers came to the Netherlands, nearly 5 thousand more than in 2012. Among the asylum seekers arriving in the Netherlands in 2013 were more Syrians and Somali women...
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...