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CAO wages 3.3 percent up in 2008
Collectively agreed (CAO) wages rose by 3.3 percent in 2008 relative to one year previously. The increase is much more substantial than in 2007, when wages rose by 2.1 percent.
University bachelors graduate sooner
The share of bachelor students at universities graduating within 5 years has grown substantially. Female students still graduate sooner than their male counterparts, but men are in the process of...
Inflation drops sharply in January
The inflation rate in the Netherlands was 1.3 percent in January 2006. This is a sharp drop from December, when prices were 2.0 percent up on twelve months previously.
Patent applicants and patent applications; by SIC93 of applicant
Patents, patent applications EPO and NLOC Economic activity (SIC93)
European countries working together on big data
On 23 and 24 February the first ESSnet Big Data Dissemination Workshop took place in Sofia
Lower gas consumption has negative effect on Dutch economy
According to the first estimate conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the Dutch economy recorded a negative growth rate of 1.4 percent in the first quarter of 2014 relative to the...
Increasing labour market participation by young people
Since 2004, the proportion of employed among non-school going young people has increased. Young people with a basic qualification benefited more from the booming economy than those without a basic...
CBS and Leidschendam-Voorburg team up in new UDC
data infrastructure, data processing and privacy protection, with the city’s ambition to support new municipal policies.
Economic contraction on Bonaire and Saba in 2017
In 2017, the volume of gross domestic product (GDP) declined on Bonaire and Saba, by 1.3 and 1.4 percent respectively. On St Eustatius, GDP rose by 6.6 percent.
Calendar
Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 8-12 November 2010 (Week 45).
Dutch labour market gains momentum
The number of people switching from one job to another typically increases if the economy is booming and declines if the economy is shrinking. In recent years, more people seem prepared to accept new...
Inflation rises for third month in a row
According to the most recent figures from Statistics Netherlands, Dutch inflation in terms of the consumer price index (CPI) rose to 0.6 percent in April.
Unemployment down due to contraction of the labour force
As fewer people actively engaged on the labour market in February, unemployment declined. The number of employed was about the same as in January.
Fastest rise in consumer prices since 2003
Consumer prices in the Netherlands rose by 2.6 percent on average relative to the previous year. This is the largest increase since 2003.
Using complexity science to understand social problems
On 1 January 2021, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) senior methodologist Frank Pijpers was appointed Professor of Complexity for Official Statistics at the University of Amsterdam (UvA).
Full-time working mothers as often employed at managerial level as full-time working fathers
Statistics Netherlands announced today that nearly four in every hundred working women held management positions in 2014, versus nine in every hundred working men. This is partly due to the fact that...
Profits of medical specialists rise by 8 percent in 2001-2009
Profits of independently practising medical specialists in the Netherlands rose by an average 8.3 percent annually in the period 2001 to 2009. Independent general practitioners and dentists realised...
Life expectancy hardly changed in 2012
Last year, male and female life expectancy were virtually the same as in 2011, but life expectancy is anticipated to increase further over the years to come.