Unemployment rate: Dutch cities & provinces

According to Statistics Netherlands, the unemployment rate in the four major Dutch cities is above the nationwide average:
› The Hague had the most dramatic increase (5,5 to 6,8)
› Rotterdam had the highest rate (8,8 percent)
› The rate in Amsterdam remained somewhat stable (6,6 percent)
› Utrecht was the only major city in the Netherlands with unemployment rate (5,2 percent) below the nationwide average

Moreover, unemployment rose from 4,8 to 5,4 percent in most Dutch provinces:
› Substantial unemployment growth in South Holland (4,9 to 5,9 percent)
› Most noticeable in The Hague (5,5 to 6,8 percent)
› Drench and Overijssel remained stable
› Zeeland had the lowest unemployment rate (nearly 4 percent)

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