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In 2007, greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands were reduced for the third consecutive year. The total emission volume amounted to 205 billion kg of CO2 equivalents, i.e. 4 percent below the...

In 2011 over half million Dutch parents received child care allowances. The costs of child care per parent averaged close to 7,300 euro. The parents themselves paid nearly 2,000 euro of this. The...

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.

For the first time in history, the number of passengers travelling through Dutch airports broke the 60 million barrier last year; 90 percent of them travelled through Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The...

The butterfly population in the Netherlands declined further in 2012 and has currently reached the lowest level of the past twenty years

Tourism accounts for a substantial part of employment on the islands of Caribbean Netherlands. On Bonaire and Saba, 20 percent of jobs are tourism-related, versus 12 percent on St Eustatius. The...

The Dutch inflation rate in March 20100 was one of the lowest in the EU.

A smaller number of women than a few years ago work shorter hours after having their first baby. Only women who worked full-time before the birth of their first child still mostly cut back their...

The inflation fell from 1.0 percent in November to 0.7 percent in December, the lowest level since October 2009.

In 2009, generation of renewable electricity has risen to nearly 9 percent of total domestic electricity consumption. The objective of the Dutch government was to raise the share of renewable energy...

Hoe heeft de uitstoot van broeikasgassen zich ontwikkeld in 2018 t.o.v. de klimaatdoelstellingen? CBS-hoofdeconoom Peter Hein van Mulligen heeft de nieuwste cijfers.

According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation has improved slightly in May.

Requests for asylum by sex and age By country of citizenship

Fires by cause and object, indoor fires, outdoor fires, victims and rescues, employees, fire equipment, costs

In 2017, nearly 60 percent of renewable electricity production originated from wind power, 13 percent from solar power.

Almost 40 percent of fauna and flora species in the Netherlands are threatened with extinction.