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Higher profits from oil and gas extraction help to fill government coffers
In 2006, revenues from oil and natural gas extraction were the highest since 1990.
More deaths during recent heat wave
The heat wave in week 30 of 2019 caused 2,964 deaths. This is nearly 400 more deaths than during an average summer week. During the heat waves in 2006, the number of additional fatalities per week...
Inflation climbs to 2.3 percent
The inflation rate in the Netherlands rose to 2.3 percent in May, the highest figure in thirty months. The rate in April was 2.1 percent.
Economic situation improves somewhat again
According to Statistics Netherlands’ Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation has improved somewhat again in April 2015 relative to March. In the last two months, the economy also improved.
Trade with Iran picked up before embargo ended
The value of Dutch exports of goods to Iran exceeded 450 million euros in 2015, an increase by 21 percent within twelve months. Exporters were faced with trade restrictions in recent years. As a...
De uitstoot van de Nederlandse transportsector
In 2018 stootte de Nederlandse transportsector 26 miljard kilogram CO2-equivalenten aan broeikasgassen uit. Dat is bijna net zoveel als in 2012. De luchtvaart draagt daar 49 procent aan bij, het...
Solar panel capacity up by more than half
The installed capacity of solar panels in the Netherlands grew by 1,500 to 4,400 megawatt (MW) in 2018.
Job vacancies rise slightly
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands today, there were 97 thousand job vacancies in the Netherlands at the end of December 2013. The figure has been corrected for seasonal effects
Most asylum seekers come from Iraq and Somalia
Last year, nearly 15 thousand first-time requests for asylum were submitted in the Netherlands, an increase by 11 percent relative to 2008. More than half of asylum seekers came from Iraq or Somalia.
substantial rise in hotel guests in 2014
Establishments providing overnight accommodation in the Netherlands received considerably more guests in 2014 than in the previous year. Just over half came from Germany, the United Kingdom and...
What is my spendable income?
A household’s spendable income is the net annual amount it has available to spend. In general terms, it is gross income minus premiums and taxes.
Fewer people have mental health problems
The proportion of people in relatively poor mental health had dropped to 9 percent in 2008. The reduction was mainly recorded in the female population.
Cancer mortality higher, but risk of dying from cancer lower
The risk of dying from cancer is declining. The risk for men and women to die from cancer dropped by 14 and 5 percent respectively in 2010 relative to 2000, but the cancer death toll has increased...
More employees on courses, less spent on training
Nearly four out of ten private sector employees in the Netherlands did a work-related course in 2010. Five years previously this was 34 percent. In 2010 spending on courses accounted for 2.1 percent...
Lower year-on-year selling prices in manufacturing
In March 2015, selling prices of Dutch manufactured products were down 6.9 percent on March 2014. In February 2015 prices were 8.8 percent lower than twelve months before.
80 percent of inward investments channelled out directly
The majority of inward foreign investments do not remain in the Netherlands, but are immediately channelled abroad instead.