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Fewer museum visits in 2024 than before pandemic

Three-quarters of internet users choose two-step verification

Unemployment up in November, particularly among young people

Rise in poverty rate after five years of decreases

People walking on the street in a residential area in Rotterdam

Smallest mussel harvest in 30 years

First mussel seed harvested in the open sea. These are the first mussel seeds harvested at a test site for mussel farming in the North Sea.

Population forecast: more elderly than young people

The number of elderly people in the Netherlands continues to grow.

The Macroscope project: easier large-scale research using CBS microdata

Lona Verkooijen, accountmanager ODISSEI bij het CBS en Ran van den Boom, Teammanager Microdata Services

Data centres consume 4.6 percent of the Netherlands’ electricity

Health care costs for women higher than for men

Two people working in a hospital

The Netherlands in Numbers 2025, key issues facing our society today

Front cover of the web publication The Netherlands in Numbers 2025 featuring a colourful field of flower bulbs

Bankruptcies down by 13 percent in November year on year

Companies using AI above all for marketing or sales

Exports up by almost 6 percent in October