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Facts & figures
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Economy
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Currency
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Euro
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Exchange rate
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1,36 $
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July 2007
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Macroeconomic figures
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Value
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Year
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Gross domestic product (GDP)
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505,6 billion euros
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2005
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Per capita GDP
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30.174 euros
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2006
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GDP growth
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1,5 %
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2005
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Inflation
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1,1 %
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2006
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Start-up enterprises
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7,9 %
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2005
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Enterprises selling via the Internet
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53 %
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2002
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Enterprises with more than 5% of sales via the Internet
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24 %
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2002
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Total workforce
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7.500.000
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2006
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Those in work
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7.100.000
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2006
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Men
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72 %
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2005
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Women
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54 %
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2005
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Unemployment rate
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5,5 %
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2006
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Productivity
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70.000 €
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2005
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Part time workforce
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48 %
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2005
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Those in work per economic sector
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2005
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Agriculture and fisheries
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3 %
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Industry
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21 %
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Commercial services
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38%
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Non-commercial services
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34 %
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Contribution to GDP per economic sector
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2005
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Agriculture and fisheries
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2 %
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Extractive industries
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3 %
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Industry
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13 %
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Energy and water
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1 %
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Construction
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5 %
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Trade, hotel and catering, and repair
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13 %
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Transport, storage and communication
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6 %
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Financial and business services
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24 %
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Public sector
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11 %
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Health care and other services
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11 %
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Traffic and transport
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Value
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Year
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Main airport
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Schiphol (Amsterdam)
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Number of passengers
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44.100.000
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2005
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Freight tonnage
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1 400 000 tonnes
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2005
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Main seaport
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Rotterdam
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Freight tonnage
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370.000.000 tonnes
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2005
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Road per inhabitant
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0,008 km
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2006
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Private cars per 1,000 inhabitants
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443
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2005
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Bicycle ownership
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81,4 %
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2005
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Exports, imports and investment
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Value
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Year
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Value of exports - world ranking
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6
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2006
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Export Value
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318.100 millions euros
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2006
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to Belgium
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12 %
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to Germany
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25 %
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to France
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8 %
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to the United Kingdom
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9 %
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to the United States
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5 %
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Import value
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285.100 million euros
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2006
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from Belgium
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11 %
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from Germany
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19 %
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from France
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5 %
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from the United Kingdom
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6 %
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from the United States
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8 %
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Dutch foreign investment in:
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561.500 million euros
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2005
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in Belgium
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46.156
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in Germany
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41.235
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in France
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35.223
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in the United Kingdom
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96.422
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in the United States
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78.470
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Foreign investment in the Netherlands from:
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407.945 million euros
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2005
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from Belgium
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35.807
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from Germany
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44.526
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from France
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26.102
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from the United Kingdom
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57.085
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in the United States
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69.140
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