20-June-2024
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This country note compares the Netherlands to the OECD average across various social indicators, drawing on data from Society at a Glance 2024. As the special chapter in this edition is on fertility trends, the note highlights relevant indicators such as total fertility rates, the mean age of mothers at childbirth, the proportion of young people living with their parents, as well as public spending on family benefits.
7-November-2023
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Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data and trends on population health and health system performance. This Country Note shows how the Netherlands compares to other OECD countries across indicators in the report.
2-October-2023
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14-September-2023
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – the ability of microbes to resist antimicrobials - remains an alarming global health threat that jeopardises the effectiveness of many 20th century public health advances. In recent years, the Netherlands made important strides in tackling AMR. Yet, more progress is needed.
24-July-2023
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25-April-2023
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The tax wedge for the average single worker in the Netherlands increased by 0.6 percentage points from 34.9% in 2021 to 35.5% in 2022. The OECD average tax wedge in 2022 was 34.6% (2021, 34.6%).
30-November-2022
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The OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics report found that the tax-to-GDP ratio in the Netherlands decreased by 0.3 percentage points from 40.0% in 2020 to 39.7% in 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, the OECD average increased from 33.6% to 34.1%.
30-August-2022
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Biographical note of the Permanent Representative of the Netherlands.
15-October-2021
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19-May-2021
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People in the Netherlands consume on average 9.6 litres of pure alcohol per capita per year, roughly equivalent to 2.0 bottles of wine or 3.7 litres of beer per week per person aged 15 and over. In addition, in the Netherlands, some population groups are at higher risk than others.