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Enterprises sourcing or considering sourcing functions abroad by sector of industry (SIC 2008), motive or barrier and importance

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) celebrates its 125th anniversary this month.

In January 2024, prices of owner-occupied dwellings (excluding new constructions) were on average 1.8 percent higher than one year previously.

Retail trade. Turnover: index 2015 = 100, change By activity (SIC 2008).

frequently asked questions about Annual / Production statistics

Intergovernmental organisations, revenues, expenditures by main function Directive for Budgeting and Accounting (BBV) municipalities and provinces

The Dutch retail sector recorded 5.3 percent year-on-year turnover growth in September. The volume of sales, however, went down by 3.5 percent.

Data protection legislation came into effect in 1988, with the Personal Data Protection Act. Legislation had already been adjusted prior to this to prevent census data being used for purposes other...

With 94 percent in 2011 (versus 78 percent in 2005), the Netherlands has had the highest proportion of households with access to the Internet from home in Europe for years on end.

While in past decades censuses were held every ten years, under legislation currently being drafted, after 2024, the census is set to be held on an annual basis and the number of variables on which...

Seasonally adjusted turnover in the accommodation and food services sector rose by 0.1 percent in Q4 2023 relative to Q3 2023.

In December 2023, prices of owner-occupied dwellings (excluding new constructions) were on average 1.6 percent higher than one year previously.

Census tables were published in 2004 (for the 2001 census). Census taking had become desk work, thanks to the use of registers (e.g. the Municipal Records Database). No more enumerators going out...

The regular revision of the macroeconomic figures will take place this year. This revision is in accordance with European policy on harmonised revisions. In May 2024, the Netherlands will be one of...

The Eighth General Census (which included questions on occupation and housing) was the first to be organised under the responsibility of Dr Coenraad Verrijn Stuart, director of CBS at the time. CBS’...

Satisfaction with current dwelling and current living environment Owner or tenant, Household characteristics, Dwelling characteristics

The Netherlands has the highest percentage of households in the European Union with home internet connections. Only one in eight Dutch people have either no access to the internet from their own home...

In Q2 2021, Dutch consumers spent more than 800 million euros in foreign EU webshops.

In 2019, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal.

CBS could rely on routine to conduct a new census. It retained the questions from the previous census, editing them only here and there.

The Dutch retail sector recorded 1.7 percent year-on-year turnover growth in August. The volume of sales, however, went down by 6 percent.

Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions: security and peace. SDG 16.1 aims to promote a safe society in which everyone has access to a fair legal...

Link between digitalisation and international trade: digital trade, export, e-commerce, robotics, productivity, and employment.