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Decrease in marriage migration comes to an end
The decrease in the number of marriage migration came to an end in 2008. Just as in 2007, 8 percent of people in the Netherlands with a foreign background who married, did so with a partner who...
Investment ratio exceptionally low
In 2009, the value of fixed capital formation in the Netherlands was 19 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). The investment ratio was exceptionally low.
More exam candidates, lower havo and vwo pass rates
The proportion of pupils in secondary education who opt for higher general secondary education (havo) or pre-university education (vwo) is growing.
Parents give child health centres a 7 out of 10
Parents of nearly 95 percent of under-fives in the Netherlands report that they had taken their child to a child health centre. For under-twos this percentage was even higher. On average parents give...
Internet supplanting traditional media products
Just over half of internet users in the Netherlands listened to radio and/or watched television programmes online in 2008. Just under half of users read newspapers online or downloaded them.
Who we are
About CBS and the way it works
6% of international graduates set up a company here
Six percent of international alumni from Dutch universities set up a company in the Netherlands.
More British people moving to the Netherlands
The number of native British people who moved to the Netherlands from the UK rose again in 2019, while the number of native Dutch people migrating to the UK declined further.
Sharp increase in consumer prices on Bonaire
In Q1 2018, consumers on Bonaire paid 3.8 percent more for goods and services than one year previously. Prices rose year-on-year by 2.9 percent on Saba and by 2.0 percent on St Eustatius.
Number of asylum seekers and relatives almost equal
The Netherlands received 16,145 first asylum requests in 2017; 14,490 following family members arrived
Inflation rate rises to 1.6 percent in April
The consumer price index (CPI) rose to 1.6 percent in April.
Inflation rate stable in March
On a year-on-year basis, the CPI inflation rate in the Netherlands was 0.6 percent in March.
Inflation in April down to 0 percent
Inflation in April down to 0 percent
Dutch inflation rate stable at 1 percent
Statistics Netherlands reports that Dutch inflation according to the consumer price index (CPI) was 1.0 percent in July, just as in June.
Teenage mortality dramatically down since 1970s
On average, 373 teenagers in the age category 10–20 annually died in the Netherlands in the past decade. Nearly half of them died from non-natural causes. Traffic accidents are the most common...
substantial rise in hotel guests in 2014
Establishments providing overnight accommodation in the Netherlands received considerably more guests in 2014 than in the previous year. Just over half came from Germany, the United Kingdom and...