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Dutch producers reduce waste of raw materials
The use of raw materials in the Dutch economy was reduced by 14 percent in the period 2004-2014.
Economic situation remains unchanged
According to Statistics Netherlands’ Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in August was about the same as in July. Economic recovery has come to a virtual standstill over the last months.
Terms of trade in goods; index 2000 = 100, 1990 - 2013
Terms of trade Index figures, base year 2000 = 100 and changes
Government deficit 4.7 percent in 2011
According to figures released today, Dutch government deficit amounted to 4.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011.
Hefty rise in food industry prices
Food manufacturers been raising the prices of their products on the domestic market almost continuously since mid-2006.
Economic situation more or less stable
According to Statistics Netherlands’ Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in June was about the same as in May. The economic situation is still fragile, the recovery has come to a virtual...
Second estimate fourth quarter 2011: economy shrinks by 0.6 percent
The Dutch economy shrank by 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared with the same period in the previous year. This second estimate of economic growth is 0.1 of a percentage point higher...
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...
Employment in the sustainable energy sector
The sustainable energy sector accounted for 0.73 percent of total employment in 2016.
Base shift for index series
The present index series are generally based on 2005 = 100. To keep these index series up to date, a base shift is introduced every fives years. In 2013 the base year 2005 will be replaced by base...
Minimal growth for Dutch economy
The Dutch economic growth in the first quarter of 2010 at 0.1 percent compared with the same quarter last year.
Relatively high prosperity, but at a cost
The Sustainability Monitor 2017 was presented to the Dutch House of Representatives on 17 May.
Dutch public debt continues to drop
Developments in government finance in Q2 2017.
Dutch economic growth reaches 2.1 percent
The Dutch economy grew by 2.1 percent in the second quarter of 2010 relative to the same quarter in 2009.
January's inflation at 1.4 percent
In January 2007, inflation in the Netherlands was 1.4 percent. The rate was higher than in December, when prices were 1.1 percent up on one year previously, as the consumer price index.
Expenditure on care 6.2 percent up
Last year, national spending on health care and welfare totalled 79 billion euro, a 6.2 percent increase on 2007.
Potatoes: smallest crop for ten years
The production of potatoes was substantially lower last year than in 2002. The total potato crop was 6.5 billion kilos in 2003, one eighth lower than in 2002. Arable farmers lifted less than 41...
Credit crisis has limited effects in 2007
Dutch financial institutions suffered only limited effects of the international credit crisis in 2007. The value of their financial assets diminished by only 32 billion euro as a result of lower...
Professor at CBS investigating impact of urban life
research on urban areas and urban problems
The Netherlands largest importer of insects in the EU
The Netherlands is the largest importer of live insects in the EU with an import value of 8.2 million euros.
Higher contribution exports to GDP and more jobs
The importance of exports has increased substantially in the period 2010-2013. In 2013, exports contributed 32.4 percent to the GDP, i.e. 3 percentage points more than in 2010.