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Population forecasts: key figures Most important key indicators of the population forecasts

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the Dutch economy grew by 0.1 percent in the third quarter of this year relative to the second quarter. The growth rate is based on a first estimate with...

We use statistics to build up our knowledge about society. This is an age-old idea of what statistics are for. In the words of Jan Ackersdyck, professor of statistics in Utrecht in the mid-19th...

The second generation, born in the Netherlands, is starting to become the face of the population with a non-western background in Dutch society

Statistics Netherlands reports today that optimism about the Dutch economy prevails. Nearly all relevant indicators perform above the level of their long-term average. The economic situation improved...

Hay fever index

Gross domestic product (GDP) posted a growth rate of 1.5 percent in Q2 2017 relative to Q1

According to Statistics Netherlands’ Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation improved slightly in November compared with October, although the recovery is still fragile. In the period between...

In 2018, 57 percent of the workforce in the Caribbean Netherlands (aged 15 to 74 years) were born in the former Dutch Antilles and Aruba.

Income, capital, substantial interest Entrepreneurs, owner-managers

Feelings of insecurity due to crime Scared to be at home alone, or open the front door, scary places etc.

The impact of the corona crisis on compiling the CPI

a European research programme aimed at improving data exchange by a uniform set of validation rules

Economy continues to grow

According to Statistics Netherlands’ Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in January 2015 is about the same as in December, but the economic recovery is still fragile.

According to Statistics Netherlands’ Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation has improved marginally in March 2015 relative to February.

Most employees who lose their job as a consequence of mass redundancy find work again quite quickly. However, there are large differences between groups of dismissed employees.