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More insight into mobility with the doughnut map
Statistics Netherlands, in collaboration with the University of Oxford, developed a new visualisation method to gain insight into mobility. This method has been applied to data on jobs of employees.
Better insight in the economy through more frequent revisions
Measuring the economy is one of the core tasks of Statistics Netherlands. This is done according to an agreed set of international guidelines and methods, assuring that the figures of the various...
Work-disabled hardly benefit from thriving economy
If the situation on the labour market deteriorates, work disabled individuals are hit harder than the population as a whole.
Number of social security recipients stable
According to the latest figures released by Statistics Netherlands, 402 thousand people under AOW (old age pension) entitlement age received social security benefits by the end of September, i.e. as...
Emancipation monitor 2012
Labour participation by women remains unchanged
Economic position of women has improved
The Emancipation Monitor by CBS and SCP shows that the economic position of women has improved.
Smart Services Campus Heerlen: breeding ground for new productivity and innovations
Monday 12 September marked the launch of the Brightlands Smart Services Campus in Heerlen
Statistics Estonia to coordinate data governance
We aim to transform Statistics Estonia into a national data agency
Fewer extra hours worked in second half of 2009
Last year, 38 percent of employees were doing overtime on a regular basis. This percentage has hardly changed in recent years and also remained stable during the economic crisis.
Unemployment tops 6 percent
According to figures released, an average 468 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the period December 2003-February 2004. This is 128 thousand up on the same period twelve months...
Higher educated 25 to 35-year-olds are doing well on the labour market
Nearly 94 percent of 25 to 35-year-old higher educated no longer attending any form of education were employed in 2009. With 89 percent, the employment rate was also high among higher educated with a...
Smart Services Campus Heerlen: breeding ground for new productivity and innovations
Monday 12 September marked the launch of the Brightlands Smart Services Campus in Heerlen.
Immigration rising
More people came from abroad to live in the Netherlands in the first of this year than in the same period last year. Over 76 thousand immigrants arrived in the Netherlands, 8.6 thousand more than in...
More electricity from renewable sources, less from fossil sources
In 2021, electricity production declined by 2.2 billion kWh year on year, to 117.9 billion kWh.
Toward a data-driven European economy
The European Data Forum in Eindhoven brought together big data experts
CBS is ready for the EU GDPR
all businesses and public authorities in the European Union are required to monitor which data they collect and why, and how long data are kept on record.
Consumers more positive
The mood among Dutch consumers has improved in August compared to July. According to Statistics Netherlands, the consumer confidence indicator rose by 2 points to + 6 and is back at the June level.