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An increasing number of Dutch people have completed higher education
In 2023, among those aged 15 to 74 years, 37 percent had a diploma in secondary vocational education (MBO-2, 3 or 4), senior general secondary education (HAVO) or pre-university education (VWO) as...
Education; education expenditure and CBS/OECD indicators
Education expenditure and (inter)national indicators. Government, households, companies, foreign, per education sector, % GDP.
Well-being is higher among men than among women
Well-being among women is less high than it is among men, on avearge.
School size by type of education and ideological basis
Number of schools and pupils in the Netherlands School size, type of education and ideological basis
Health care costs for women higher than for men
Health care costs were around 13 percent higher for women than men in 2023 (based on the basic health care insurance package in the Netherlands).
SDG 4 Quality education
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 Quality education. SDG 4 stresses the importance of high quality and accessible education for all age groups and in all stages of life: from...
Government; expenditure on education and student grants, loans since 1900
Government expenditure on education Per education sector, on student grants, loans and allowance, % GDP
Population Outlook 2050: an older and better educated population
The number of older people in the Netherlands will increase in the future, regardless of the scale of migration.
Manufacturing output almost 2 percent higher in October year on year
In October 2025, the calendar-adjusted output of the Dutch manufacturing sector was 1.9 percent higher than it was in October 2024.
Manufacturing output over 2 percent higher in September year on year
In September 2025, the calendar-adjusted output of the Dutch manufacturing sector was 2.1 percent higher than it was in September 2024.
Manufacturing output prices 0.6 percent higher in September
Output prices for Dutch-manufactured products were 0.6 percent higher in September 2025 than one year previously.
Manufacturing output prices over 1 percent higher in February
Output prices for Dutch-manufactured products were 1.4 percent higher on average in February 2025 relative to one year previously.
Manufacturing output prices 0.4 percent higher in March
Output prices for Dutch-manufactured products were 0.4 percent higher on average in March 2025 relative to one year previously.
Manufacturing output prices almost 2 percent higher in January
Output prices for Dutch-manufactured products were 1.8 percent higher on average in January 2025 relative to one year previously.
Young people more negative about crime, population density and mentality
In 2024, young adults in the Netherlands were more likely to have negative views on crime, the size of the population and the mentality of people than they had in 2018.
Vacancies (new and filled); government and education
Vacancies, new vacancies and filled vacancies eight government sectors
Manufacturing output prices over 1 percent higher in December
Output prices for Dutch-manufactured products were 1.2 percent higher on average in December 2024 relative to one year previously
1 in 6 students in Limburg are of German origin
In the 2023/24 academic year, nearly 22 thousand German students were attending university or higher professional education (HBO) programmes in the Netherlands.
Girls whose mothers are educated in technology opt for technical subjects
Students in secondary education are more likely to opt for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects if their parents were also educated in science and technology.
Inflation unchanged on Bonaire and Saba, higher on St Eustatius
In the third quarter of 2024, consumer goods and services on Bonaire were 2.5 percent more expensive than one year previously.
Caribbean Netherlands; pupils primary and students secondary education
Participants Gender, chararcteristics, region
Manufacturing output nearly 20 times higher than 100 years ago
Manufacturing output was nearly 20 times higher in 2023 than it was 100 years ago.
Higher incomes in the agriculture sector in 2024
The Dutch agriculture sector generated 5.1 percent more income in 2024 than it did in 2023
Increase in share of status holders in education after 5 years
Among those with a temporary asylum residence permit (known as status holders) who were granted residency in 2017 and 2018, 38 percent were in education five years later.
Research and development; key figures per implementation sector
Employed persons, years of work, enterprises with in-house R&D activities Sectors, businesses, institutions, institutions of higher education