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Residential property prices more than 4 percent down from one year previously
Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings were on average 4.1 percent lower in September 2013 than in September 2012. The price drop is less substantial than in the preceding month, when house...
Vast regional differences in overweight and smoking and drinking behaviour
There are regional differences in the Netherlands with respect to overweight and smoking and drinking behaviour as figures from the first Health Monitor, collectively published by regional health...
More than half of employees commute to work
At the end of 2011, nearly 56 percent of employees did not work in their municipality of residence. Larger cities in particular attract many commuters. Half of the busiest commuter roads lead to...
Unemployment further up
Seasonally adjusted unemployment increased by 7 thousand in April 2013 to reach 650 thousand.
Diversity in figures, 2011. Jobs by sector, region and various employee characteristics (in Dutch only)
Custom-made tables on characteristics of jobs for the diversity index, an internet tool of the Ministry of Internal Affairs which employers can use to compare the composition of their workforce....
Fewer debt management plans in 2012
Last year, 13.8 thousand debt management plans were imposed by Dutch courts. After two years of dramatic increase, the number declined marginally in 2012. Three quarters of DMPs concluded in 2012...
Regional distribution of first-generation immigrants and migrant workers from central, eastern and southern Europe.
Custom-made tables on the regional distribution of first-generation immigrants and migrant workers from central, eastern and southern Europe, 31 December 2010. Commissioned by: Ministry of the...
Regional innovation in the Netherlands, Community Innovation Survey 2010 (Dutch only)
Custom-made tables on innovation by region. Final version. To compile these tables, Statistics Netherlands’ Centre for Policy Related Statistics has regionalised the Community Innovation Survey (CIS...
Green space never far away in the Netherlands
For 89 in every 100 Dutch residents, a green space, e.g. a park, a public garden, an open natural space or a wooded area is within a distance of 1 kilometre.
Demography in districts of Bonaire, yesterday and today
In the last decade the population of Bonaire has grown by almost 50 percent. In the preceding thirty years, the increase of 10 percent per decade was much smaller. The population growth is mainly the...
Highest economic growth in North Brabant, Utrecht and Flevoland
According to the latest figures, nearly all provinces achieved economic growth last year. North Brabant, Utrecht and Flevoland enjoyed the fastest economic growth, but in the province of Zeeland the...
France third largest market for international road transport
Dutch hauliers carried nearly 6 million tons of goods from the Netherlands to France in 2010, making France the third largest market for international road transport after Germany and Belgium....
Majority of Dutch Caribbean population born on former Netherlands Antilles
The majority of the Dutch Caribbean population were born on one of the islands in the former Netherlands Antilles. In most cases, they were born on the island where they currently live or on an...
Income data by 4-digit postcode area, 2009 (Dutch only)
This publication contains information on disposable household income by 20%-groups per 4-digit postcode area, municipality, district and neighbourhood. For each 20%-group, the number of persons and...
Dutch Caribbean population exceeds 21 thousand
The Dutch Caribbean population comprises more than 21 thousand people, i.e. 15.7 thousand on Bonaire, 3.6 thousand on St Eustatius and 1.8 thousand on Saba.
People who stay behind in regions where the population is diminishing are less well-off
In regions where the population has shrunk over the period 2005-2008, people’s socio-economic conditions have worsened.
Record exam passes for mbo students
These are a few conclusions from the Jaarboek onderwijs in cijfers 2011, an annual report with statistics on education in the Netherlands (published in Dutch only) released today.
Refugees in the Netherlands 2010 (publication 3) (Dutch only)
Concluding report on various demographic, regional and socio-economic characteristics of refugees in the Netherlands in 2010. Commissioned by: VluchtelingenWerk Nederland.
9 percent of cannabis coffee shops in the vicinity of schools
The coalition agreement stipulates that cannabis coffee shops must be located at a distance of at least 350 metres from the nearest school. Last year, 58 coffee shops in the Netherlands were located...
Towards sustainable choices - a nationally and globally sustainable Finland
Sustainability Report of Finland (2007)
Sustainable development indicators in your pocket 2009. An update of the UK Government Strategy indicators
Sustainability Report of UK
No increase asylum seekers from Arab countries to the Netherlands
Political and social upheaval in the Arab region have lead to 7.6 thousand asylum applications in the first four months of this year in the countries of the European Union (EU), nearly twice as many...
Sharp rise in Dutch Caribbean inflation in second quarter
Inflation on the islands making up the Dutch Caribbean was substantially higher in the second quarter of 2011 than in the first quarter. The rate was highest on St Eustatius, at 10.5 percent, up from...
National Landscape conservation areas cover one fifth of the Netherlands
The 20 National Landscape conservation areas in the Netherlands cover nearly 900 thousand hectares, i.e. more than 20 percent of the total Dutch land area.
Unemployment down
According to the latest figures, seasonally adjusted unemployment totalled 392 thousand in June 2011, a reduction by 9 thousand from May.