Unemployment
The unemployment percentage among the citizens of the Netherlands was about 5% at the end of 2009. This means that about 500,000 Dutch citizens were unemployed. Unemployment was heading for 6% at the start of 2010.

Unemployment in the Netherlands

In percentage	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Unemployment	5,5	4,5	3,9	4,9	6

In percentage	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Unemployment per quarter in 2010	6

Bron: Centraal bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS)