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In 2016, the Netherlands’ goods trade deficit with the US hit 12 billion euros, i.e. Dutch imports of goods exceeded exports. The trade deficit can be attributed almost entirely to large re-export...

With 3.0 percent, GDP rose fastest on Bonaire.

The mood among Dutch consumers has hardly changed in September compared to August. According to Statistics Netherlands, the consumer confidence indicator declined by 1 point to +5. Consumer...

The real disposable household income rose by 0.4 percent in 2014. After correction for inflation, household incomes improved for the first time since 2011. Today, the average household income is...

In 2008, revenues from government taxes were just short of 136 billion euro, a 2 percent increase relative to 2007. Last year’s growth evidently slowed down relative to the period 2005-2007, when the...

The Dutch economy shrank by 0.4 percent in the second quarter of 2012 compared with the same period last year. This second estimate is 0.1 of a percent point higher than the first estimate published...

In June, Dutch inflation was 0.8 percent, i.e. 0.2 of a percentage point down on May. The decrease was mainly caused by developments in prices of petrol and clothing.

According to the Kyoto Protocol, the emission of greenhouse gases was reduced by 4 percent over the period 1990-2007.

The Dutch economy dropped from a period of booming to zero growth in the course of 2008. Although economic growth was 2.7 percent on average in the first three quarters compared with the first three...

On 25 September 2015 the United Nations formulated 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The economic situation at the end of December is better than at the end of November. Improvements outnumber deteriorations. The heart of the scatter in the Business Cycle Tracer is located in the...

According to Statistics Netherlands’ Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in July was about the same as in June. Economic recovery has come to a virtual standstill in the last few months.

Greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands were more than 6.5 percent lower in 2011 than in 2010. This was caused by a decrease in energy consumption of nearly 7 percent.

The Dutch economy shrank by 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same quarter last year. This second estimate of economic growth is 0.3 of a percent point higher than the first...

Blueberries have soared in popularity over the past few years.