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.

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Date Publication Reason
01-04-2026

Compensation of employees, employment; quarterly, National Accounts

The annual totals for 2025 related to compensation and labor costs have been adjusted, as they did not match the sum of the quarterly figures.
Frequency: quarterly, period: 1995 1st quarter - 2025 4th quarter

Correction
31-03-2026

Prices of natural gas and electricity

Network prices for end-users have been changed moderately due to an improvement in combining the available data sources.
Frequency: sixmonthly, period: 2009-2025; January 2009 - December 2025

Revision
25-03-2026

Employed PhD graduates; labour characteristics

This table has been replaced with an improved version. Due to a labeling issue, incorrect counts were shown in the breakdown between “Time since PhD: 5 years or less” and “Time since PhD: more than 5 years”. This has now been corrected.
Frequency: irregularly, period: 2019

Correction
25-03-2026

PhD graduates; experiences and duration PhD track

This table has been replaced with an improved version. Due to a labeling issue, incorrect counts were shown in the breakdown between “Time since PhD: 5 years or less” and “Time since PhD: more than 5 years”. This has now been corrected.
Frequency: irregularly, period: 2019

Correction
20-03-2026

Business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008

For the 2020 reporting period, the data on dissolved companies have been replaced by the final figures. This update had incorrectly not yet taken place.
Frequency: yearly, period: 2010-2023

Correction
20-03-2026

Non-financial corporations; non-fin. transactions by type of corporations

In the previous version of this tabel for the year 2021, the column 'the non-financial corporations sector' from 'property income' to 'net lending (+) or borrowing (-)' contains data from 2020. That has been adjusted in this version.
Frequency: yearly, period: 2015-2023

Correction
20-03-2026

Proximity to facilities; distances by car, regional

For the reporting year 2015, the following variables have been corrected since they were not rounded correctly: Health and wellbeing GP post Leisure and culture Museum Performing arts (excl. festivals) Pop music venue
Frequency: twiceyearly, period: 2006 - 2025

Correction
04-03-2026

Province; rates surcharges motor vehicle tax

The Motor vehicle tax surcharge rate has been adjusted for the province Friesland for 2026 from 94.6 percent to 92.1 percent. At the end of 2025, the Provincial Council of Friesland adopted an amendment stipulating that the 92.1 percent rate be maintained (the same rate as in 2025). The CBS table previously included the rate from the budget accounts (94.6%). This amendment had not yet been incorporated in the budget accounts.
Frequency: yearly, period: 2000 - 2026

Correction
16-02-2026

Livestock on agricultural holdings: reference date 1 April and 1 December

The poultry figures for December 2024 have been corrected.
Frequency: twiceyearly, period: April 2018 - December 2025

Correction
10-02-2026

Regional key figures; National Accounts

The table has been updated with revised figures for self-employed persons for 2022, and these have been included in the totals.
Frequency: yearly, period: 1995-2024

Correction
03-02-2026

Government expenditure and consumption; functions, transactions, sectors

Changes as of 3 February 2026: - D62 Social benefits: The COFOG-distribution of the student grants, recorded within COFOG-functions 9.2 (Secondary education) and 9.4 (Tertiary education), was incorrect for years 2021-2024 and has been improved. - P52+P53 Changes in inventories including valuables: An error has been fixed in relation to the amounts attributable to COFOG-functions 2.1 (Military defence) and 7.4 (Public health services) for year 2021. - D99 Other capital transfers: The earthquake-related costs of Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN) were incorrectly recorded in COFOG-function 4.3 (Fuel and energy) for years 2014-2020 and have been reallocated to COFOG-function 6.1 (Housing development). These capital transfers are now recorded within the same COFOG-function as for years 2021-2024. - D99 Other capital transfers: The 167M in decommissioning costs related to the Dodewaard nuclear power plant were incorrectly recorded within COFOG-function 5.3 (Pollution abatement) and have been reallocated to COFOG-function 5.1 (Waste management) for year 2024.
Frequency: yearly, period: 1995 - 2024

Correction
30-01-2026

Construction industry; productive hours in construction of buildings

The following periods have been minimally adjusted due to improved data: the fourth quarter of 2024, year 2024 and the third quarter of 2025
Frequency: quarterly, period: 2008-2024; I-quart. 2008 - IV-quart. 2025

Correction
08-01-2026

Owner-occupiers Housing: Owners, cost to acquire and own, 2020=100

One of the underlying sources used for the index figures ‘Owner-occupiers Housing: Owners, cost to acquire and own, 2020=100’ has been revised retroactively. The subseries this source uses is ‘Acquisition of self-built dwellings’. As a result, some index figures in this subseries have been adjusted from the fourth quarter of 2023 onwards by a maximum of 0.6 index points. Index figures in the parent aggregates have also been adjusted from the fourth quarter of 2023 onwards by a maximum of 0.1 index point.
Frequency: quarterly, period: 2010 1st quarter - 2025 3rd quarter

Revision
24-12-2025

Public corporations; liabilities, controlling government sector

De cijfers over de jaren 2017 tot en met 2023 zijn gereviseerd op basis van nieuwe informatie. Voor de jaren 2017, 2019 en 2020 is gerekend met een actueler bbp-cijfer, waardoor van enkele eenheden de schulden niet meer zijn meegenomen in de berekening. Voor de jaren 2022 en 2023 was de schuld van een eenheid per abuis niet meegenomen.
Frequency: yearly, period: 2017 - 2023

Revision
28-11-2025

Social protection expenditure; functions, in kind or cash, means-test

De gegevens in de tabel zijn bijgewerkt naar de na revisie cijfers voor de gehele tijdreeks
Frequency: yearly, period: 1995 - 2024

