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SDG 9.2 Sustainable business
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9.2 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: sustainable business. The second part of SDG 9 focuses on strengthening businesses and making them more...
Business owners expect staff numbers and investment to increase in 2025
Business owners anticipate hiring more staff and investing more in 2025, but these expectations are less positive than they were for 2024.
Labour productivity increased further in 2022
Labour productivity in the market sector increased by 1.0 percent year-on-year in 2022. A year earlier, labour productivity still improved by 4.3 percent.
Increase in negotiated wages in 2024 was highest in over forty years
In 2024, negotiated wages were 6.6 percent higher than in 2023, on average
Fewer bankruptcies in August
Adjusted for the number of court session days, there were 71 fewer bankruptcies in August 2024 than in July.
What does the SBI revision mean for companies that supply data to CBS?
faq What does the SBI revision mean for companies that supply data to CBS?
International trade; import and export value, SITC-1, countries, from 1917
History import and export value; SITC (1 digit) and countries.
Unemployment up in January
Unemployment stood at 386 thousand in January 2025.
International trade; Dutch export specialisation with respect to the EU
Balassa index, share in total exports, exports of Dutch products and re-exports broken down by the Chapters of the Harmonised System.
More bankruptcies in July
Adjusted for the number of court session days, there were 24 more bankruptcies in July 2024 than in June.
Bonaire and Saba's economies grew in 2022, St Eustatius' economy shrank
Bonaire’s economy grew by 8.8 percent in 2022. This growth was mainly driven by the accommodation and food services and recreation sectors.
Well-being ‘elsewhere’: Environment and resources
Well-being ‘elsewhere’: environment and resources reflects the effects of Dutch imports of resources and the environmental impact of this, particularly in the least developed countries (LDCs), for...
The Netherlands largest importer of Chinese solar panels
The Netherlands is the world’s largest importer of solar panels. Eighty-nine percent of the solar panels come from China.
Re-exports higher than domestic exports in 2022
In 2022, the Netherlands exported 731.4 billion euros worth of goods, of which 368.3 billion euros concerned re-exports.
Businesses more positive about profitability
In the second quarter, entrepreneurs saw profitability improve on balance for the first time in over two years.
Services sector accounts for over three-quarters of Dutch economy
The importance of the services sector to the Dutch economy has increased significantly since 1950, and by 2023 accounted for 77 percent of total economic output in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands is the EU’s third-largest exporter
The Netherlands was the third-largest exporter of goods and services among EU countries in 2023.
Economic growth of 1.0 percent in Q2 2024
Economic growth of 1 percent in Q2 2024 According to the first estimate from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) based on the data currently available, gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 1.0 percent...
Enterprises with innovation; key figures
Innovators, innovators with realised innovations, co-operating innovators
Chlorophyll-a Trends in OSPAR Assessment Areas: Applying and Evaluating a New Statistical Approach
Evaluation of the newly developed method to combine chlorophyll-a insitu and EO data for eutrophication assessment in OSPAR maritime areas by determining its impact on the results, exploring the...
Import of goods; use, consignment, product
Invoer goederen naar eigendomsoverdracht verbruiksbestemming, landen, CPA2008
Economic contraction 0.3 percent in Q2 2023
According to the first quarterly estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on the basis of currently available data, in Q2 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.3 percent relative...
Minister presented with ‘Dutch Trade in Facts and Figures 2022’ publication
On 31 August 2022 Liesje Schreinemacher, the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, was presented with the new Statistics Netherlands (CBS) publication ‘Dutch Trade in Facts...
Today’s well-being increasingly comes at the expense of future generations
The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.
Estimating illegal activities in the national accounts
This article explains in more detail the latest estimate of the illegal economy for reporting year 2021. Special attention is paid to the difference between income generated within the Dutch borders...