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Since 1981, people have become taller and heavier
In 2018, the average height of Dutch men aged 20 years and over stood at 1.81 metres; for women the average height was 1.67 metres. Since 1981, the average body height has increased by 3.8 cm for men...
From trainee to big data expert
My company’s expertise lies in the field of labour market issues
Retail turnover almost 2 percent up in October
Dutch retail sector achieved almost 2 percent turnover growth in October year-on-year.
Quality
Quality assurance of CBS
Retail turnover almost 6 percent up in September
Dutch retail sector achieved 5.8 percent turnover growth in September year-on-year.
CO2 emissions fall while economy rises
It is the third consecutive quarter in which CO2 emission levels fall while the economy is growing
Young people (12-29 yrs) and families, 2003
Family situation broken down by background characteristics such as gender, age, composition of the household and degree of urbanisation
The Rationale of spatial economic top sector policy
Cities and clusters are important from an economical point of view. According to various national and international studies, agglomeration economies mean that businesses in urban areas and clusters...
Care spending up by 4.4 percent
Spending on health care and welfare in the Netherlands amounted to 65.7 billion euro in 2006. This is 4.4 percent more than in 2005.
New steps in big data for traffic and transport statistics
CBS now makes statistics about road traffic intensities purely on the basis of road sensors
municipalities financially dependent on central government
Over two-thirds of the income of Dutch municipalities in 2013 came from central government. Eleven percent of their income came from local taxes. Revenues from local taxes are much lower in the...
Charlotte Rietbergen wins Statistics Netherlands Award 2009
Charlotte Rietbergen, who has completed the research master’s programme Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences at Utrecht University, has received the Statistics...
Economic growth 2.4 percent in second quarter 2007
Dutch economy improved 2.4 percent in the second quarter of 2007 relative to one year previously.
Children adopted from China perform better in secondary education
Statistics Netherlands announced today that children adopted from China perform better at school than non-adopted children; 15-year-old children with a Chinese background more often attend...
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...
Economy enters recession stage
According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in mid-April is slightly less favourable than in the previous month.
Economic picture slightly less favourable
According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in December is slightly less favourable than in the previous month again.
Well-being high in 2019, but more pressure on environment
Although well-being in the Netherlands increased in 2019, not everybody benefited from this equally. Well-being is under pressure in a number of areas: time lost through traffic congestion, less...
€25.5 billion revenue from exports to the UK
In 2018, the Netherlands earned 25.5 billion euros in exports of goods and services destined for the United Kingdom, up 4 percent on 2017.
Monitor of Well-being: a broader picture
The Monitor of Well-being is a well-arranged tool that serves the wider political and public debate.
Most Dutch people in favour of receiving refugees
In 2017, 77 percent of Dutch adults felt that the Netherlands should admit war refugees.
Dutch agricultural exports at record high
Duch agricultural exports reached a record high in 2017.
Health care institutions (from 2015)
Publication of national statistics on income statements
Share of renewable energy at 5.9% in 2016
Consumption of wind and solar energy rose, consumption of energy from biomass sources decreased slightly
Economic situation fairly stable
Economic situation fairly stable