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Half of all imported goods from low-income countries are clothes
In 2020, the Netherlands imported 2.9 billion euros worth of goods from the 46 Least Developed countries (LDCs).
Number of Dutchmen living with Thai or Russian women doubled over past decade
On 1 January last year, 265 thousand couples living in the Netherlands consisted of a partner born in the Netherlands and a foreign partner. Their number has grown by 22 thousand over the past...
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.
Full-time job plus part-time job most satisfactory combination
In two thirds of couples, both partners held a paid job in 2007. Among couples with children, the most common combination turned out to be a full-time job plus a part-time job.
Fewer women receive alimony, lower amounts involved
On average, a woman who got divorced in 2013 and was entitled to alimony received 980 euros a month. This so-called partner alimony has decreased marginally since 2009. In the period 2001–2009, the...
Living together
age at which men and women start living together for the first time
Eurozone increasingly important for Greek trade
The importance of the eurozone as a trading partner for Greece has increased substantially in 2015. In the past, the eurozone was less relevant for Greece as a trading partner. EU member state...
CBS Urban Data Centres: substance and added value
About substance and added value of CBS Urban Data Centres
Further increase two-income households
The number of two-income couples in the Netherlands is growing. The number of couples in the age category 15–65 with two working partners has grown from 51 percent in 2005 to 57 percent in 2009.
11 percent fewer goods imported from Africa
In 2020, Dutch imports from Africa amounted to 10.9 billion euros.
Divorced women more often live alone
Four years after their separation, half of divorced men have remarried or live together with new partners. Divorced women are much more often living alone four years later.
More migration marriages in 2009
Last year, 30 thousand people with a non-western background got married in the Netherlands. In 9 percent of cases, the partners came to the Netherlands to marry.
Decrease in marriage migration comes to an end
The decrease in the number of marriage migration came to an end in 2008. Just as in 2007, 8 percent of people in the Netherlands with a foreign background who married, did so with a partner who...
Growing up in diversity. Monitoring ethnic diversity in youth policy, first results (Dutch only)
The monitor on diversity in youth policy, commissioned by the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, has been developed by the Statistics Netherlands’ Centre for Policy...
Monitoring ethnic diversity in youth policy, first results (Dutch only)
The monitor on diversity in youth policy, commissioned by the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, has been developed by the Statistics Netherlands’ Centre for Policy...
Number of homicides halved over two decades
In 2019, there were 125 victims of murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands: 81 men and 44 women.
Foreign trade the core focus of a new CBS publication
Foreign trade the core focus of a new CBS publication
Research on social networks in the city
research work on social networks in the city, family networks, influence of urban environments on life cycles
Service exports down by 11 percent in Q3
In Q3 2020, Dutch service exports amounted to 55.6 billion euros. This is 11 percent less than in the same quarter last year.
Dutch trade focuses on a limited number of countries and goods
Dutch trade focuses on a limited number of countries and goods. The five most important trading partners of the Netherlands account for more than half of the total value of Dutch trade.
Dutch women increasingly have a higher income than their husbands
Dutch women are increasingly earning more than their partners. In 2002 some 13 percent of Dutch couples aged between 15 and 65 had the woman as their main earner, whereas in 2012 this was the case in...
Perceived mental health: trend stable in 2020
Last year, 12 percent of the Dutch population aged 12 years and over had mental health complaints.
Identifying key drivers of educational disadvantage
These heat maps illustrated the geographical spread of children at risk of educational disadvantage per municipality in the Netherlands
Working with businesses to collect CPI data
Working with businesses to collect CPI data
Nearly 150 thousand couples working with the same employer
On 14 February 2012, 296 thousand employees were working in the same company as their partners, so 148 thousand couples had the same employer, i.e. 4 percent of all employees in the Netherlands.