Revision
18-11-2025

National solid biomass balance; production and consumption

Figures for 2023 and 2024 have been updated. Due to improved insights on the biomassa usage in the forest-based industry co-products have been revised, this results in little adjustment from 2015 onwards.
Frequency: yearly, period: 2015-2024

Revision
31-10-2025

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

The annual figures for 2010 through 2022 have been revised. The revision is at the level of the local government sector. For this sector, several guarantees have been removed from the time series because the primary risk bearer for those guarantees is not the local government sector but the Waarborgfonds Sociale Woningbouw (WSW). Furthermore, these guarantees were actually already included in central government as part of to the reclassification of WSW within this governmental sector.
Frequency: yearly, period: 2010 - 2024

Revision
31-10-2025

Government participation; public and private corporations

The 2021 and 2022 annual figures have been revised. This is because part of Evides was incorrectly omitted from the figures.
Frequency: yearly, period: 2012 - 2024

Revision
10-10-2025

Rent increase dwellings; renovation and harmonisation effect

The figures for 'Share of harmonisation of dwellings' have been corrected for the reporting year 2025. In the earlier calculation, not all homes were correctly classified. This has no impact on the other figures in this table.
Frequency: yearly, period: 2015 - 2025

Correction
10-10-2025

Rent increase dwellings; income class

The figure for the income class 'Income unknown' in the category 'Total; regulated' has been corrected for the reporting year 2025. In the earlier calculation, not all homes were correctly classified. This has no impact on the other figures in this table.
Frequency: yearly, period: 2015 - 2025

Correction
09-10-2025

Growth accounts; national accounts

It has come to light that there was an error in the series for the sectors R_U Culture, recreation, other services and Q Health and social work activities in the previous year. For this reason, new figures have been used for all years starting from 1995 in this delivery. For the other sectors, this has no effect, as the figures from previous years remain unchanged.
Frequency: yearly, period: 1995-2024

Correction
11-09-2025

Government balance sheet; assets and liabilities

In the context of the revision policy of the National accounts the annual figures from 1995 of the financial accounts of general government have been revised.
Frequency: yearly, period: 1995 - 2024

Revision
02-09-2025

Non-financial balance sheets; national accounts

For the years 2023 and 2024, the data for non-financial assets excluded the value of fixed assets. This has been corrected.
Frequency: yearly, period: 1995-2024

Correction
21-08-2025

Housing satisfaction; household and dwelling characteristics

In the figures published on April 10th 2025, a discrepancy was discovered in the 2024 figures. This has been corrected and the correct figures have been published.
Frequency: threeyearly, period: 2002, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2024

Correction
31-07-2025

Trust in others, legal system and politics; European comparison

In an earlier version of the table, provisional figures were included under the year 2020. These figures were based on a preliminary publication by ESS from 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the round of ESS that was planned for 2020 was delayed and ended up coinciding with the round conducted in 2022. As a result, the 2020 and 2022 rounds were merged into a single round with data collected over 2020, 2021, and 2022. The results of this round were finalized in 2022. Therefore, in the revision of this table, the relevant figures are no longer listed under the year 2020, but have been correctly assigned to 2022, in accordance with the moment of finalization.
Frequency: irregularly, period: 2002-2024

Correction
24-06-2025

Government; social benefits

In the context of the revision policy of National accounts, the annual figures 2022 have been revised.
Frequency: yearly, period: 1995 - 2024

Revision
24-06-2025

Structure national net lending/borrowing; National Accounts

Following revision policy, time series of sector accounts are revised (annual revision).
Frequency: yearly, period: 1995-2024

Revision
27-05-2025

Caribbean Netherlands; migration, sex, age and country of birth

The figures of ‘Immigration’ by ‘Country of birth’ for the year 2020 have been corrected for Aruba (-1) and Bonaire (+1). This also changed the figures for ‘Net migration including administrative corrections’ by ‘Country of birth’ for ‘Born outside the Caribbean Netherlands’, ‘Aruba, Curacao, St Maarten’ and ‘Caribbean Netherlands’.
Frequency: yearly, period: 2011 - 2024

Correction
07-04-2025

Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2023

The figures for all provisions for reporting year 2023 were recalculated following the introduction of a new version of the required software, which included a different method of rounding compared to previous years. Various improvements and corrections were also made to the road network. For the whole of the Netherlands on average, distances have decreased by up to 0.1 km. For some municipalities, the distances decreased by up to 1.2 km. For some districts and neighbourhoods, distances decreased by up to 4.6 km and increased by up to 2.3 km in other districts and neighbourhoods.
Frequency: twiceyearly, period: 2023

Correction
07-04-2025

Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2022

The data on the proximity of jobs have been removed from the table. The source file for this facility has changed as of reporting year 2021, meaning that the location of a significant proportion of jobs is no longer known. Due to this change, the proximity of jobs can no longer be calculated with the same accuracy as in previous years. The figures for all provisions for reporting year 2022 were recalculated following the introduction of a new version of the required software, which included a different method of rounding compared to previous years. Compared to the publication of October 2024, the results are unchanged for the whole of the Netherlands. For some municipalities, the distances have now decreased by at most 0.5 km. For some districts and neighbourhoods, the distances decreased by no more than 2.1 km.
Frequency: twiceyearly, period: 2022

Correction
07-04-2025

Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2021

The data on the proximity of jobs have been removed from the table. The source file for this facility has changed as of reporting year 2021, meaning that the location of a significant proportion of jobs is no longer known. Due to this change, the proximity of jobs can no longer be calculated with the same accuracy as in previous years.
Frequency: twiceyearly, period: 2021

Correction