Corrections and revisions

This page contains information about adjustments of figures published in StatLine.

The adjustments can consist of correction of errors or revisions based on improved methods of research or calculation. Adjustments that are part of a regular scheme of publication are not listed on this page.
Date Publication Reason
26-06-2020

Vacancies (new and filled); government and education

The municipal government and the education sector, two breakdowns of the government sector, were not published with the publication of the definitive year figures of 2018 and 2019. These figures are added in the table. These corrections don’t have consequences for other figures in the table.
Frequency: quarterly, period: 1997 1st quarter - 2020 1st quarter

 		Correction
26-06-2020

Vacancies; flowfigures, seasonally adjusted

The figure filled vacancies, published in the first quarter of 2019, is not correct. This figure is adjusted. This correction does not have consequences for other figures in the table.
Frequency: quarterly, period: first quarter 1997 - first quarter 2020

 		Correction
26-06-2020

Vacancies; SIC 2008; private firms and government sectors

Three merged industries in the year figure of 1997 contained unreliable data. These figures are replaced by a dot. These corrections don’t have consequences for other figures in the table.
Frequency: quarterly, period: 1997 - 2018, 1997 Q1 - 2020 Q1

 		Correction
24-06-2020

Government; Balance and Maastricht debt, sectors

In the context of the revision policy of the National accounts the annual figures from 1995 and the quarterly figures from 1999 of the financial accounts of general government have been revised.
Frequency: quarterly, period: 1995 - 2019; 1999 QI - 2020 QI

 		Revision
24-06-2020

Government debt; debt instruments, counterpart sector, valuation, sectors

In the context of the revision policy of the National accounts the annual figures from 1995 and the quarterly figures from 1999 of the financial accounts of general government have been revised.
Frequency: quarterly, period: 1995 - 2019; 1999 kw I - 2020 kw I

 		Revision
24-06-2020

Government; financial balance sheet, market value, sectors

In the context of the revision policy of the National accounts the annual figures from 1995 and the quarterly figures from 1999 of the financial accounts of general government have been revised.
Frequency: quarterly, period: 1995 - 2019; 1999 kw I - 2020 kw I

 		Revision
24-06-2020

Key figures by sector; National Accounts

Following revision policy, 2018 and 2019 data are updated, and time series of the financial account and balances are revised (annual revision).
Frequency: quarterly, period: 1995 - 2019, Q1 1999 – Q1 2020

 		Revision
24-06-2020

Current transactions by sectors; National Accounts

Following revision policy, 2018 and 2019 data are updated, and time series of the financial account and balances are revised (annual revision).
Frequency: quarterly, period: 1995 - 2019, Q1 1999 – Q1 2020

 		Revision
24-06-2020

Financial balance sheets and transactions by sectors; National Accounts

Following revision policy, 2018 and 2019 data are updated, and time series of the financial account and balances are revised (annual revision).
Frequency: quarterly, period: 1995 - 2019, Q1 1999 – Q1 2020

 		Revision
24-06-2020

Financial instruments: From-whom-to-whom matrices; National Accounts

Following revision policy, 2018 and 2019 data are updated, and time series of the financial account and balances are revised (annual revision).
Frequency: quarterly, period: 1999 - 2019, Q1 1999 - Q1 2020

 		Revision
24-06-2020

Structure national net lending/borrowing; National Accounts

Following revision policy, 2018 (final) and 2019 (preliminary) data are updated, and time series of the financial account and balances are revised (annual revision).
Frequency: yearly, period: 1995-2019

 		Revision
29-05-2020

Wholesale trade; turnover change, index 2015=100

Figures from previous periods in 2018 may have been corrected, because adjustments were mistakenly not published on June 4, 2019.
Frequency: quarterly, period: 2005-2020, 2005 kW1-2020 kWI

 		Correction
01-04-2020

Emissions of greenhouse gases according to IPCC guide-lines

A small difference has been observed between the Statline figures and the Emissiregistratie (RIVM) figures for CO2. Some figures have been wrongly calculated on Statline. These figures have been corrected now. It concerns the figures for CO2 mobile sources of Road transport, Agriculture and Other sectors.
Frequency: twiceyearly, period: 1990, 1995, 2000 - 2018

 		Correction
28-02-2020

International trade and transit trade; value, weight, goods, transport mode

In the previous version of this table, the unit "million euro" for the value and "million kg" for the weight was incorrectly included. This has now been converted to "1000 euros" and "1000 kg". In terms of figures nothing has been adjusted in this table.
Frequency: yearly, period: 2007-2019

 		Correction
14-11-2019

Traffic performance motor vehicles; kilometres, type of vehicle, territory

Due to a methodological improvement, the figures on delivery van kilometres on Dutch and foreign roads have been adjusted from 2015 onwards.
Frequency: yearly, period: 1990 - 2018

 		Revision
31-10-2019

Government; debt guarantees, off-balance PPP, non-performing loans

The figures for 2010-2016 have been corrected. Debt guarantees to several institutional units inside the general government sector were erroneously classified as debt guarantees to other institutions. Furthermore, debt guarantees to public non-financial corporations were erroneously classified as debt guarantees to other institutions. The figures for total one-off guarantees, one-off guarantees to public non-financial corporations and one-off guarantees to other institutions have been corrected accordingly.
Frequency: yearly, period: 2010 - 2018

 		Correction
05-09-2019

Government expenditure and consumption; functions, transactions, sectors

In the context of the revision policy the figures from 1995 of the expenditure of general government by function have been revised.
Frequency: yearly, period: 1995 - 2017

 		Revision
17-07-2019

Non-financial balance sheets; national accounts

The data published originally published at 06:30 on Tuesday 16th July for the General Government non-financial assets in 2017 and 2018 have been shown to be incorrect. This data has now been corrected. The corrections concern the following: 2017 General Government non-financial assets: revaluation, other changes in volume, closing balance sheet, volume-index. 2018 General Government non-financial assets: opening balance sheet, revaluation, other changes in volume, closing balance sheet, volume index.
Frequency: yearly, period: 1995-2018

 		Correction