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Bonaire: purchasing power up again in 2015
In 2015, the median purchasing power of Bonaire’s local population improved by 3.6 percent.
International trade in services
The aim of the International trade in services statistics is to publish data on imports and exports of services by enterprises established in the Netherlands.
Households lose capital, but gain income in 2008
As a result of the global finacial crisis, the value of shares and bonds owned by Dutch households has decreased by 66 billion euro last year. One quarter of the value of shares and one tenth of the...
Number of vacancies plummets
There was a dramatic reduction in the amount of unfilled vacancies by 54 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2008 relative to the third quarter.
Half of benefits from mortgage tax relief go to richest households
Nearly half of the 7.2 million households in the Netherlands had a mortgage on their home in 2008. Together, they paid 28 billion euro in mortgage costs, and received more than 10 billion euro back...
Fewer parents receive allowance for care provided by childminders
The number of parents receiving an allowance for care provided by registered childminders was reduced considerably in 2010, but more parents received an allowance for other types of childcare.
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.
Collectively negotiated wages increase 2 percent in 2007
The increase in collectively negotiated wages (CAO) was 2.0 percent in 2007. The wage increase is the same as in 2006, although there is a difference.
Household consumption over 2 percent up
Dutch household consumption was 2.3 percent up in August 2017.
Marginal economic growth
Tthe economic growth in the second quarter of 2012 was 0.2 percent relative to the first quarter, but economic growth was 0.5 percent down compared to the second quarter of 2011.
Top sectors account for one-quarter of GDP
An outline of developments in the nine Dutch top sectors.
Consumer prices 1.3 percent up in December
The consumer price index was 1.3 percent higher in December than in the same month last year.
Relatively high prosperity, but at a cost
The Sustainability Monitor 2017 was presented to the Dutch House of Representatives on 17 May.
One in three disabled hold paid jobs
In 2013, 14 percent of all 15 to 64-year-olds in the Netherlands – nearly 1.6 million people – had a disability. They suffer from chronic diseases, disorders or disabilities restricting their...
Consumer spending up by 1.6 percent in March
Dutch consumer spending was 1.6 percent up in March 2017.
Sustained decline unemployment
Unemployment fell over the past three months by an average of 14 thousand a month. In January 574 thousand people and 6.5 percent in the labour force were unemployed. Statistics Netherlands reports...
Unemployment down
In March, the number of unemployed also declined, but this was caused by the fact that people withdrew from the labour market.
Unemployment further down
More people found work or went back to work.