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Syrian immigrants often live in a family setting
A total of 29 thousand Syrians registered as residents of a Dutch municipality in 2014 and 2015. Syrian immigrants are young compared to other recent immigrants in the Netherlands and they often live...
Lack of important new skills or know-how among nearly a quarter of Dutch employees
Lack of important new skills or know-how among nearly a quarter of Dutch employees In 2014 some 23 percent of all Dutch employees lacked new skills and know-how they needed to perform well in their...
Growing business confidence
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, business confidence, the indicator reflecting the mood in the Dutch private sector was higher than in the third quarter.
Fewer than ten women a year die during pregnancy or childbirth
For women in the Netherlands, the risk of dying during pregnancy or childbirth has decreased more than tenfold since the middle of the twentieth century. The largest decrease was in the period...
Household consumption over 2 percent up in August
Dutch household consumption was over 2 percent up in August 2018.
Investment climate; aviation network connectivity international comparison
Aviation network connectivity Major European airports near cities
CBS building data ecosystem with partners
CBS wants to develop a data ecosystem in order to cater to the data needs of government stakeholders even more effectively
Consumer spending up by almost 1 percent in February
Dutch consumer spending was 0.8 percent up in February 2017 from February 2016
Consumer spending up by 2.5 percent in December
Consumer spending was 2.5 percent up in December. Consumers spent more on household appliances, furnishing and cars.
Largest increase in consumer spending in six years
Dutch consumer spending was 2.8 percent up in November 2016 from November 2015; the largest increase in 6 years.
Inflow of Eastern European workers petering out
In June 2009, there were 104 thousand workers from Eastern European EU member states in the Netherlands, about as many as in June 2008. The sharp increase in recent years has almost completely come...
More than half of couples with young children one-and-a-half-income earners
Last year, in 54 percent of couples with young children one partner was working on a full-time basis and the other partner on a part-time basis. This was also the case in 2008.
Older employees say they could work to older ages
Dutch employees aged 55 to 64 years say they could continue their present work to an age of 64.7 years on average. This is one and a half years older than the current average age of retirement.
Childcare more important for working parents
Childcare provided by day care centres, after-school care and voluntary care were the main types of childcare in 2009 for more than half of the 1.4 million households in the Netherlands with one or...
Dutch consumer spending 0.3 percent up
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) today, Dutch consumer spending on goods and services was 0.3 percent up in November 2015 from November 2014, the lowest increase in 2015...
More than 31 thousand Americans in the Netherlands
More than 31 thousand Americans were living in the Netherlands op 1 January 2008. Many more Dutch people live in the United States: according to the US Bureau of the Census, over 100 thousand Dutch...