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An average 430 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period March-May 2006.

Dutch motorcyclists are growing older. While their average in 2000 was 39 years, this has risen to 45 years in 2009.

The number of one-person households will have mounted up to 3.6 million in 2050, an increase by 1 million compared to the current situation. Over the next two decades, the annual increase will be 30...

In the first quarter van 2012 there were over 570 thousand self-employed service providers in the Netherlands without personnel. Almost half was highly educated, and the most common profession was...

Although the total number of cars registered in the Netherlands has grown by a million since 2005, the nuisance caused by road traffic has hardly changed. Speeding is still the main source of...

On 1 January 2012, the number of municipalities in the Netherlands will be reduced from 418 to 415.

According to the most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands, 390 thousand under-65s received social security benefits at the end of March, i.e. an increase by 11 thousand relative to the...

Trade and tourism consists of graphics on export of Dutch goods and services to the UK.

Over the last few years, the amount of nitrate in the upper groundwater layer of agricultural sandy soils has declined to the extent that the target value of 50 mg per litre has been achieved.

Last year, the number of social security benefits paid to under-65s was reduced by 15 thousand.

Unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation has grown by 24 thousand to 489 thousand in April 2012.

Over the past three decades, the proportion of overweight people in the Netherlands has grown among adults as well as among 4 to 20-year-olds.

Tthere were 304 thousand people who defaulted on the Dutch health insurance payments on 1 September 2009.

After correction for seasonal effect consumer confidence in the Netherlands is 3 points lower in September than it was in August. Confidence has been around -20 since July this year. This is the...

The most recent figures show that unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation has risen by 19 thousand in December to reach 571 thousand.

The drowning rate is higher among children from non-western countries who recently immigrated to the Netherlands than among native Dutch children.

The inflation rate did not change in September 2005. Just as in August consumer prices were 1.8 percent higher than the year before.

More than 4 percent in the Dutch population aged 16 years or older were socially ostracised in 2010. This group rarely participates in social activities, hardly has access to institutions, has poorly...

The number of job vacancies in the Netherlands remains high.