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133 thousand security employees in 2016
Of all employed persons in 2016, 1.6 percent (133 thousand persons) were security employees.
Three-quarters of cybercrime cases not reported
In 2016, around one-quarter of all cybercrime cases was reported. This number is lower than four years previously.
Spending on security slightly down in 2014
In 2014, total spending on security in the Netherlands amounted to approximately 13 billion euros. Security expenditure increased up until 2012 inclusive but showed a slight decline after that....
Amount spent on security care significantly higher
Nearly 12.5 billion euro, i.e. 2.2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) was spent on prevention and combat of crime, urban decay and inconvenience in 2009, an increase by 4 percent relative to...
Spending on security growing faster than GDP
Spending on security governance in the Netherlands rose by more than 6 percent per year on average in the period 2002-2008. This was nearly one and a half times the growth rate of the gross domestic...