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Transport of goods in the Netherlands hits new record
The volume of goods transported in the Netherlands reached a new record last year.
Residents St Eustatius enjoy highest incomes in Caribbean Netherlands
On Bonaire, the median disposable household income was 21.1 thousand dollars, on Saba 20 thousand dollars and on St Eustatius 23.3 thousand dollars. Incomes ranged from 6 thousand dollars for the...
Dutch unused labour force among the lowest in Europe
The unused labour force is relatively small in the Netherlands compared to other European Union member states. Last year, the unused labour force comprised 6 percent of the 15 to 75-year-old...
Subsidies on production
Subsidies related to the value and volume of the products produced or traded.
Careers at CBS
Careers at CBS
1 in 3 women with technical degrees work in engineering
Fewer young, highly educated people have completed technical studies compared to ten years ago.
Detention
There are two types of detention: imprisonment for a maximum of one year and four months that is less severe than a jail sentence, usually the time is spent in a detention centre. The other is...
Production process
The production of goods and services.
Employment in environmental sector up
Developments in the area of Green Growth
Providers of business services slightly less optimistic
In September, business services providers anticipating turnover growth during the next three months outnumbered those anticipating a turnover decline, but with + 19, the index was marginally lower...
Price rises mainly due to changes in tax legislation
The considerable price rises in 2013 were mainly caused by changes in tax legislation. The price of rolling tobacco and stamps increased most rapidly, whereas the price of telephones decreased most...
Amsterdam is expanding, mainly due to immigration
The number of inhabitants in Amsterdam is growing, mainly due to foreign migration
Disadvantaged pupil
Pupil in regular primary education who belongs to a disadvantaged category. In order to calculate the financial contribution to schools, each pupil is assigned a weight. Special needs pupils are...
Manufacturing output in decline
The average daily output of the Dutch manufacturing industry in June 2012 was down by more than 2 percent on June 2011. Production levels in May were virtually the same as in May 2011.
Manufacturing output growth again 5 percent
The average daily output of Dutch manufacturing industry was 5 percent higher in December 2010 than in December 2009. Output growth was nearly equal to October and November. Although manufacturing...
Quarter of a million east Europeans in the Netherlands
On 1 January 2009, a quarter of a million people from eastern Europe had settled in the Netherlands, nearly four times as many as during the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, twenty years...
No gender gap in higher education
Nearly 31 percent of both men and women in the Netherlands have a higher professional (HBO) or university (WO) qualification.