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Facts and Figures in the Netherlands:
'At national level, entrepreneurial attitudes appear to be quite positive.
About two in three Dutch adults consider starting a business to be a good
career option and believe that succesful entrepreneurs have a high social
status.' (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor The Netherlands, 2003)
Plenty of dutch people see theirselves able to set up an enterprise, but in
reality about 10-11% of the total dutch working population is entrepreneur.
Most people that start an enterprise had a secondairy training and education
(see below)
Students starting enterprises related to their academic exams
Education:
male
female
Vocational training (vmbo)
24%
26%
Secondairy vocational training and education
46 %
42 %
Higher professional education (BA)
30 %
32 %
and university education (Ms)
(source Eurostat, the Netherlands, 2002)
About 32% of all entrepreneurs is female and from 2002 about 27-29% of all
new business starters is female (EIM, 2003)
The service sector is important in the Netherlands, next to retail trade.
Since a long time, in 2004 the number of starting enterprises increased in
all sectors.
See for more information on at the sections Women
in Business and Business Sectors
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