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Statistics Netherlands (CBS) developed a Material Flow Monitor (MFM) that captures national resource extraction, imports and exports, product flows between economic sectors, as well as emissions and...

Nearly 4 in 5 Dutch people aged 16-75 do their banking online. This brings the Netherlands to the top of the European Union.

The number of video shops was reduced by half over the period 1998–2008.

Smartphones have ousted laptops as the most popular devices for mobile internet access in the Netherlands. Many young people, in particular, use smartphones almost daily to go online wherever they...

Turnover generated by the retail sector in November 2014 was 0.6 percent down from the same month in 2013. The less favourable shopping-day pattern predominantly accounts for the downturn. If the...

There were 12.4 million internet users in the Netherlands in 2012. This is 96 percent of all 12 to 75 year-olds.

In the spring of 2011, there were over six million mobile Internet users in the age category 12–75 in the Netherlands, exactly half of all 12 to 75-year-olds who indicated they used the Internet in...

In June, the Dutch retail sector recorded 6 percent year-on-year turnover growth.

This year, nearly six in ten e-shoppers booked their trips and holidays directly online. Trips and accommodations are most frequently bought online.

Whether we want to sell new or second-hand products, book a hotel room or simply share photos on social media, online platforms are taking on an ever-greater role, both in our society and in our...

More and more Dutch couples are meeting via the internet or at work, while fewer people met on an evening out or on holiday in the last ten years.

Internet use among the older generation in the Netherlands has increased dramatically in recent years. Older people are catching up on younger generations.

Measuring online platforms: definitions, actors and statistical challenges

A discussion paper on measuring the internet economy in the Netherlands in 2016-2018 with big data. This study repeats a similar study from 2016 for the year 2015.

The number of cheese shops has risen by over one-quarter over the past ten years.

The economic climate in March 2023 is more negative than it was in February.

The Dutch population aged 16-74 years became more skilled in using the internet between 2010 and 2013. The level of internet skills in the Dutch population is higher than average in the European Union

frequently asked questions about RGS

Internet saving was booming in 2004. The total amount in Internet savings accounts exceeded 58 billion euro, 37 percent more than in 2003.

More than seven in ten Dutch residents aged 12 years or older (10.2 million persons) used online banking services on a regular basis last year.

frequently asked questions about Annual / Production statistics

The survey underlying online turnover statistics gives an insight into changes in turnover generated by online sales in the Dutch retail sector.

Use, accounts and licenses Dutch online public library e-books, audio books and courses